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  • Golden coffin on sale at Verona fair

    Shoppers wondering how to deal with the afterlife found an answer Friday -- a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin, one of many items on display at the opening of an international luxury fair in Verona. The coffin was priced at a mere 280,000 euros (381,000 dollars), while a diamond-studded, cancan-style wedding gown in pink chinchilla fur could be scooped up for 220,000 euros. Read More
  • Historical firearms auctioned

    James D. Julia Auctions in Fairfield, Maine provides this rare opportunity to all gun lovers to get hold of historic firearms that belonged to famous and infamous and morbid men like the FBI’s most wanted man of the Depression era, John Dillinger. Among the impressive display of items up for auction include a Belgian Knuckleduster Revolver (featured right, est. $7,000-$9,000), and the most excit... Read More
  • Top 10 most self-indulgent golfing gears

    If you thought that Golf is a sport which only needed a putter, ball and clubs to hit it off in style then you need to run a check as time and again we have been covering luxurious golfing paraphernalia that enhances the oomph factor of this game. Touted to be a rich man’s sport, it is often wondered if the equipment makes the golfer, or is it the other way around. Of late golf has become a desi... Read More
  • Coffee Cups recreate the Mona Lisa

    The Mona Lisa has been recreated with 3,604 cups of coffee and 564 pints of milk in Sydney, Australia. The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different sepia shades of the painting. It measures an impressive 20 feet high and 13 feet wide and took a team of eight people three hours to complete. Read More
   
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Golden coffin on sale at Verona fair
(1 vote, average 4.00 out of 5)
Sunday, 28 February 2010 12:03

golden-coffin-verona-fairShoppers wondering how to deal with the afterlife found an answer Friday -- a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin, one of many items on display at the opening of an international luxury fair in Verona. The coffin was priced at a mere 280,000 euros (381,000 dollars), while a diamond-studded, cancan-style wedding gown in pink chinchilla fur could be scooped up for 220,000 euros.

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Historical firearms auctioned
(4 votes, average 3.75 out of 5)
Sunday, 04 October 2009 16:42

Belgian Knuckleduster RevolverJames D. Julia Auctions in Fairfield, Maine provides this rare opportunity to all gun lovers to get hold of historic firearms that belonged to famous and infamous and morbid men like the FBI’s most wanted man of the Depression era, John Dillinger. Among the impressive display of items up for auction include a Belgian Knuckleduster Revolver (featured right, est. $7,000-$9,000), and the most exciting of all, the morbid death mask of John Dillinger.

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Top 10 most self-indulgent golfing gears
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Sunday, 04 October 2009 13:24

Top 10 most self-indulgent golf gearsIf you thought that Golf is a sport which only needed a putter, ball and clubs to hit it off in style then you need to run a check as time and again we have been covering luxurious golfing paraphernalia that enhances the oomph factor of this game. Touted to be a rich man’s sport, it is often wondered if the equipment makes the golfer, or is it the other way around. Of late golf has become a designer sport with ultra luxurious golfing gears surfacing to help player put a perfect shot. We have attempted to compile a list of gilt-edged golfing gears that range from diamond-studded clubs to iPod-compatible carts to pricey golf simulators to golf watches and much more.

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Coffee Cups recreate the Mona Lisa
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Saturday, 08 August 2009 16:00

mona-lisa-coffee-cup-1The Mona Lisa has been recreated with 3,604 cups of coffee and 564 pints of milk in Sydney, Australia. The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different sepia shades of the painting. It measures an impressive 20 feet high and 13 feet wide and took a team of eight people three hours to complete.

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MLB & Swarovski design a Swarovski helmet for baseball fans
(2 votes, average 3.50 out of 5)
Sunday, 02 August 2009 15:20

swarovski-helmetFor the rich New York baseball fans who take their fan status a bit too seriously, Austrian Swarovski has teamed up with Major League Baseball to create a crystallized motorcycle helmet in honor of the New York Yankees. The luxury helmet in black features the legendary stamped team logo on front, and the Yankees inscription on the back, all adorned with black Swarovski crystals. The helmet is available in a limited edition through Galeries Lafayette Homme, and adorns a price tag of $347.

 
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