Comments on: Mintoff’s belt buckle sells for 8,000 euros

By: Ethics

Ethics — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 01:32:19 +0000

State gifts received are property of the state. They should not be auctioned off by the heirs of a former head of government.

By: Ernest Meli

Ernest Meli — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:42:42 +0000

Probably it was purchased by somebody who appreciates Dom’s work. Somebody who did not have any money and made a living out of social benefits. Only such a person can appreciate Mintoff’s work enough to spend €8000 on his buckle.

By: George

George — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:50:26 +0000

The next Indiana Jones movie is long overdue. Maybe Hollywood were waiting for new relic ideas worth chasing for.
It will probably be called, ‘Indiana Jones and the Buckle of Dom’.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:11:38 +0000

If you need more proof that the Nationalists try to value anything while the Socialists put a price tag on them just read what Daphne wrote and observe what the Mintoff sisters just did.

By: Claude Sciberras

Claude Sciberras — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:35:00 +0000

You are wrong. The one who inherited Mintoff’s “attitude towards money, which dictates that anything that can be turned into cash should be turned into cash, with no room for sentimentality or higher emotions” is apparently our Prime Minister.

By: bob-a-job

bob-a-job — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:34:34 +0000

I wonder whether those photos in that brown envelope were auctioned.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:49:22 +0000

I agree with the Mintoff sisters.

Who on earth would have any interest in hanging on to the memories of such an obnoxious person.

They, and their late mother, know more than anybody else that the man was a revolting swine.

Who can blame them for wanting to erase all memories of him except for his filthy millions, of course ?

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:10:12 +0000

His two daughters inherited huge sums of money after his death and now they are making more money by selling his junk – a buckle which for many, many of us reminds us of his reign of terror and Police-state.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:35:10 +0000

Yana Mintoff Bland is notoriously miserly like her father was. I can only image her delight at selling a belt buckle for 8,000 euros.

By: Alexander Ball

Alexander Ball — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:32:04 +0000

It was interesting mooching about his downstairs rooms, looking at his bric-a-brac. Like you say, a lot of personal stuff was on sale which indicated to me that they just wanted shut.

Any idea what his rusty old golf clubs sold for?