Articles in the Worlds Most Expensive Category
Posted in Cell Phone, Luxury, Mobile Phone, Worlds Most Expensive on 22 July 2008
Priced at $176,400, claiming to be the world’s most expensive iPhone designed by Austrian luxury designer and jeweler Peter Aloisson gets a competitor here. Yes, if inking deals with diamond slapped N95, 24-Karat gold bathed Mobiado professional or Swarovski envcrusted Dior seems too pricey to pursue then I doubt your welcoming response for $177,300 Amosu diamond encrusted iPhone. But that is not an excuse for Amosu to stop delivering opulent models. Valued at £89,000 ($177,300), Amosu Ultimo Diamond iphone has neatly grabbed pedestal from the till date most expensive diamond studded iPhone from Princess Plus. Handcrafted by the most radiant equipments, the phone comes studded with 1179 dazzling 16.18 carat diamonds. It is the blend of form with functionality that makes the Amosu Ultimo Diamond iPhone worthy of its exclusive ‘World Class’ standing. On a deeper vision, the fashionable Ultimo Diamond iPhone sports 458 diamonds layered on its flat face with the rear bottom case caked with 18 carat solid white gold coated with 660 diamonds. To cherish the icing on the cake, it comes with an imprinted Apple logo festooned with 61 diamonds.
Posted in Auctions, Celebrity Shopping, Gold, News, Worlds Most Expensive on 16 July 2008
Yes, you heard it right! And the courtesy for such a whopping price tag of Damas-designed Kohl magazine, ITP Lifestyle magazine goes to its bejeweled cover page featuring Katrina Kaif captured by celebrity photographer Avinash Gowariker! Targeting Asian women, the face of the magazine comes dipped in 91 grams of gold and festooned with 622 diamonds. Thanks to the alliance with an established UAE-based jeweler Damas that the magazine is valued at more than $10,000 and is anticipated to undergo auction for the Rashid Pediatric Therapy Centre in October 2008. The gold-slapped cover of Kohl respects Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif, who was voted the Sexiest Woman by a famous international magazine.
Posted in Products, Shopping, Worlds Most Expensive on 14 July 2008
Christmas is still six-months away but does it mean we have to wait until then to commemorate the spirit? Well, if choose to say a big ‘NO’ or rather ignore the thought. And supporting my way is the world’s most expensive Christmas bauble, featured on 10 July in the Krebs Glas Lauscha GmbH company in Lauscha, Germany. Krebs Glas Lauscha has adorned a translucent glass ball with delicately fashioned solid 12-karat gold and 120 neatly-cut diamonds of the clarity VS1, weighing in total 5.1 carats. The bauble is anticipated to be retailed at 20,000 Euro ($31,400) per piece. Well, its presence at the small German village Lauscha is a proof that the place is the “birthplace” of glass Christmas ornaments.
Via DailyMail
Posted in Technology, Worlds Most Expensive on 14 July 2008
Called White light Glass Fiber Optic Cable, it is designed especially for the astute shopper who demands the signal transfer performance at par from this intermediate. Urbanized by Nordost, the cable offers terrific outcome when operated in high-end 2-channel audio or multi-channel driven home theater systems. The glass cable utilizes the highly rated glass filament conductor that has ultra polished exterior to guarantee an optimal gesture path for digital data rivulets.
The three-layers of very low loss wadding along with an internal humid apparatus are developed to conserve the veracity of the digital sign. Each cable is finished with high quality fused Toslink connectors whose exactitude polished lenses assures complete signal reliability at the point of bond. This cable is a perfect choice for those wanting to have maximum quality ocular link.
Price: $32,825 a pair
Via BookofJoe
Posted in Estate, Luxury, Property, Worlds Most Expensive on 10 July 2008
Another update for realtors and a reason to be jealous for billionaires! The saga of world’s most expensive house started over at elitechoice with $180 mn Belgravia house (Britain’s most expensive), which got sidelined with then world’s most home for £80 million. Then the surge in the price of realty market was observed and an apartment got sold for $200 mn and during the same month news came about Mittal tagging a deal with $230 mn house touting it to be the world’s most expensive home once again.
But this time Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich overshadowed Mittal’s realty possessions by owning a $500 million La Leopolda. The latest world’s most expensive house now belongs to the owner of Chelsea Football Club. The regal summit villa overlooks the French Rivieraand Roman his heart to this beauty while he was visiting this along with his girlfriend Daria Zhukova.
Posted in Art, Auctions, Paintings, Worlds Most Expensive on 10 July 2008
Setting a new record for the category of world’s most expensive living female artist is a South African born artist Marlene Dumas. And this is made possible via her painting, popularly known as “The Visitor,†that generated sales of £3.1 million at a Sotheby’s auction. The painting was picked up by the New York private dealer Nancy Whyte during Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale scheduled on 1 July. The sales figure overshadowed Dumas’ preceding testimony of £1.8 million marked in February 2005.
Posted in Apparels, Designer, Diamond, Fashion, Luxury, Worlds Most Expensive on 30 June 2008
You are wrong if you think that only revealing and trendy silhouettes gets an invitation to undergo a blingy treatment and within no time evolve in their shining new avatar. Whilst Triumph Luxurious Diamond Thong layered with countless diamonds may seem a confrontation to my argument but the news about World’s Most Expensive Abaya, a traditional form of Islamic dress stands high to defend it. Abaya, the simplest form of dressing accepted by Islamic religion was picked by British couture designer Bruce Oldfield. The bejeweled Abaya features 4,668 diamonds weighing 359.7 grams of white gold. Bruce in association with Crosley Diamonds based in London has unveiled this luxury called World’s Most Expensive Abaya.
Posted in Worlds Most Expensive, Yacht on 24 June 2008
Phoenix 1000 is the biggest and luxurious private submarine ever designed. The fantastic super yacht is a 65-meter (213′) personal luxury submarine and is able to deal with ocean crossings at a speed of 16 knots. Spread at a surface area of 460 sq meters, it assures long journeys in most luxurious and comfortable way. On board, it offers accommodation for around 12 guests divided into 6 cabins with private bathrooms; while on the main deck have a fantastic deck saloon from which they can admire the unusual and fascinating landscapes of navigation in depth. But the real surprise is the comfortable flying Bridge and its ability of its material to stand immersion.
Posted in Luxury, Worlds Most Expensive, Yacht on 23 June 2008
Ready to take a cruise in a world’s giant cruise ship? But hang on as it hasn’t yet hit the seas. Called the “Project Genesis†cruise liner, Royal Caribbean is engaged in raising this 1,180 feet long water gargantuan. Weighing 220,000 tones and valued at $1.24 billion, the ship claims to be the world’s priciest ship as well. But if besides the ‘est’ factor, figures do make a difference to you then read further. Alleged to be 43% wider than Queen Elizabeth II, it can house 5,400 sea lovers and sponge 6,400 under Sardine circumstances. It sports a Central Park, an AquaTheater along with seven different “neighborhoods†offering lodging to people.
Posted in Crystals, Designer, Fashion, Luxury, Worlds Most Expensive on 19 June 2008
Besides having piled up dough, even filthy-rich apply their brains and do a little math before inking pricey deals. The case in point is Beverley Lateo (right), who shelled out $17,000 for getting a hair cut by Stuart Phillips based in London. The gesture made both of them reside in the Guinness Book of World Records. Okay, assume you are 40-years young now and spends $50 on haircut after an interval of every two months. So, roughly once you touch 100 years of your life, you would have spent nearly $18,000. And following this logic, it became a wise option for Beverley now and other prospective customers planning to visit Stuart Phillips. But who is interested to live 100 years of life…huh!
Realizing their growing visibility, CaptivateIndulge indulged in a chat with Stuart Phillips and came out with many interesting facts. Answer to the curiosity of the expensive behavior of haircut was “Attention to detail†plus clients spends entire day in the regal ambiance of this salon adorned with 23,000 Swarovski crystals.
