Please, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy...permit me the fantasy that they loved Ari for himself, and, that in their eyes, he presented as Apollo.
There were those who thought Aristotle Onassis to be a toad in his physical presentation; but, apparently, Maria Callas and Jacqueline Kennedy, both connossieurs of men, differed in that opinion. As by the old adage, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
As I preach to the boys, physical beauty, personal charm, and, indeed, sexual prowess are assets, a portfolio if you will, to be exploited for profit; he is managing his portfolio astutely.
Plainly put, he is priced, correctly, as a "luxury item"; hence, "window-shoppers" whose exchequers constitute "small change" are discouraged; a nice Brioni fancy sport jacket is acceptable as a gratuity with him.
Eugene had a remarkable "run" for a poor boy from Mobile, Alabama; sadly, he ended up, "stony broke" back in his home town at the end of his life. Hopefully, "Claudio" saved his nickels for a comfortable retirement on the Italian Riviera.
"Claudio". Big, bold and beautiful, he was a " regular" at parties hosted by Eugene Walter in Rome "way back when", that is, at the time I yet had ash blonde locks and was 'fetching" in my physical presentation. I surmise he would be in his late fifties or early sixties.
By last report, he had a court date set for January in Dade account. As by my prior post, his photographs accurately portray his physical presentation at the time he was with me, and, he did not disappoint in any aspect of his offering.
Hmmm. . .he was my first "hire" almost forty years ago. "Everything is for sale if the price is right" was his "line". And, of course, I delight in a project with promise; it is a weakness with me.