I always love the “in the room” or “on the ground” reports rom big events. Whether it’s the Kentucky Derby or the Super Bowl, reporters who are there get all kinds of perspectives and insight that the TV or livestream just doesn’t show.
That’s why I was so excited to see an In the room report from the Phillips Game Changers Auction from Brendan Cunningham over at Time + Tide. It was probably the most hyped and electric auction we’ve had since Paul Newman’s Paul Newman sold in 2017, so it was thrilling to read Cunningham’s account of the evening’s activities. Auctioneer Aurel Bacs smoothly transitioning from English to Italian to French and back again, while also boasting that the highest online watch auction bid had also just come through.
He talks about the build-up of the day’s events: with even CNBC tweeting about Jack Nicklaus’ Rolex Day-Date, but concerns lingering about global economic conditions, could Game Changers ever rise to meet expectations?
Well, it turns out that the auction was the first on U.S. soil to have five lots sell for over $1 million. Cunningham walks through some of the biggest results of the night, including, of course, Nicklaus’ Day-Date, Marlon Brando’s Rolex GMT, a couple very special Patek Phillipe chronographs, and a technologically magnicent Urwerk.
Again, read Cunningham’s full article here: In the room for the Phillip Game Changers auction.