Paul Newman's watch sells for record $18m at auction, BBC

[Stuart G]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41787046
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A Rolex watch belonging to the late Hollywood star Paul Newman has sold for a record price at auction in New York.

The watch was given to him by his wife Joanne Woodward as they filmed the 1969 movie Winning together.

Newman, who died in 2008 aged 83, later used it to time car races in which he took part.

The stainless steel watch was sold to an unnamed telephone buyer for $17.8m (£13.6m) - much more than the $1m it had initially been expected to fetch.

It is a record for a wristwatch sold at auction, but a Patek Philippe pocket watch sold for more than $24m in 2014.
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No..I did not make this up. The link is from the BBC, a very reliable news source. Read the story for yourself if you do not believe me. and........yea...that is truly weird..in my opinion.

[lapfog_1]

1. When the .1% accumulate all of the money

or at least most of it, this is the result.

They aren't investing this money as capital for new industries or hiring more workers... they waste on buying this sort of crap for outrageous amounts of money.

It's the new gilded age and Trump is the gilded crass leader of it.

[underpants]

2. some of the proceeds will go towards the Newman's Own Foundation,

Well there's that