The story “The Portrait” by Aldous Huxley raises the eternal questions for the buyer: "how to buy better and cheaper?" and for the seller: "how to sell less valuable at a higher price?"
The seller invents a tragic story of the young lady of whom the portrait was painted.
Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64814/64814-h/64814-h.htm#Page_247
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