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Tokunbo Salako

Cash-strapped Francis Ford Coppola sells unique F.P Journe watch for $10.8 million

Oscar winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola sale of a unique F.P Journe wristwatch has fetched a record $10 million at an auction in New York.

The prototype watch enormously surpassed expectations. It had been listed for $1 million last month with the cash-strapped American director desperately seeking funds after pouring millions on his own money into his latest movie 'Megalopolis' which tanked at the box office.

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