yawn the way you say it is like neither of these guys need money and everything is peachy innocent like. first you say charity, then in another post you rant about taxes and wealthy people, so which is it?

me thinks both and then some. if you think both mr gilmour, this other guy and the "charity" arent making money and a lot of it, in one form or another for these transactions, youre deluded. celebrities are always getting absurd fees and lifestyles of the rich and famous level of perks for appearances, name, brand and likeness being used, publicity, tax write offs etc. the auction houses are raking in high percentages of cash from these sales 30-50%. the logistics, insurances, security, celebs, advertising and operational costs etc involved with events like these alone would be in the millions. an these so called charity not for profits dont run themselves and more times than not are nothing more than a money scheme front. millionaire ceos and their high 6-7 figure crony employees with high street offices, mansions, sportscars, yachts etc, but somehow they always operate at losses and need more money to keep doors open

it all looks and sounds nice and heartfelt on the surface, but the reality is, everyone involved in one way or another is getting paid and very little if any at all actually goes to the intended beneficiaries of these charitable causes. I seem to recall pink floyd selling partial rights to their music for half a billion dollars just a couple of years ago, so all of them for sure need to offload things like this or go out of pocket when the govt and taxmen come a knocking. and they always do

 

Oh, someone feels sorry for the billionaires and even defends them. He claims that there are a particularly high number of suicides, depression, and drug addictions there, but that's not true. The truth is that some billionaires use drug trafficking to make others dependent; nowhere is as much money made as with cocaine.

The grower gets $5, the person who cooks the cocaine paste gets $50, and the dealer who sells it to the big-time dealers gets $50,000.
They always have some cash in their accounts; they pay for everything with their Mastercard Gold. They sometimes also have stashes of cash, gold, or diamonds to bribe others while evading taxes. They often live on yachts in tax-free zones on the high seas or in tax havens.

If they have too much money, some participate in Christie's auctions, buying paintings, guitars, etc., to convert their constantly losing value cash into tangible assets. After all, in the next stock market crash, cash will be worthless, and farmland, paintings, and guitars will be everything. Besides, there's inflation and currency devaluation. Then you can show off your acquisitions at parties.

A wealthy billionaire has an average of fifty employees: financial advisors, lawyers, the crew of their luxury yacht, and security personnel. Poverty is very well researched, while wealth is not.

A billionaire is constantly looking for investments to generate returns. BlackRock is often responsible for this.
They have Aladin, one of the world's largest computers, which is constantly fed with all the world's data.

Jeff Bezos pays no taxes in Europe. Whenever he makes money, he opens a new logistics warehouse and offsets these costs against the profits.

 

The most heartening part of this sale is that both Gilmore on the first sale and Jim Irsay who purchased it from Gilmore donated the money to charities of their choosing.
The rest is a debate I won't enter into.

 

You have obviously never known or dealt with any rich people before... They have cash or they can get it when they want it. Easily. Moreover they have big time credit cards with limits that no peon ever sees.

This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. The plight of being rich is making your wealth earn more wealth. The idea of a rich person having to sell something in order buy something in a store is ridiculous. If you actually believe this then explain - What's the point of ever becoming rich in the first place, and why is 98% of the population of human monkeys on this planet in pursuit of this very same goal

They idea of losing money is anyone's nightmare. As far as the corruption, decadence and decay among the rich - it has more to do with character flaws, boredom, and unlimited access to anything they want 24/7/365.

 

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While reading broadens one’s knowledge, judging by what you write, it is regrettable that it cannot sharpen your mind enough to allow you to discern the jest hidden within seemingly serious discourse.

You obviously haven't read much...

By writing what I wrote, I never imagined that more than one or two people would take my nonsense seriously.
The world never ceases to surprise me...

 

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You don't gain this knowledge from "reading" about it. You gain it from actual experience. My actual experience says you're full of crap in this respect.

 

I clearly stated that I was just talking nonsense, and you obviously misinterpreted (again) what I said.
A word of advice: feed your AI with better experiences...

 

I own a 1962 3 pickup Les Paul/SG Custom which has the Maestro Lyre vibrato not the sideways Vibrola, which I have used as my primary guitar from 1967 until 1977 and is much rarer than 1969 Fender Strats which are still plentiful. Who cares who the fuck owned them, If you are buying a vintage guitar it's for the sound and craftsmanship.

 

When the rich and beautiful want to own something and participate in an auction—a great business model (actually superfluous)—it shifts wealth from A to B and is a waste of money. The same guitar can be bought for $1,000 or so at a music store.

You can also look at it another way: how do you extract money from millionaires? By creating a market segment for the ultra-rich.

The poor buy luxury watches (much to the delight of the watchmaker over there), and the diamond/jewelry industry sells the richly expensive jewelry with diamonds. In this way, some of the money flows to other segments of the population. A criminal business model—and this is where it gets bad—is the kidnapping of the rich for ransom, which usually fails at the point of money exchange. Risky for the criminal, but sometimes lucrative.

The jet set, the high society, throw the most expensive parties in the world. Luxury buffets—the general public has to participate in these, so they have to be involved. From security to winemakers, everyone benefits from these parties.

Some millionaires also want a bit of the glamour, and some are even willing to pay 14 million for it. Pretty crazy. The rich guy doesn't know what to do with his money and buys a guitar at auction, probably saying: "Oh, I got a famous guitar by David Jon Gilmour. I can't play it, but it makes me feel so much better," which is, of course, nonsense. "My friends will admire me, and I'll make an impression," which is also complete nonsense.

Degenerate and a little crazy, instead of giving 14 million to a good cause, which even gets you in the newspaper, it's
"All for me, nothing for others" (Noam Chomsky).

 

That's rage bait!

 

Collectables and art are used by rich people as assets, a great investment that only grows in value with time. It's nothing more than an asset to them. It's actually better investment than buying a house.