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Da Vinci painting or Paul Newman Daytonas?
Da Vinci? (please say that like Tom Hanks in the trailer 2006 film The Da Vinci Code) The last privately owned Leonardo Da Vinci (of Ninja Turtles fame) painting, Salvator Mundi was auctions off last week at Christie’s in New York. it went for….. $450,312,500 making it the most expensive painting ever sold. Paintings by the old master are rare (less than 20) and finished paintings are ever rarer. While we all hoped the piece would end up in a museums collection, the outrageous price dictates that might not have happened. As of the writing the buyer is still unknown. IS IT REAL? Who knows. Seriously, this work has been beaten…
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10 Scariest watches for Halloween 2017
10. Anything made by Panerai 9. Blood Dai Rolex 8. Patek Phillipe ref.666 7. Swatch System.Death 6. Omega Reapmaster (for Reapy Tuesday) 5. A. Lange & Skull 1815 4. Any watch on a bund strap. 3. Grand Psycho Snowflake 2. The new Nomos “At the Graveyard” collection. 1. Paul Newman Deadtona
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My Paul Newman Paul Newman Daytona prediction
Prophecy of this watches’s future I really do want it to do well. I want the Nell Newman charity to get maximum proceeds from the sale. I want Phillips Auctions and Aurel Bacs/Paul Boutros to make serious bank on this, too. But The hype around this watch will subside. The hype around all Paul Newman Daytonas will eventually die down and they’ll be “reasonably priced” and “attainable” as far as high-end vintage watches are concerned. There are a lot of them. I know they’ve been the watch for literally 30 years, but something will rise up and knock it off the iron throne. Any guesses on what that something is? Also,…
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Paul Newman’s Horrible Paul Newman Daytona.
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Paul Newman’s Legendary ‘Paul Newman’ Rolex PAUL NEWMAN ROLEX
People lose their minds over two things, Paul Newman Daytonas and Celebrity Watches. Join me to watch the collective watch community’s head explode when Phillips auctions off Paul Newman’s actual Daytona. ABOUT You can read the story on the link to Phillips below as to how this whole thing came to be. TL:DR version… Newman handed it to his daughter’s boyfriend in the early 1980s. What is it exactly? Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 6239 with an exotic dial purchased by Newman’s wife, Joanne, at Tiffany & Co. in 1968. MONEY The watch was something like $250 USD new back when you’d see them in stores. A new (in 2017) Rolex…
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Random Thoughts on Bamford Watch Department
Listen, I liked Bamford Rolexes. And even some of their Patek work. Originally I was made aware of them in a blog post about their Popeye collaborations. Years ago. I still want one of those and certain models of their Snoopy collaborations While I think the blackout look will be insanely dated in about 5…4…3…2…1….. I lusted after one at some point a few years ago. It was smart of them to market a new Brand New DIY Paul Newman Daytona a few years prior to the revision in 2016. I’d still like a Bamford Newman….and a legic, new-model Rolex Daytona 116500. Cut to last week, they’re dipping out…
