The LaViolette Scholarship Foundation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 04 Dec 2022 19:15:38 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg The LaViolette Scholarship Foundation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope Francis' watch auctioned for world record price https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/12/05/pope-francis-watch-auctioned-for-world-record-price/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 06:50:16 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=154986 A watch worn by Pope Francis was sold Wednesday at a charity auction and set a new world record for the brand. The LaViolette Scholarship Foundation auctioned off a Swatch Once Again watch on Nov 30 that Francis had worn for much of his pontificate. The watch, which can be found at the brand's official Read more

Pope Francis' watch auctioned for world record price... Read more]]> A watch worn by Pope Francis was sold Wednesday at a charity auction and set a new world record for the brand.

The LaViolette Scholarship Foundation auctioned off a Swatch Once Again watch on Nov 30 that Francis had worn for much of his pontificate.

The watch, which can be found at the brand's official store for $55, was finally sold for $56,250 — more than 1,000 times its retail value — making it the Swatch watch for which the most money has ever been paid.

Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, sent a letter to the Holy Father in May telling him about the life of Brian LaViolette, a teenage watch collector who died at the age of 15 in a swimming accident.

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