Jack Nicklaus Day Date auction result

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Stevew

·Dec 12, 2019

Always loved Nicklaus's Gold Day Date. Its rarely been off his wrist since he got it in 1967. Amazed it only fetched $1.2m to be honest. It's been in almost all victory photos that he has had over the years including many of those 18 majors he has. The interview Hodinkee did a couple of years back is well worth a look.


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/jack-nicklaus-rolex-day-date-sells-phillips-new-york

 

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eugeneandresson

·Dec 12, 2019

Stevew

only fetched $1.2m

...which, is totally bonkers, and (to me at least) in no way understandable, when comparing the results of the sale of John Glenn's Le Coultre 'lucky #13' (my pick) for $62500, and his navitimer for $156250.

http://www.onthedash.com/watching-john-glenn/

The only explanation I have is there are more people who care for 'movie stars' (thinking of Brando's GMT sans bezel that also sold for $1.X million if bad memory serves) and 'sports stars' then pioneers of space travel and actual 'fusion stars'.

All IMH2cO 👍

 

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simonsays

·Dec 12, 2019

The Nicklaus watch was sold for charity which always boosts the price

 

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wristpirate

·Dec 12, 2019

Whos's Jack Nicklaus?

 

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Stevew

·Dec 12, 2019

wristpirate

Whos's Jack Nicklaus?

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2...lebrities-to-make-yourself-look-cool-a-guide/

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Stevew

·Dec 12, 2019

simonsays

The Nicklaus watch was sold for charity which always boosts the price

For sure. Cant see why Paul Newmans Daytona went for $17m. Crazy stuff

 

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sjg22

·Dec 12, 2019

Stevew

For sure. Cant see why Paul Newmans Daytona went for $17m. Crazy stuff

The Daytona is essentially the most collectible watch in the market. The most collectible Daytona was named after Paul Newman. This was Paul Newman’s own watch. Paul Newman is a famous (and eminently charitable) movie star from a golden age of Hollywood.

It was a perfect storm of collectability, brand, model, celebrity, rarity, etc.

Clearly a crazy number but probably the most likely candidate to bring that sort of value for all of those factors.

 

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zinengineer

·Dec 12, 2019

wristpirate

Whos's Jack Nicklaus?

the guy Tiger Woods has been chasing and probably will not catch. I've heard him referred to as "the Michael Jordan of golf". for those of us that grew up watching him, he's "the man"

 

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03Hemi

·Dec 16, 2019

Tiger Woods is the ultimate comeback kid! Love that guy.

 

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CaptainWinsor

·Dec 16, 2019

It’s amazing what people will pay for something just because someone famous wore it