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Two gemstones sold for 35 million each: ?meaning

Posted on 6/10/23 at 11:21 am
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
10225 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 11:21 am
A ruby and a diamond and two rich buyers
The Eternal Pink
and

the 55 carat Mozambique ruby

Someone is willing to tie up a lot of dollars.

Are they betting that the next sale will mirror inflation?
Have they converted their unstable native currency to dollars and this is an effort to keep something of value for their future offspring?
Or ????
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
137799 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 11:22 am to
quote:

Someone is willing to tie up a lot of dollars.


Or donate them to a museum, get someone to claim a value of 60 million dollars, and take the additional 25 million as a nice little tax umbrella.

They do this with Fine Art all the time.
Posted by Stiles
Member since Sep 2017
3452 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 11:33 am to
These are just “The Pet Rock” for the wealthy.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51188 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 11:39 am to
quote:

Have they converted their unstable native currency

How do you know they´re from the USA?
Posted by stonedbegonias
Member since Jan 2010
12007 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 11:46 am to
I wish they would put something next to the stones for scale.
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
17509 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 11:46 am to
quote:

meaning


Women artificially inflate prices for random shiny things.
Posted by The Truth 34
Chavez Ravine
Member since May 2010
41504 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

Two gemstones


Posted by LSUBFA83
Member since May 2012
3843 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 12:18 pm to
Meh. If some rich person wants to waste their money on rocks it makes no difference to me. Now if I was rich and wanted to waste money on a rock, this is the rock I'd want.
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
29441 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 1:13 pm to
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Or donate them to a museum, get someone to claim a value of 60 million dollars, and take the additional 25 million as a nice little tax umbrella.


Hear me out. Can you take a tax credit for more than the basis? If you bought it for $35 and donated something worth $60, don’t you have to claim the $25 as additional income?
Posted by TigerMan327
Elsewhere
Member since Feb 2011
5811 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 1:20 pm to
I don’t know the exacts but this is a very common practice among the ultra wealthy with art work. That’s the real reason you see these ugly pieces of art sell for millions and millions.

Donate it to “charity” or a museum or whatever and then you end up saving way more money in taxes over the years
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
28565 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

Women artificially inflate prices for random shiny things.


Yeah. dudes never do anything like that...

Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
13690 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 2:52 pm to
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The Eternal Pink

Men have been seeking this since the dawn of time. Unfortunately, they get tired of her after a few years.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
47216 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 4:40 pm to
quote:

Or donate them to a museum, get someone to claim a value of 60 million dollars, and take the additional 25 million as a nice little tax umbrella.

That would not survive an audit.
Posted by chRxis
None of your fricking business
Member since Feb 2008
25660 posts
Posted on 6/10/23 at 4:43 pm to
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a nice little tax umbrella.

They do this with Fine Art all the time.

yep.... one of the greatest tax breaks really rich people have, tbh
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