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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