Vol 8, Issue 49 - Don

[Olaf Solstrand]

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> I do wonder though how 1 object should be able to sell for half a million
> - and then  12 objects and their box should sell for half a billion??
> That's what it says on the danish last page... in the norwegian version,
> the price the actioneer presumes is a bit higher than the price of 12...

AC, what was the exact typing here? I ask because this was an auction mentioned.

In the Norwegian translation, the auctioneer said that you get AT LEAST 200 000 
kroner for one of them on a real big auction - and that all 12 pens in the 
original box would have an OPENING OFFER at 2,5 million kroner.

Meaning, most likely Scrooge will get 5-6 million kroner for the box - and that 
if he was lucky, he could try selling one of them and get several millions for 
it from a crazy collector.

And saying "you COULD get half a billion kroner for it" _could_ have the same 
meaning as "the opening prize will be 6 million kroner", which is why I now ask 
you what the exact typing was. Was this half billion a minimum price, a maximum 
price or an exact price?

And, I have to ask you, AC... when saying "billion", do you think of an 
European billion (10^12) or an American billion (10^9)? I assume you mean an 
American billion, but I still have to ask.



Question to Don:
Speaking of pens... When Scrooge says on page 2 that "I got [the pens] from a 
salesman"... Is that a reference to US 24 "The Magic Ink"? At least that was 
the first thing I thought of the second I saw this frame. OK, I don't remember 
much of that story, so if Scrooge threw out the pens in the end of the story, 
or they never came was a box, or there was only one pen, I'm sorry and 
obviously wrong. Still, my question is: Are these pens a reference to US 24?



Best,
Olaf the Blue