{"id":432508,"date":"2017-10-31T08:39:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T08:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/paul-newmans-watch-sells-for-record-18m-at-auction\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T08:39:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T08:39:34","slug":"paul-newmans-watch-sells-for-record-18m-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/paul-newmans-watch-sells-for-record-18m-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Newman\u2019s watch sells for record $18m at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A Rolex watch belonging to the late Hollywood star Paul Newman has sold for a record price at auction in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The watch was given to him by his wife Joanne Woodward as they filmed the 1969 movie Winning together.<\/p>\n<p>Newman, who died in 2008 aged 83, later used it to time car races in which he took part.<\/p>\n<p>The stainless steel watch was sold to an unnamed telephone buyer for $17.8m (\u00a313.6m) \u2013 much more than the $1m it had initially been expected to fetch.<\/p>\n<p>It is a record for a wristwatch sold at auction, but a Patek Philippe pocket watch sold for more than $24m in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In Winning, Newman played a racing car driver, a role which spurred his interest in the sport. He went on to take part in the 24-hour Le Mans race.<\/p>\n<p>Before giving him the watch, Woodward had it engraved with the words \u201cDrive Carefully, Me.\u201d He had been injured in a motorbike accident in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Woodward bought him a new watch in 1984, and he gave the Daytona Rolex to his daughter\u2019s then-boyfriend, James Cox.<\/p>\n<p>Cox put the watch up for auction, and some of the proceeds will go towards the Newman\u2019s Own Foundation, the charity set up by Newman in 2005 that receives all the profits from his Newman\u2019s Own food range.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-261089528\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rolex watch belonging to the late Hollywood star Paul Newman has sold for a record price at auction in New York. The watch was given to him by his wife Joanne Woodward as they filmed the 1969 movie Winning together. 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