The infamous symbol of Thatcher's power is expected to fetch �100,000-plus at a charity auction
Age: Twentysomething.
Appearance: Handy, baggy and hanging from Maggie.
A handbag!?! Correct, Lady Bracknell. A black Asprey handbag, to be precise.
Belonging to a woman named Maggie? Belonging to the woman named Maggie.
Smith or Gyllenhaal? Neither. Think of an older, more famous Maggie. One who used to be prime minister.
Maggie Simpson? That's an animated baby.
I give up. Maggie Thatcher.
Oh right, her. So what's happening with her handbag? It's going under the hammer.
They're smashing it? Why would anyone smash a handbag?
Well if I had a hammer and I saw something belonging to Margaret Thatcher . . . It's a good thing you don't have a hammer then. The infamous black handbag, carried to meetings with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, is due to be auctioned at Christie's in June. Thatcher was asked to donate the bag for a charity auction organised by former peer Jeffrey Archer, who will act as guest auctioneer on the day.
This gets worse and worse. Would you buy a used handbag from that man? Personally, no, but someone will. It's expected to sell for �100,000-plus, which, considering a new Asprey handbag will set you back around �13,000, isn't really all that much of a markup.
Do they really think anyone will pay �100,000 for a bit of old leather that smells of Thatcher? They did last time. Scottish businessman Ian Rushbrook paid precisely that amount for another of her handbags 11 years ago. In response to the sale, Thatcher issued a statement, saying: "My handbags did good service in cabinet and I am pleased they're still having the right effect."
The effect of enabling the very, very rich to spend enormous amounts of money on things that are no use to anyone? Exactly. Maggie's legacy lives on.
Do say: "Going once, going twice, going three times, sold! To the gentleman in the front row with very strange priorities in life."
Don't say: "No, no, no. No bids."
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/25/maggies-handbag-pass-notes
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