A whole lot of disposable income and a love of Steve McQueen!

But for me its the watch i love and not the film or the man who might if worn one or another of them.

But fair do's to anyone who wants to own a puece that badly or loves the man that much.

: Gentlemen:

: As bizarre as it seems, the question under discussion is "What
: does it take to yield a bid of $799,500 for a McQueen-worn
: Monaco?" While anything can happen -- especially in
: Hollywood -- I would tend to agree with Mr. Delaney, as I
: believe that in order to fetch this kind of bid, the watch must
: have provenance from the Property Master. At the moment, there
: are exactly two of these watches -- one in the Museum and one
: soon to be in the hands of the new buyer. The Hollywood
: memorabilia buyers seem to demand these certificates from the
: Prop Master, rather than photos, stories, even engraving.

: The Maher Monaco -- from Steve's business consultant -- has great
: McQueen provenance, but seems to me that it is still a step
: behind the other two, which have the papers from the Prop Master
: as being worn in the filming. Of course, Jasper has his
: worn-by-McQueen Monaco and there are a couple of others that we
: have tracked, but -- with all respect -- they would seem to be
: less easily "marketable" than the ones with the
: letters from the Prop Master. But find the right guy with $800K,
: tell him the story, and maybe he pulls out the check book!!

: The fantastic thing, however, is that these other ones seem to be
: in the hands of passionate collectors, so we can hope that they
: will not come to market anytime soon!!

: Great discussion; exciting time for the collectors!!

: Jeff

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