"captain_spleen" (captain_spleen)
11/23/2013 at 21:00 • Filed to: None
0
19|
"captain_spleen" (captain_spleen)
11/23/2013 at 21:00 • Filed to: None | 0
| 19 |
At the Sotheby's RED auction, Bono's Range Rover, estimated value $100,000-$125,000, sold for $380,000.
A unique red edition of the unreleased Apple Mac Pro, probably a configuration that would be under $10,000 apart from the unique red color, sold for $800,000.
Sotheby's estimated value on the Mac Pro was $40,000-$60,000.
Squid
> captain_spleen
11/23/2013 at 21:10 |
|
What. The. Fuck.
Over.
scoob
> captain_spleen
11/23/2013 at 21:12 |
|
Why
...
Clown Shoe Pilot
> captain_spleen
11/23/2013 at 21:15 |
|
oh, yeah. a computer w/ a paint job for 16x the median US income totally makes sense.
AddMustard
> captain_spleen
11/23/2013 at 21:15 |
|
I'm done. I give up.
getchapopcorn
> captain_spleen
11/23/2013 at 21:16 |
|
Good. Bono's a douche.
Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
> Clown Shoe Pilot
11/23/2013 at 21:42 |
|
It was an auction....trying to make into a socio-economic statement doesn't really apply.
|
Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
> getchapopcorn
11/23/2013 at 21:42 |
|
Say what you will, he's done more to help people less privileged than himself than everyone on this website combined for their entire lives.
Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
> captain_spleen
11/23/2013 at 21:44 |
|
Thank you, oh 1%-ers, your gobs of money are going to a good cause!
Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
> Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
11/23/2013 at 21:50 |
|
He's done some really great work with a lot of charitable organizations that have hysterically low amounts of distribution per donation, (RED) being a shining example.
The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> captain_spleen
11/23/2013 at 21:57 |
|
Oh, Mac fanatics... Maybe they think it will give them a seance with the almighty St-v- J-bs.
|
getchapopcorn
> Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
11/23/2013 at 21:58 |
|
I think you're confusing doing more with giving money and even in that category I can promise you that you're wrong.
|
Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
> getchapopcorn
11/23/2013 at 22:02 |
|
Well I haven't done shit (broke student) and I don't presume that anyone here has done much, so yes my statement is a bit exaggerated. But my main point is that the guy is not a douche. Far from it. From what I've read, interviews, a bunch of other stuff, the guy is not your average get-rich-ruin-life rock star, he seems like a guy that actually gives a shit about other people.
captain_spleen
> Clown Shoe Pilot
11/24/2013 at 00:48 |
|
It's a charity auction. Everything was wildly overpaid-for.
Also, it's not paint, it's anodized that color. ;^)
|
captain_spleen
> Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
11/24/2013 at 00:50 |
|
Well, I mean, apart from setting up U2's finances in tax havens so he doesn't have to pay taxes in Ireland...
|
captain_spleen
> The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
11/24/2013 at 00:52 |
|
It's not clear if this was a rich Mac fanatic, or a rich fan of Apple designer Jony Ive.
I think it highly unlikely the red Mac will actually get used. It'll probably sit in the original packaging, or else possibly in a glass display case. In 30-40 years it'll get auctioned off like a rare bit of Raymond Loewy industrial design.
Other items in the auction included:
a Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet signed by George Lucas (estimate $10,000-$15,000, sold for $245,000)
a Leica digital camera with an exterior designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson (estimate: $500,000-$750,000, sold for $1.8 million)
an Ettore Bugatti Model T51 Racing Wheel (estimate $10,000 - $15,000, sold for $47,500)
a 1959 Fiat 600 Jolly (Estimate $100,000-$150,000, Sold for $485,000)
a 100" wide aluminum desk designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson (Estimate: $300,000 - $500,000, Sold for $1.6 million)
a red and white Steinway grand piano customized by Jony Ive and Marc Newson (Estimate: $150,000 - $200,000, Sold for $1.9 million)
|
Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
> captain_spleen
11/24/2013 at 03:19 |
|
I'm glad he does that...paying taxes to Ireland does nothing to help anybody except the Irish government become richer. Less money for the government, more money for the charitable causes that he does spend quite a bit on.
Sinanigans
> getchapopcorn
11/24/2013 at 12:09 |
|
Seriously? You don't like U2?
SaabStutz
> Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
11/24/2013 at 12:10 |
|
Go ahead and take a look at this: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/… Not all 1%ers have 800 grand to spend on something like that. It's a common misperception.
|
Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken
> SaabStutz
11/24/2013 at 12:17 |
|
Yea, but some of the ones who do, did, and I am grateful.