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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Trueshooter, post: 1698755, member: 50344&quot;]The connection between the watch and the coin is the same as if Charlie&nbsp; Chaplin&#039;s Hat and Cane were offered at auction. They have value&nbsp; together or separately. But for many each piece maintains greater value&nbsp; in respect to provenance if kept together. In this case these were both worn together (watch and fob), owned by Juan Aparicio. This might not mean much to North Americans, but the people who will most connect with the provenance will be people who connect with the story. The provenance will most likely resonate more with the Spanish speaking or those of Latin American heritage. </p><p><br /></p><p>The story is provocative. In his day Juan Aparicio was a Captain of&nbsp; Industry in Guatemala in the same manner as John D. Rockefeller was in&nbsp; the United States. He was an important figure in commerce having vast&nbsp; holdings and great wealth. One of his positions was as Director of the&nbsp; Bank of the West, a Blue-blood (his family lineage traced from the&nbsp; Conquistadors), he had political influence and yet in spite of his&nbsp; position and wealth a man for the people. He was jailed by the newly&nbsp; elected President when the candidate whose campaign he financed lost.&nbsp; His wife went to plead his case. The president promised to release him,&nbsp; but the Minister of Interior intercepted the message of amnesty and Juan&nbsp; Aparicio was shot. The reason, years earlier a servant who worked for&nbsp; the Aparicio family was accused of stealing flatware and jailed. When&nbsp; the son of this servant became Minister of Interior, he saw his&nbsp; opportunity for revenge. There is obviously more to the story and many&nbsp; more dynamics involved, but this at least touches on enough of his&nbsp; history to offer a glimps. But imagine his wealth. The family used 18kt&nbsp; gold flatware as well as sterling, and the watch is ostentatious enough,&nbsp; but to use a rare coin (it was rare even in his day), and use it as a&nbsp; watch fob. </p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, I&#039;ve been trying to accrue insight from both watch and coin&nbsp; forums alike. I think I&#039;ve finally figured out what I will do. The&nbsp; market will ultimately rise to make the call. Anyone purchasing the set&nbsp; might well break it up. But if offered individually at the &quot;same&nbsp; auction,&quot; each apprising bidders of the connection between them, anyone&nbsp; purchasing one would want the other in order to preserve provenance and&nbsp; possibly add value to the other. If that call is not made, then whoever would&nbsp; have purchased the set would have most probably broken it up anyway. So&nbsp; in my mind, I can still accrue the maximum potential remuneration while&nbsp; making available the option to anyone interested in preserving&nbsp; provenance. I see it as a brilliant idea offered by Peter T. Davis.&nbsp; Thank you Peter. This option at least offers me some alleviation of&nbsp; conscience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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