A rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art.They traveled around the world to collect works of art by famous a .When war broke out，the son left to s his country.After a few weeks，the son died.
One day，an officer visited the old man and gave him a painting—it was a portrait （肖像） of his son.Though the world would never c it a great work，the painting was important to the man.It became the old man's most v thing.The following spring，the old man became ill and passed away.
All of the old man's paintings would be sold at an auction （拍卖）.The auction began with the portrait of the old man's son.No one r their hands.Someone said， "Who cares about it？Let's get on to the good ones." More voices followed in a . "No，we must sell this one first，" replied the auctioneer， "Now，who will t the portrait of the son？"
Finally，a good friend of the old man spoke， "Will you take ＄10 for the painting？That's all I have." "Will anyone go h ？" called the auctioneer.After more s ，he said， "Going once，going twice，sold!" The auctioneer a that the whole auction was over and said， "according to the father's wish，whoever takes the son's portrait gets the whole collections."
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