Well to start off with, the author presents this explanation by Goldberger as if his restoration of his watch was not something within his right to perform: "
I replaced the incorrect bezel and pushers faithfully, as they should have been in 1970."
However, the author spent plenty of time explaining how it's common practice in auctions that owners and auction houses are reluctant to reveal details about a watch's restoration. Goldberger never said the watch was in the exact condition as it left the factory. The salient detail of the watch, why its so rare, was its solid white gold case, which is the only known example.
Then the author wraps up his article with pure conjecture, (complete with spelling errors):
"Speaking of charity, neither Phillips nor Goldberger ever disclosed how much money ultimately went to the Children Action Foundation. There are conflicting statements as to what amount was donated. Hodinkee wrote that all of the procceds went to Children Action. According to SJX Watches it was only the net proceeds of the hammer price, whatever that means. Then there are rumours out there that only a small fraction of the nearly 6 million was given. It is weird, people are normally very proud to show how much money they donate to charity. They hand over large, oversize cheques with big sums on them. In this case? Nothing. Weird. We will problably never know.
Thank you for you interest."
There are rumours out there? WTF
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