Weekly Roundup: She Can Leave, But It's Going To Cost You Edition

One of the commenters here clued me in to the fact that Russell Crowe is having a post-divorce auction. His wife, shown here in post-Wall-impact status at her current age of forty-eight, decided she needed to dump ol' Maximus. In consideration for being the highly-compensated wife of a dude that about half of the female world would have blown in a studio bathroom for free, Ms. Spencer received an $11 million home and $20 million in cash. Talk about the art of the deal.

Meanwhile, Russell says "Once I commit to something, I stick with it, so you never know… I’ve loved Danielle Spencer since 1989; that’s never going to change," he said. Oof. Dude, get a hold of yourself.

The auction is already over --- Australia is thirteen hours ahead of the East Coast --- but click the jump anyway to see some of my favorite items and also, incidentally, what I wrote last week. Oh yeah... the title is, of course, a reference to Anna Gaye's caustic statement regarding her own divorce and the musical response given by her husband.

Crowe wore this in Gladiator's final scene.

An 1870 Martin guitar made from Adirondack spruce and Brazilian Rosewood.

A 1945 Omega automatic in 18k gold.

All good stuff in good taste and I hope it all found a good home. Alright, let's get to last week's articles.

At TTAC, I told some young reprobate to buy a GT500. Brother Bark told you about a car that feels like despair.

For R&T, I shared my concern about dangerously misinformed trackday coaches and made a Fleetwood Mac reference in a test of the six-speed BMW 430i coupe.

This evening we will have a great new piece by Mr. Klockau, so come on back now, you hear?