Hmm, I didn't know Owen was a part of all this.

morningsong said:

Hmm, I didn't know Owen was a part of all this.

Yes he teamed up with Mayte. See the info from the auction site about the back story and why the stuff was pulled.

Prince Worn Jewelry
>
> In March 2016, one month before Prince died, we at NateDSanders.com Auction House, had Prince worn jewelry at auction consigned by his first wife, Mayte Garcia. We knew that Prince was very litigious so we were worried about having Prince worn jewelry at a public auction given that he sued almost every frivolous thing. We asked Mayte if he was going to sue and she said: “Prince doesn’t want to mess with me.” A month later, Prince sued, and we pulled the items from the auction. It wasn’t that we didn’t think that we could win the auction, it just wasn’t worth the time and money to fight Prince. A month after that, Prince died. Now, Prince worn jewelry would be worth fighting a lawsuit for as his jewelry could sell for $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 and up. Back then, Prince worn jewelry was much harder to sell. His death brought great demand for his memorabilia. Here are descriptions and pictures of the Prince worn jewelry at our auction:"
> ========
> Source: http://natedsanders.com/b...n-jewelry/

Is it just me, or is $25,000 for that China a bit steep? Granted, it's a huge, custom set from one of the biggest rock stars in human history, and has been seen in many places on TV, in print, and otherwise. But.... $25K to start???

I assume the Karen Krattinger (sp) items sold?

I'd love to have that blue suit & those white ohgirlwheredyougetthose shoes.

Cool stuff. I'd like the China...Please.

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laurarichardson said:

morningsong said:

Hmm, I didn't know Owen was a part of all this.

Yes he teamed up with Mayte. See the info from the auction site about the back story and why the stuff was pulled.

Prince Worn Jewelry
>
> In March 2016, one month before Prince died, we at NateDSanders.com Auction House, had Prince worn jewelry at auction consigned by his first wife, Mayte Garcia. We knew that Prince was very litigious so we were worried about having Prince worn jewelry at a public auction given that he sued almost every frivolous thing. We asked Mayte if he was going to sue and she said: “Prince doesn’t want to mess with me.” A month later, Prince sued, and we pulled the items from the auction. It wasn’t that we didn’t think that we could win the auction, it just wasn’t worth the time and money to fight Prince. A month after that, Prince died. Now, Prince worn jewelry would be worth fighting a lawsuit for as his jewelry could sell for $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 and up. Back then, Prince worn jewelry was much harder to sell. His death brought great demand for his memorabilia. Here are descriptions and pictures of the Prince worn jewelry at our auction:"
> ========
> Source: http://natedsanders.com/b...n-jewelry/

I'll have to go back and re-read. I did get distracted by the items themselves. I have always loved that china set, too steep for my blood though. I wouldn't buy a replica of it.

See, I did watched the 1st season of the ex-wives show and I remember how sad it was seeing her not being able to let go, the ladies on the show told her she needed to auction the stuff, even here on the org there was a consensus she needed to let go and auction off the stuff. Now when she does people suddenly did a 180 and started saying she betrayed him, that kind of blew me away, with the exception of her dancing around in Prince drawers that didn't set well with me at all and I said so. Then I hear on here Prince got involved. Weird to me but okay whatever that's between them. But now I'm seeing Owen was involved and I'm thinking there's WAY more to this story then it appeared to be.

Mayte prolly was cleaning the garage. She moved on. She did not need the china set so why hang onto it?

luv4u said:

Mayte prolly was cleaning the garage. She moved on. She did not need the china set so why hang onto it?

Well she had to pull it back so I suspect she still has it and she had not moved on. His face is on the front of her book.

Izzybee20 said:

[/b]"Prince doesn't want to mess with me" This is the part of the story that stood out to me. Sounds like someone who is bitter. I've really been trying to give her the benefit of the doubt the past few months, but each day it seems I read or discover something else that makes me doubt her true intentions...

That is more than likely why this string was added to begin with and in light of the recent book excerpts appearing. This woman is damned if she do and damned if she don't.

What was Prince doing in March 2016? Touring, composing music, and dealing with a drug addiction (occasionally tweeting goofy stuff on twitter) Is it possible his people were in charge of keeping track of this kind of shit. Plus, she kept the shit forever. HIs litigious nature wasn't as bad back in the day..why wait until March of 2016?

Real important question--now that the items are worth more, has she tried to auction them off again? If so, then she sucks. If not, then so the fuck what about her earlier little tantrum.

laurarichardson said:

morningsong said:

Hmm, I didn't know Owen was a part of all this.

Yes he teamed up with Mayte. See the info from the auction site about the back story and why the stuff was pulled.

Prince Worn Jewelry
>
> In March 2016, one month before Prince died, we at NateDSanders.com Auction House, had Prince worn jewelry at auction consigned by his first wife, Mayte Garcia. We knew that Prince was very litigious so we were worried about having Prince worn jewelry at a public auction given that he sued almost every frivolous thing. We asked Mayte if he was going to sue and she said: “Prince doesn’t want to mess with me.” A month later, Prince sued, and we pulled the items from the auction. It wasn’t that we didn’t think that we could win the auction, it just wasn’t worth the time and money to fight Prince. A month after that, Prince died. Now, Prince worn jewelry would be worth fighting a lawsuit for as his jewelry could sell for $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 and up. Back then, Prince worn jewelry was much harder to sell. His death brought great demand for his memorabilia. Here are descriptions and pictures of the Prince worn jewelry at our auction:"
> ========
> Source: http://natedsanders.com/b...n-jewelry/

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purplerabbithole said:

SO the estate (which is overwhelmed with burdens and can't even keep things off the internet) is a bigger legal threat than Prince was when he was alive?

Perhaps. she didn't know how sick or addicted or whatever he was when she thought of auctioning that stuff. Why do you want to paint her as hating him with every fiber of her being. Was he really that hateable?

laurarichardson said:

You must be s newbies Prince was quite the litigations one for the last 25 years or so even the auction house knew it. This was s year ago not 20 years ago and she made an extremely vindictive comment. You are a fucking trip he was dealing with s out control drug addition while playing an acoustic piano and not missing a beat. You know what that 75k for medical expenses must have been for all those illegal drugs🙄. He was probaly sick as a dog and working while she was hawking items since getting a job might be too much for her😥 I would not be surprised if she tries to sell it again but the estate will come for her. said:

What was Prince doing in March 2016? Touring, composing music, and dealing with a drug addiction (occasionally tweeting goofy stuff on twitter) Is it possible his people were in charge of keeping track of this kind of shit. Plus, she kept the shit forever. HIs litigious nature wasn't as bad back in the day..why wait until March of 2016?

Real important question--now that the items are worth more, has she tried to auction them off again? If so, then she sucks. If not, then so the fuck what about her earlier little tantrum.

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said:

According to a podcast about Mayte's book, Prince was upset about guitars and recordings that were up for auction, not what Mayte had up for auction. Prince contacted the auction and told them to just not sell anything Prince related. http://podcastjuice.net/t...e-article/

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"now' sell or "not" sell???

benni said:

According to a podcast about Mayte's book, Prince was upset about guitars and recordings that were up for auction, not what Mayte had up for auction. Prince contacted the auction and told them to just now sell anything Prince related. http://podcastjuice.net/t...e-article/

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purplerabbithole said:

"now' sell or "not" sell???

benni said:

According to a podcast about Mayte's book, Prince was upset about guitars and recordings that were up for auction, not what Mayte had up for auction. Prince contacted the auction and told them to just now sell anything Prince related. http://podcastjuice.net/t...e-article/

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NOT sell. Sorry, typo.

benni said:

morningsong said:

benni said:

laurarichardson said:

benni said:

According to a podcast about Mayte's book, Prince was upset about guitars and recordings that were up for auction, not what Mayte had up for auction. Prince contacted the auction and told them to just not sell anything Prince related. http://podcastjuice.net/t...e-article/

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--But the auction site took everything down for fear of being sued. Why not take down Owen's and leave Mayte's stuff.

Prince had stated "Just don't sell anything Prince related" which is why everything was taken down, according to the podcast. And according to the podcast that was why everything was removed, not just those items that Prince had an issue with because he specified "Don't sell any Prince items." And anyone that knew Prince should have known he would have an issue with demo tapes (especially) being released and sold to anyone.

Izzybee20 said:

Vashtix said:

Izzybee20 said:

[/b]"Prince doesn't want to mess with me" This is the part of the story that stood out to me. Sounds like someone who is bitter. I've really been trying to give her the benefit of the doubt the past few months, but each day it seems I read or discover something else that makes me doubt her true intentions...

It is clearly obvious Mayte is a bitter woman who is not over a man who was finished with her years ago. It is very sad and frightening at the same time.

She is also going on at people on Facebook saying he is still her husband. She is like a after death stalker.

Izzybee20 said:

[/b]"Prince doesn't want to mess with me" This is the part of the story that stood out to me. Sounds like someone who is bitter. I've really been trying to give her the benefit of the doubt the past few months, but each day it seems I read or discover something else that makes me doubt her true intentions...

....Bitter? or someone who wasn't a young girl anymore that could be ordered around. There comes a time in a female's life where you are ready to own your womanhood and not bow down to people just because they are bigger, better, stronger, faster, or richer than you are. Standing up for yourself does not always consititute bitter. It simply means that you're not afraid to go into self-preservation mode if someone fk**cs with you, and I don't believe a woman should be villified for that.

Ottensen said:

Izzybee20 said:

[/b]"Prince doesn't want to mess with me" This is the part of the story that stood out to me. Sounds like someone who is bitter. I've really been trying to give her the benefit of the doubt the past few months, but each day it seems I read or discover something else that makes me doubt her true intentions...

....Bitter? or someone who wasn't a young girl anymore that could be ordered around. There comes a time in a female's life where you are ready to own your womanhood and not bow down to people just because they are bigger, better, stronger, faster, or richer than you are. Standing up for yourself does not always consititute bitter. It simply means that you're not afraid to go into self-preservation mode if someone fk**cs with you, and I don't believe a woman should be villified for that.

A women and not a child knows how to get a job and take care of herself. Please do not tell me her belly dance stuff is her job as this appears to have just started recently. I do not think she has acted in anything in over a decade. Prince was not responsible for taking care of her for the rest of her life which is what she seems to think. I saw a response from her on her IG were she said she would always be his wife. She is at stalker level crazy and her actions have nothing to do with feminism which I belive some orgers think of her as some sort of Joan of Arc character.

laurarichardson said:

Tresha68 said:

laurarichardson said:

You must be s newbies Prince was quite the litigations one for the last 25 years or so even the auction house knew it. This was s year ago not 20 years ago and she made an extremely vindictive comment. You are a fucking trip he was dealing with s out control drug addition while playing an acoustic piano and not missing a beat. You know what that 75k for medical expenses must have been for all those illegal drugs🙄. He was probaly sick as a dog and working while she was hawking items since getting a job might be too much for her😥 I would not be surprised if she tries to sell it again but the estate will come for her. said:

What was Prince doing in March 2016? Touring, composing music, and dealing with a drug addiction (occasionally tweeting goofy stuff on twitter) Is it possible his people were in charge of keeping track of this kind of shit. Plus, she kept the shit forever. HIs litigious nature wasn't as bad back in the day..why wait until March of 2016?

Real important question--now that the items are worth more, has she tried to auction them off again? If so, then she sucks. If not, then so the fuck what about her earlier little tantrum.

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You said it ! He worked himself death while others who did nothing to build the empire want to collect from his blood, sweat, and tears. It is why this whole thing with Mayte has a such a pungent stench. It is wrong on so many levels.