Another Jean Lassale Thalassa 18K Gold 'Grail Watch' missed
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:27 pm
The term 'grail' (and even 'Holy Grail') is regularly bandied about by watch collectors. Yes, I've had a few grails myself over the years, most of which I've succeeded in acquiring. But one of them, which some might consider unattainable, continues to elude me - and much to my annoyance, I've recently missed an opportunity to bid on another example. Readers may recall this old archived forum thread: 'Rich Man's 18ct Gold Jean Lassale Thalassa 7A74 on eBay
The original subject matter of that thread was an 18K Gold Jean Lassale Thalassa 7A74-011, which was first listed on eBay by Las Vegas based dealer afinewatch as far back as the end of January 2016. He was originally asking $9000. The already risibly over-ambitious price had increased to $12,000 by September 2020.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Jean-La ... 4589614711
In fact, that eBay link still works. That last re-listing was created in May 2020. Despite having received over 4300 views and a reduction in the Buy-it-Now price to $11,500 in March this year, not surprisingly it remains steadfastly unsold.
The original subject matter of that thread was an 18K Gold Jean Lassale Thalassa 7A74-011, which was first listed on eBay by Las Vegas based dealer afinewatch as far back as the end of January 2016. He was originally asking $9000. The already risibly over-ambitious price had increased to $12,000 by September 2020.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Jean-La ... 4589614711
In fact, that eBay link still works. That last re-listing was created in May 2020. Despite having received over 4300 views and a reduction in the Buy-it-Now price to $11,500 in March this year, not surprisingly it remains steadfastly unsold.