Melomiri

All My Antiques Are Fakes

Language: en

It was April Fools' Day. I jokingly joined a live video call with a famous antique appraiser online. I really just wanted to show off the priceless collection my husband had spent years building. But the appraiser took one single look at the screen and frowned. He suddenly looked up and asked what my husband did for a living. I told him he was an entrepreneur and asked if there was a problem. The appraiser paused for three solid seconds. Then he looked right into the camera and told me that every single antique in my house was a cheap fake.

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