anyone spot it?

 

Or buy it?

(Wasn't me...I needed my powder dry for later....)

 

What was the tropical 2988 like? Was that the bargain?

 

The 145.012 in lots 160 and 163 perhaps? I like the spear hand of 160 but not so much for the polishing job, but I am a vintage newbie ...

Thank you for the tip, and your fantastic speedmaster101 site

 

I think it was lot 27, which sounded cheap with the bidding stopped at $24,000.
I mean it had a BASE1000 bezel, and these have been changing hands for 10k.
With Premium it was $30,000 all in.
Now it all depends on the dial, if it actually looked nice, and payers of big money for tropical/browns have to see them. Perhaps this one did not look nice in hand, or only one Tropical hunter found it!
Auctions need two....
http://speedmaster101.com/blog/christies-speedmasters-ny-december-2016/

 

Definitely looks a like a bargain, apart from your lovely grey dial none of the Speedies seemed to fly.

 

When I checked the results last night, I was surprised at what that went for. Given some previous auction fever results, I thiuht this would get towards 40k+ reasonably easily.

 

Yes I thought it seemed relatively cheap... but maybe wasn't so attractive in the flesh..

 

dial looks nice but should give an impression of "tired dial" once in hands...i think this the point why did not fetch as expected ...Tropical comman a premium when perfect..

 

"Speedmaster bargain" is like "Jumbo shrimp" - an oxymoron.

 

Possibly the Speedmaster market is slowing down a bit? Collector grade pieces will always command a premium in the market. But in a softer market the "good" and "running" grade pieces don't sell as quickly or easily.

 

That's not always true. In a slow economy, sometimes the middle priced watches sell faster because nobody has the cash to pay for the higher value ones.

 

I like jumbo shrimp. Still looking for a bargain on Speedmaster though...