Jeff, im suggesting that people may not understand the trans as much but i understand your noble defence of the trans, it wasn't a put down i can assure you ;-)

I suspect you are correct re the advertising of this and have feedback that someone in the room stopped bidding when she found out it wasnt worn by Steve via a an OTD member. Bit naughty perhaps...

Rich
www.heuermonaco.co.uk

: Seeing this one sell for £18,000 inclusive of Buyer's premium,
: I had to wonder whether (at least two) bidders could have
: mistakenly thought that this was one of the Monacos actually
: worn by Steve McQueen, during the filming of Le Mans. I saw some
: media blurbs, over the last couple of days, using the phrase
: "worn by Steve McQueen in Le Mans". I can think of no
: other logical explanation of this one selling for this price
: (unless maybe two guys were left, wanting to take home a watch,
: and this was the last vintage lot to be offered).

: Based on what we see in our world, I don't think that it's fair to
: suggest -- based on this one sale -- that "standards"
: are now more valuable than "transitionals".

: Jeff

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