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White Diamond by Sotheby’s: $23 millions

The white diamond belonged to the Sotheby’s auction house and had 100.1 carat. It was initially sold for $16 million but the current value reaches $23million.

Posted On : Oct, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

The ETF Rush of 2010: Gold Funds Gain Favor

Historically high gold prices are driving investors into exchange-traded funds and mining-company stock mutual funds at a time when many investors are shedding their stakes in stock funds. Higher fund flows show investors are looking to [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Mercedes Rolls Out the Most Expensive Car in Korea

A German luxury sedan has set a new record as the most expensive car for sale in Korea. The new Maybach 62 comes with a price tag of a whopping W850 million (US$1=W1,150), higher than the previous record holder, the Rolls-Royce Phantom 2 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

201-carat Chopard: $25 million

This very unique yet very expensive watch. The real part of watch is somewhere there in the middle. It’s surrounded by 201 carats. This watch that also bracelet comes with a trio of heart-shaped diamonds: A 15-carat pink diamond, 1 [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Patek Phillipe’s Supercomplication: $11 million

This watch was sold in Sotheby’s auction for a little over $11 million. This is Patek Philippe’s supercomplicated creation that also worth super expensive price. This watchmaker company finished this timepiece in 1932, after [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

World's most expensive book up for sale

John James Audubon's seven-volume Birds Of America, which dates from the 19th century, will be sold alongside literary treasures like a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio and a series of letters by Queen Elizabeth I. There [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Moscow Has Most Expensive Hotel Rates in World, Report Shows

Moscow retained its ranking as the city with the most expensive average hotel room rate in the world, a survey by business travel agency Hogg Robinson Group Plc showed. The average rate in the city in the first half was 256.83 pounds ($4 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

10 most expensive cars in India

For all the lovers of luxury cars in India, there's good news. Aston Martin, the British manufacturer of luxury cars made popular by video games and Bond movies, has decided to enter the expanding markets in India. Priced at about 3 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Most expensive bed in the world for the super rich ‎

When you have way too much money to spend, what do you do with it? Some of us would love to be in such a position, since it would be able to solve many of our material “problems” (more of wants than needs if you ask me). Well [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

America’s Most Expensive Place to Park: Manhattan

Parking in Manhattan is still more expensive than it is anywhere else in the country. But if you’re just driving in for a day, you’re currently getting a better deal than you did last year. Midtown monthly parking rates [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

The world's most expensive bikes

"It's not about the bike," according to the title of Lance Armstrong's autobiography. Except, perhaps, when the bike costs half a million dollars. A few months after last year's Tour de France, the Trek Madone [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

The most expensive iPhone 4 in the world

Sure, there might be some kind of problem with the signal bar — perhaps it is software, as Apple claim, perhaps not — one day we’ll know. Meanwhile the adoring iPhone loving or loathing public might as well get the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0