绝对优先权

【前言】绝对优先权由文秘帮小编整理而成，但愿对你的学习工作带来帮助。Finally, the long-time gardener of the man and his son, spoke and said, “I’ll give $10 for it, but that’s all I can afford.” The auctioneer tried to carry on with the bidding, but by this time the crowd was getting impatient. Somebody angrily c...

A wealthy man and his son loved collecting rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael.

Then the son went to war and died in battle. The father grieved deeply for his only son. Later, he was given a portrait of his son, and though it was a rather ordinary painting, it became very precious to him. When visitors came to the father’s home, he would take them to see his son’s portrait first, before viewing any of the other great works from his collection.

A few months later, the man died, and there was to be a great auction of his paintings. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their very own collection. On the platform sat the painting of the son.

The auctioneer began the auction by announcing, “We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?” There was silence. Not one person was interested in buying that portrait; they all were intending to buy the more famous paintings.

The auctioneer persisted, “Will someone bid for this painting? Who will start the bidding? $100, $200? What will you give me for the son?”

Finally, the long-time gardener of the man and his son, spoke and said, “I’ll give $10 for it, but that’s all I can afford.”

The auctioneer tried to carry on with the bidding, but by this time the crowd was getting impatient. Somebody angrily called out, “give it to the gardener for $10. Let’s see the master-paintings now. We want more valuable investments for our collections.”

“All right then,” the auctioneer replied, “Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!” He then went on to announce “Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m sorry, but the auction is now over.”

Immediately, there were surprised expressions and questions asking, “But what about the other paintings?”

The auctioneer apologized, but explained, that the instructions in the will stated clearly, that only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that paintings, would inherit the entire estate, including all the paintings.

Therefore, the man， who took the son, got everything.

一个富翁和他的儿子都喜欢收藏珍贵的艺术品。他们的收藏品非常丰富，从毕加索到拉斐尔。

后来儿子当了兵，在一场战争中牺牲了。富翁因失去唯一的儿子而伤心欲绝。后来他得到一幅儿子的画像。虽然这是一幅非常普通的画，但对富翁来说，它却被视若珍宝。每当有客人造访时，富翁总是带他们先去欣赏儿子的画像，然后再带他们观赏他收藏的名画珍品。

几个月后，富翁去世了。他收藏的名画想要拍卖。许多名人都蜂拥而至，争睹名画的真容，同时也想有机会拍得一件珍品为自己的收藏增色。拍卖台上摆放着富翁儿子的画像。

拍卖开始。拍卖师大声宣布：“现在首先开始竞拍富翁儿子的画像。谁要竞拍这幅画像？”全场一片静寂，无人应答。没有人想买这幅普通的画像。他们都想买名画。

拍卖师继续喊道：“有人竞买这幅画像吗？谁先出价？100美元，200美元？有人买吗？你们想出价多少？”

最后，一直在富翁家工作的园丁高声喊道：“我出价10美元，但那是我倾囊而出了。”

拍卖师继续卖力地推销这幅画像，但是此时焦急等待的人们已开始变得不耐烦。有人愤怒地大喊：“把这张画像以10美元的价格卖给那个园丁吧。我们还想买那些珍品名画呢。我们想买更有价值的东西来充实我们的收藏。”

“那么好吧，”拍卖师高喊，“10美元一次，10美元两次，成交！”然后他大声宣布，“先生们，女士们，对不起，拍卖会到此结束。”

他的话音刚落，人群中就传来此起彼伏的惊叫声和质疑声，“那么其他的名画珍品呢？”

拍卖师一边道歉一边解释，遗嘱上写得很清楚，只有儿子的画像准予拍卖。拍得画像的人将继承富翁所有的财产，包括所有珍贵的名画。

因此，拍得富翁儿子画像的园丁就以绝对优先权得到了富翁的一切财产。

（责编：王莉娟）