A very ordinary novel watch!!!

[centame]

I think Joyce would have liked that oxymoron. Its yours for a pawltry €8000 !!!!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1103/1224306978804.html

 

[MartyR]

A few years ago that watch would have made a lot of money, but financial times have changed. I doubt that such tenuous provenance will support that price .... but who knows? It will be interesting to see if it sells

 

[centame]

Yes indeed - I am going to monitor this one closely as a guage on the current state of our economy. So €100 would be about right, methinks

Oh, but wait - it has just been announced by the Government that an extra €3.8 billion!!! has been unearthed - a silly little accounting error is their spin on this "minor" matter. An error that a 12 year old could have pointed out to them has taken over a year to be "discovered." Will heads roll? No. Will anyone be blamed? Try the most minor just-out-of-college graduate in the dept. of finance. A wag of the finger to him. How about the extraordinarily well paid civil servant with responsibility in this area? No - he has shrugged it off as an "errors will happen you know" situation. How about the chief honcho, the minister himself? - ehm, no - just heard about it the previous day. Will it be of any benefit to Joe Average? - well that watch might just climb to €100 and one cent.

Rant over

 

[centame]

And the actual hammer price that was achieved for this very ordinary watch on Monday last was ?

Go on - Give a guess How good are you at valuating

What you do know is that it is a:

Gold pocket watch belonging to a grave digger, and according to its owners, is the watch that is very briefly mentioned in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce

Let's just say that the €8000 estimate, was somewhat unrealistic.

OK, now that you feel you have a pretty good idea: click on link

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1210/1224308860902.html

 

[richiec]

Yikes!!!! Wish I had his money, wouldn't have to leave the son a watch, just my fortune.

 

[MartyR]

It's an astonishing price It just proves that even in times of huge economic depredation there are a privileged few who are protected from the realities of the world. It also demonstrates the old adage that he who wants to believe will believe

 

[Roland Ranfft]

Hi ladies,

I'm still uncertain what's crazier, paying tons for a questionable history or believing it.
Anyway, I have still Jesus' automatic on stock. Bids are welcome.

Regards, Roland Ranfft

 

[MartyR]

Roland, is that mechanical or quartz?

 

[Burkhard Rasch]

it´s automatic.You don´t find a verse about winding it or changing the battery!
Burkhard

 

[centame]

WANTED
Any watch that has any link (genuine, tenuous or completely fabricated) with any of the following people:
W.B Yeats, GB Shaw, O Wilde, B Behan, S O'Casey,etc
100euro per watch no matter what state it is in. I wish to start a small modest collection
as a personal hobby!!!