I honestly know next to nothing about this situation, and my statement is made from at least some personal perspective. We can heal brain damage and continue living, but it often has dramatic impact on our personality, reasoning, and co-ordination (to say the least). Michael has been completely out of the public eye, and I don't think he's ever capable of being who he was again. Whatever his life is like now, he doesn't
need any of the things he once "needed" as part of his appearance to the public eye. I can't know if he still wants some of those things or not, but, he
was a legend in his time. It's possible this will help allow the public to continue to remember him as he was in his racing days- with those items retaining sentimental/monetary value into the future that is higher than if they were auctioned off years from now after his death (while presumably he stays outside of the public eye and possibly becomes more forgotten).
I'll also say it's
possible this will allow the family some closure. Michael isn't dead, but the person who he
was is dead. I can't say what the family is going through or has gone through specifically, but if this allows them to additionally recognize that and get some closure, that may be very positive.
When I originally posted that incomplete thought, I wasn't thinking about the money side of what they are selling. taking care of someone as they age with traumatic brain damage can become incredibly expensive in some cases, but the family
is loaded and likely care is not an issue. I may be projecting from my own experience, but the Schumacher family has likely been going through something very complicated. Not only did they lose Michael Schumacher, but they got someone different back instead. It makes it very difficult if not impossible to mourn the person you lost, and that's not something realized until much later.
Why good for the family? They are loaded. I’m guessing the watches are for a charity.
The article is oddly written implying the family needs money.
