Over the years, dropping the automobile keys in a poker pot has change into a daily trope in Hollywood. A participant runs out of money, and his automobile turns into a part of the motion. That theme was a actuality for one French rock star.
A 1975 Panther De Ville as soon as misplaced in a poker sport by Johnny Hallyday was auctioned off lately for $143,000. Hallyday, whose actual title was Jean-Philippe Léo Smet, was a French rock star, pop singer, and actor who bought greater than 110 million albums earlier than he died in 2017 at age 74. He is credited with first bringing rock ‘n’ roll to France.
The automobile was a present from singer Sylvie Vartan’s spouse on the time and featured customized options like “mink seats, a gold disc on top of the grille and hubcaps carrying his initials,” based on the BBC. However, the singer misplaced the car in a poker sport with associates in 1977.
French public sale home Osenat advised the BBC that Hallyday needed to repurchase the auto at one level however was dissuaded by his supervisor due to his “limited finances.” The Panther De Ville, designed within the Nineteen Thirties and manufactured within the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1985, had some actual muscle, with a V12 Jaguar engine.
Auctioneers anticipated the car to promote for round $85,000, however the automobile in the end bought for rather more. The poker participant who scored the automobile within the sport didn’t maintain on to the car too lengthy. The BBC famous that “the lucky winner preferred sportier models and later exchanged it for a Ferrari whose owner was a true fan of Hallyday’s.”.
Hallyday as soon as appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and frolicked with rock legends like Bob Dylan and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s first live performance was opening for Hallyday in 1966, and Mick Jones of Foreigner recorded an album with him within the Nineteen Sixties.
Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page additionally labored as a studio musician for the French singer. American audiences could acknowledge Hallyday from movies like The Pink Panther 2 with Steve Martin.
This isn’t the primary historic account of one thing apart from money being misplaced in a poker pot. In September 2023, a Wyoming ranch misplaced in a poker sport was listed for $58 million.
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