more likely Thierry will assign more high end pieces to the seller so that PP can profit from the publicity they get from those sales. like us discussing how is it possible that someone has the audacity to make 800K USD by selling a wonderful watch::))
watches, no matter how high end, are trade pieces when the time comes, even for serious collectors. suddenly a favourite watch becomes totally disposable and a new star appears on the horizon. totally normal and the watch makers profit in terms of publicity from these high end sales.