I think that art can be done with a piece of clay also. It does not have to be Swarovski or pearls to be called an artistic creation. With pleasure, I am going to tell you about Jon Kuhn and his latest piece of art. Jon is a leading glass artist, who has recently joined hands with the Bösendorfer to make a glass piano using various types of glass work. It has nearly two hundred intricate designs in which more than one fifty pieces have been used in every design. That means that it uses more than 3000 glittering pieces of gorgeous glass. Coming for $1.2 million, that is not very modest but then its art!

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I always thought that my Swarovski watch is the ultimate thing that has ever seen life but the recent collection launched by Jaeger-LeCoultre has made my time piece blush! Yeah, I know they are the best watch-makers in the whole wide world, or so the gfame goes but I never though that they would surpass their own best so easily. The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Le Lierre Collection. It’s a green fantasy turned to life! It is made in the form of ivy leaves and tendrils, only the green leaves are realised in gold and precious stones to make it the ultimate style statement.

The set comes complete with a necklace, a bracelet, a ring and a pair of in 18k yellow gold and and yellow sapphires. In total, it has 14,000 gemstones and it costs a paltry $4.3 million. You heard it right! Paltry is what I said. The miracle that this piece is, 4.3 million is too paltry an amout if you ask me.

Via TimeZone

The latest buzz in the automobile world is that some anonymous gentle man has decided to sell his old Bugatti Type 41 Royale for nothing less than $10 million! Iwas shocked when I read that, will my pice of junk be allowed to sell this high? But when I read further I realised that we are not talking of any ordinary piece but an extremely rare design manufactured by Ettore Bugatti. The story of the birth of the car is interesting enough to deserve a space here. It began in 1920s when Bugatti was in the process of finalising a deal with French military to build 16-cylinder aircraft engines. Some how, the contract failed but it germinated the idea of a big engine car in Bugatti’s mind.

The model in question seems to belong to a Japanese client of London’s Bonham & Brooks. They have been directed to sell the vehicle for at least $10 million. Let’s see the big game and see how much it catches at the auction!

Via Gadling / Forbes

When I read about the story of this long lost Champagne bottle making their way to stardom, I was literally amazed. Imagine a bottle of Champagne sinking in the sea because of a shipwreck some eighty years back has found its way back, and what a come back!

This 1907 Heidsieck champagne fetched a $275,000 tag at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow. And there are more than 200 such bottles belonging to the bygone era. It is being said that the bottles were shipped for a Russian Imperial family at the time when it met the fatal accident.

I am sure that had the roman god of Wine seen this, he would have shied away!

Via Luxist

“The pen is mightier than the sword” wrote Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Little did he know that in future it will be ‘costlier’ also than most things! While it might disappoint our friends who have leftist inclination, the fact is, that pen, once considered a weapon of the intellectuals, has now become a status symbol. Well I am not going to crib or cry about that. If we can spend millions on our silly whims and fantasies, splurging on the good ol’ pen does make sense to me. ( to be taken with a pinch of salt!)

The new Maserati sterling silver pen is designed by none other than Armando Simoni, the true blue native of Italy. Only thing is, he makes a rinascimento in luxury goods! A total of 1,914 pens is all that the company is launching, in memory of the year when the company was established (1,914) as a status symbol.

The pens are available in roller and fountain both. The roller ball costs $2500 and the fountain one is appropriately priced at $2750.

Via Luxist

The way the majestic mugals bathed in luxury five hundred years back is still unmatched. The specially designed hamams were filled with rose essence and the temperature of water was controlled by falling it over a wall heated by lighting thousands of candles. They understood that bathing is not just a matter of hygiene but a relaxing luxury. Today’s life is easy and we do not have to take all the pains the mughals took to have a relaxing bath. The simplest thing you can do is to buy yourself a Kohler Fountainhead VibrAcoustic Bath. Interestingly, this system works on sound waves, music and LED lighting. The tub has a control panel located at the side of the tub, apart from having a remote control.

There are features to control the temperature of water or to add or remove water from the tub, all at a click of a button. More than that, you can also adjust the sound waves, the volume and the type of music and also the brightness of the light. Kohler Fountainhead VibrAcoustic Bath is reasonably priced $9000, considering the innovative features that it offers.

Via LuxuryLaunches / Gearlog

Over lunch at Madame Clicquot’s Country House, Andrea Crippa, Directeur Marketing & RP International for Veuve Clicquot, in association with Porsche Design are launching a unique concept in the form of a ice bucket. The product was showcased in an equally unique manner- at a lunch party at Madame Clicquot’s Country House, Andrea Crippa, Directeur Marketing & RP International.

The hi-tech ice bucket got life after 5 years of R&D. You simply need to put in the bottle of wine inside the box and you will get a cool drink around 20 minutes later. The bottle will stay chilled for at least 4 hours afterwards. There is no scope for improvemet as far as design and looks is concerned. So all said and done, this is your best bet in the market (when it will be finally launched in 2009).

Via NotCot

Here is the prospective contender for the choosy race to design world’s most expensive golf ball marker. Those sporty folks with an admiration for blingy products can witness it as an inviting opportunity to ink deal with glossy golf accessory coming from the house of Shano, an established name in the production of golf ornaments. Sporting platinum and diamond, the golf ball marker flaunts 1/2 of a carat of white VS diamonds measuring 1″ in diameter and 1/10″ in thickness.

Priced at $10,200, they still fall behind the pricey model of the TriMark marker retailed for $10,500. If you ask me then I am game for a new rider as the elite design is quite appealing.

Via Luxist

Gurkha is all set to take your “burning through money” experience to a new level. Tagged as the Rolls Royce of the cigars world, the company is known for production of high-end smokes, precious to collectors.One of such edition is the Black Dragon unveiled in 2006. Counted five cases of this limited edition hand-crafted, camel bone box are available with each cigar demanding a price of $1,150 each. Each case sports around 100 cigars, thereby calculating a fat price of $115,000 for each box. Are you ready to shell out your money on fire?

Touted to be the worlds most expensive ones, they are formed using premium tobacco and from there are infused with an full bottle of Louis XIII cognac.

Via BachelorGuy

A one-time shot may costs $2,500 against the cost of the Louis XIII Black Pearl Magnum Bottle, which stands at $80,000. This gives a reason enough to commemorate the precious moments by by banging off a deluxe champagne or cognac. Doing justice to the personae of filthy rich, the pricey Louis XIII Black Pearl Magnum is exclusively available at Rose Club of the The Plaza hotel, New York. It is being said that the cost of single shot is comparable to standard monthly lease for an apartment house in New York. The individuality of this Remy Martin-produced drink can be realized by the fact that it is not available anywhere across New York even as a taster.

Hand-blown from black crystal, the pearl magnum is nicely designed by Baccarat and still remains uncorked since its introduction in June. A small calculation depicts at $2,500, you can get a dose of 32 pours in the 1.75 liter bottle. Big news: Even though it demands a fat price, the bottle is not available for sale.

Via Luxist