God doesn't need to know what time it is.


Value of anything is a most fascinating subject to me.

Eric Clapton hasn't owned this  Rolex Daytona for nearly 20 years. It 's probably been in storage since he dumped it and is expected to fetch north of $1.6M?

For that much I'd want his playing ability AND his stereo system.

 

 

tablejockey

Like @mahgister I don't get "collecting" . I have lots of records, but I listen to just about all of them and those I don't I sell if they are worth anything. One record I rarely play is worth at least 25 times what I paid for it, but when I do I really enjoy it. I bought a Rolex 20 years ago when I needed a watch because I got tired of the ones I used to buy being worth nothing after a couple years. It's worth 400% of what I paid and am seriously thinking about selling it since I wear it so rarely that I have to wind it and reset the time every time I wear it.

If I didn't own a watch now, I certainly wouldn't buy one. My wife likes the Rolex for some reason (I guess she likes the name and the look of it) and doesn't want me to sell it.... I am actually worried I would get robbed at some point and don't wear it in any situation where I may be at risk.

The collectors that get me are the car guys who never drive them. Dr. Porsche would roll over in his grave if he knew someone who kept one covered in storage. If you enjoy driving them and do so every once in a while, fine. They are meant to be driven. Hard.

bdp24- Albert Lee is in otherworldly club of guitarists.

He always shows something in his playing that is mind blowing-at least to me.

I also vote Vince Gill as a heck of a player. He can pull off some Telecaster  hot rodding when he wants to.

The players who kill on Tele's are in a class I dream of being in. A very special(but really a low tech piece of wood) guitar. It's all about who's got their hands' around that maple neck and slab of ash.

I would put Red Volkaert as a member of my Tele team. 

And at the end of the day Clapton is still a vile,  ignorant,  piece of garbage, with or without his guitar. 

@djones51 

History is littered with individuals who've made substantial contributions and yet are not wholly admirable as people. 

Then again, I can't claim to be wholly admirable, either.