Actually, if you think about it, a terrible Rembrandt violin and a lousy Stradivarius painting would both be worth a lot of money. I’m sure anything made or owned by a great man would be worth money, regardless of its merit.
First: This was in Edwardian times, before the prices of random memorabilia became so inflated, and
Secondly - Rembrandt made *really* terrible violins and Stradivarius was an *absolutely* lousy painter.
23 April 2021 at 20:04
[Image] Hullo Old Boy!Oh, hello. What's up?I was clearing out the attic last week and I found an oil painting and an old violin; so I just took them along to Sotheby's to get them valued.Yes?...They were a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius.But that's marvelous!Well... It turns-out that Rembrandt made terrible violins and Stradivarius was a lousy painter. ... (Collapse of stout party)...
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23 April 2021 at 04:38
@Wm - It seems that the phrase, rather than being ubiquitous in the 19th century, as claimed - is probably a piece of modern pseudo-Victorianism:
https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-col5.htm
23 April 2021 at 07:02
Actually, if you think about it, a terrible Rembrandt violin and a lousy Stradivarius painting would both be worth a lot of money. I’m sure anything made or owned by a great man would be worth money, regardless of its merit.
23 April 2021 at 19:23
@Wm -
First: This was in Edwardian times, before the prices of random memorabilia became so inflated, and
Secondly - Rembrandt made *really* terrible violins and Stradivarius was an *absolutely* lousy painter.
23 April 2021 at 20:04