Thanks for the nostalgia trek..
I couldn't afford a new Shadow even, but with crystal-ball: had I gone in hock for 2-3 years
AND had the willpower to cover it in plastic du jour with dry nitrogen flowing for whatever leaks ....
Comparo: That Patek-Philippe fat 18K gold pocket watch with terrestrial/sidereal/moon et al phases/mint condition etc. went for something over $1M ... go figure ... [book title]
The Place of Value in a World of Things {'50s or early '60s)
As for the dunked Bugatti ... them Swiss be the World's Most! anal-retentive tribe since the narsty Puritans..
and that mondo-Collector-of damn near any exotic he can get hands on.. resembles the psychopathology of the 0.1% everywhere: I got lots but it Ain't Ever Enough. We are surrounded by people with deranged emotional-brains
(and they never warned us in civics classes, the bastards..)
Had I been an understudy of Bernie Madoff I coulda joined these Dr. Dementos ... but then someone would have executed moi.. the Karma Fairy?
I couldn't afford a new Shadow even, but with crystal-ball: had I gone in hock for 2-3 years
AND had the willpower to cover it in plastic du jour with dry nitrogen flowing for whatever leaks ....
Comparo: That Patek-Philippe fat 18K gold pocket watch with terrestrial/sidereal/moon et al phases/mint condition etc. went for something over $1M ... go figure ... [book title]
The Place of Value in a World of Things {'50s or early '60s)
As for the dunked Bugatti ... them Swiss be the World's Most! anal-retentive tribe since the narsty Puritans..
and that mondo-Collector-of damn near any exotic he can get hands on.. resembles the psychopathology of the 0.1% everywhere: I got lots but it Ain't Ever Enough. We are surrounded by people with deranged emotional-brains
(and they never warned us in civics classes, the bastards..)
Had I been an understudy of Bernie Madoff I coulda joined these Dr. Dementos ... but then someone would have executed moi.. the Karma Fairy?