Question
When I offered my late grandmother's lamp at a garage
sale for Rs.50, no one took it. However, when I took the same lamp to a local auction house with a tag of Rs.850, it was sold. Which of the following, if true, best explains why the lamp was sold for a high price at the auction while it could not be sold for a much lower price at the garage?Solution
As per the argument, the same old lamp which could not be sold at the garage sale for a very low price was sold at the auction for a much higher price. This can be best explained by option (e), which says that the auction house specializes in selling antique items, which is generally valued more highly than the discarded items sold at garage sales. Thus, the old lamp might have been taken as an antique item by the bidders at the auction attracting a very high price as compared to its price at the garage sale. Thus, option (e) is the right answer.
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