Roslyn Dee: Collections speak to us, which is why I’ve just bought my 44th copy of ‘The Great Gatsby’

Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone is auctioning off part of his watch collection, including this Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300. Photo: PA

Roslyn Dee

One of the 11 wristwatches being auctioned through Sotheby’s next month by Sylvester Stallone is a Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300. Extremely rare, it’s also mind-blowingly expensive, with a hammer price estimated at $2.5m (€2.33m) to $5m.

Add into this auction mix brands such as Rolex, Panerai and Cartier, plus another couple of more run-of-the-mill Pateks ($50,000-$100,000 for one, $200,000-$400,000 for the other), and it would seem that Stallone’s instinct for collecting watches is set to pay dividends.