Some people have too much
money.
One of the two pianos used in
Bogie’s “Casablanca” masterpiece went under the auctioneer's gavel recently—for
$3.4 million.
For that kind of dough, you
have to figure the new owner is thrilled beyond all human understanding to know
that there is an authentic wad of mummified chewing gum stuck to the bottom of
the keyboard….maybe Bogie put it there….
It’s a nice looking upright
piano and all.
I gladly assume the buyer
accumulated his/her obvious wealth in completely legal ways, so he/she
absolutely has the right to spend it any which way.
I’m just saying that,
f’rinstance, $3.4 million would buy about 425,000 books for poor kids who don’t
have even one book in their homes.
Just saying.
…and here’s another thought:
suppose it wasn’t Bogie, suppose Dooley Wilson (“Sam” the piano player) stuck
that gum there? Is the piano really worth $3.4 mil?
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2015
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