Meanwhile, in rich-people world, a pair of Marie Antoinette’s shoes, circa 1790, were auctioned off in Toulon, France recently. Guess how much they went for. No, guess.
- Hôtel des ventes de Toulon
- To be fair, they are still pretty cute.
Okay, got your guess? Answer is after the cut.
$57,336
Now go back to your unprofitable life, sucker.
Honestly, that seems inexpensive to me. If I were fantastically rich, I’d happily pay twice that.
That does sound startlingly cheap. Those shoes are priceless. Really they should be in a museum somewhere, not hidden away in someone’s mansion.
As a foot fetishist—I mean, for a foot fetishist, that price wouldn’t seem out of line.
I guessed much more than that.
Do I need to walk a mile in those before I judge Mitt Romney?