The Paul Newman Paul Newman

[Mick P]

The big question is - will some spiv try and resell it in SC and profiteer from it. Some buggers have no morals.

[astonandy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41787046

And sold for...$17.8m.

[RustyBin5]

Imagine the popcorn quantity that would be required if he opened the back to find a Ronda inside.....


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[snowman]

Daughter's former boyfriend I understand, who was given the watch by her Dad. Not a bad gift! Proceeds go to daughter's charity. If that's the case I applaud the ex-boyfriend since they split some years ago!

I read that he's the treasurer of her charity still and that 'some' of the funds will go to the charity.

No idea if that's true.

M

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[nick1]

Really quite mad that it sold for that much

[oldoakknives]

Whoever bought it, it was a stunningly generous thing for the owner to donate it to charity.

[jacktheripper]

Really quite mad that it sold for that much

Don't be angry.

[Devonian]

Really quite mad that it sold for that much

Why do you care?

[nick1]

Don't be angry.

Will try not to :)


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[nick1]

Why do you care?

I don’t. Just impressed by how much it sold for


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[Mr.D]

Yeah but its not a watch at this point its a commodity and the mere mundane artifacts of life are not the same thing.

The mona lisa would be just an average painting of some unknown lady if leonardo da vinci was not the painter.

Some mainstream swiss watchmaker would not be able to demand such a price if it had no attachment to a similarly impressive cultural icon.

Its not a watch they bought. It could have been a car or a baseball cap.

You think when they eventually bring back the flag from the moon from Apollo 11 it won’t be billions?

Its not a watch its an icon. For good or bad, this is what human beings do. It will akways be the same ; until culturally it has no worth and is just a watch again.

Be calm its humanity in action

[Ozzie]

At the that price did it come with the stickers on?


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[Mulliner86]

Having spoken to Phillips this week I was informed that even they weren't expecting such a strong result, their prediction was in the £7-8m.

[OHG1X]

So do we know who bought it ?


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[bobdog]

The word on the street is that it was a Middle East buyer who immediately flipped it for a 4m profit.

[Peck]

The word on the street is that it was a Middle East buyer who immediately flipped it for a 4m profit.

Nah, it was Kiki Picasso

[Wallasey Runner]

The word on the street is that it was a Middle East buyer who immediately flipped it for a 4m profit.

Wasn't you was it Bob, then again that Watch wasn't nice enough for your collection, so maybe not