Barbie dolls have been loved and loathed at the same time. It is every young gal’s definition of beauty and that is precisely what bothers a number of thinkers. Ablue Eyed fantasy that all children want to fulfill! Reminds me of Morrison’s The Bluest Eyes. Well, the manufacturers cant be least bothered! They have recently sold an Angelina Jolie doll for $3,000 on eBay. The doll is designed and created by Noel Cruz who is himself a fan of Jolie. The doll has Jolie’s pout lips as well as Jolie’s mole on her forehead.

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When I heard about a shoes selling for a grand sum like this, I automatically assumed that it has to be something like Cinderella’s glass slippers that her fairy god mother gifted her. Little did I imagine that it would be a little Dorothy Gale’s shoes instead! Judy Garland, in the timeless classic The Wizard of Oz walked around in a pair beautiful ruby red shoes. The shoes look eye catching enough ot catch the attention of any one, believe me. They will be on sale at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York if you plan to go for window shopping atleast. In total there are 5 pairs that were worn by the actress in the movie.

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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.

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It seems the industry moguls cannot settle down at anything ordinary and hence has religiously charted out their own way to celebrate event. The case in point is Scrabble’s 60th Anniversary that got enough applause from celebrities also. The Diamond Anniversary Edition game board is hand crafted and sports bling via its gleaming 30,000 Swarovski crystals. Every radiant sparkler was scrupulously elected to bout the scrape board’s signature shades. Its display plate is signed by Jimmy Kimmel, Skeet Ulrich, Seth Green, Aisha Tyler and Daniel Kellison who were presented at the Scrabble “Under the Stars event”. If it catches your interest then free feel to install it into your entertainment corner by being the proud holder of this elite game board that demands an estimated bid of $20,000 at an auction at Clothesoffourback.

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At the lately held Design Miami/Basel fair in Switzerland, Brad was found hunting for some exquisite and artistic forms of furniture to populate his new home abroad. And the gesture turned out into headlines for Brad Pitt as he ended up inking a pricey deal of $293,000 with a rococo styled Cinderella table. Dutch designer Jeroen Verhoeven used a solo chunk of Carrara marble to design this elite hollow white marble table. Available in counted six editions, the table gave him an opportunity to make up to news. Besides the table, his reflected an inclination towards few other unique items viz. an aluminum woven rug and a gold lacquer-coated fiberglass sofa. No matter what you say, but for sure he has his own way to experiment with his time, wealth or aptitude

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Swarovski, crystals, precious stones were seen in various forms of jewelry by news is now someone is taking the honor to clad her body. The ever-charming Blake Lively from the hit series Gossip Girl had her work cut out at a latest held Vanity Fair photo shoot. Her day got busy in cavorting around a 33-pound Christian Dior gown. The tinted yellow satin gown was bathed in counted 6,000 Swarovski sequins all elegantly fitted with hand. Full of life, the star rose to the event and truly owned the outfit; the proof to this is the graceful and appealing pictures.

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Pop celebrity lately auctioned handful of her personal belongings from “Oral Fixation” tour to donate the proceedings for building a school for impecunious kids in northern Colombia. The highlights of the auction count the earning of $3,051 for Shakira’s bra. This multihued beaded and sequined bra is designed by Roberto Cavalli and invited eyeballs. Amongst other 40 products is a sparkly lavender skirt with turquoise-and-coral beading carried by her while singing “Hips Don’t Lie,” and lately fetched $1,000 plus. Another fan dropped out $14,000 for grabbing the opportunity of meeting Shakira and reserving front-row seats at a future show scheduled in Toronto. The amount generated would go to an Internet auction for her Bare Feet Foundation. In total, the auction produced a sale of $76,000. Those who were unaware of the opportunity can eye an electric Fender guitar and an acoustic Taylor guitar, both bearing singer’s autograph, inviting her devotees till Sunday.

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The Paparazzo’s won’t lend their flashes for this pop idol! Iconic and innovative, enthused by the celebrities who seldom spurn their sunglasses in public, the Celebrity lamp has made an ultra-modern use of aviator glasses; eyes and light toggling their customary sides. It features 40 pairs of mirrored aviator glasses and stands on a glistening, linear stand along with a hilarious temple light switch.

When it is switched off, the lamp becomes an astounding silver statuette, shimmering 80 times its environs. Turn on, the lenses become lucid and cast a kaleidoscope of oval gloom on the adjacent walls for an exclusive urbane setting. The designer home décor accessory is being contrived in Austria to guarantee the premier eminence and expected standards.

Price: $1,600

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The custom still continues. Celebrities’ accessories and belongings’ are getting the princely treatment equivalent to that demanded by celebrities themselves. It’s an open call to add another bling to your parking area by bringing home the DUI Mercedes-Benz once owned by Lindsay Lohan.

The haute actress was driving when she received a DUI and the exhibited Mercedes at eBay now eyes a proud owner. Matthews Auto was ignorant of the real value of the coupe while they bought dented SL65 Mercedes in 2005 but that momentary ignorance got erased when the car dealer sited the auction on eBay & they realized the worth of goldmine with them. On last visit to eBay it demanded a whopping sum of $110,000 and to your much-fortune the bid has not still being materialized.

Another charity auction but this time the contributor is not any ancient artwork instead sparkling corsets carried by renowned Hollywood celebrities. The list of 40 celebrities all set to promote and contribute to the children’s charity include Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Beyoncé Knowles, Eva Longoria and Jessica Simpson. Around 19 corsets are being sold at Frederick’s of Hollywood’s flagship store in Los Angeles and the remaining can be handpicked online on 5 November from the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, NGO founded by celebrities concerned towards gravely ill and autistic kids.

The total sales generated so far have touched $120,000 with Dita Von Teese’s piece garnering the peak offer. The burlesque star’s peculiar bodice, coated with multihued Swarovski crystals and pursued by a fuchsia plumed tail fetched $20,000. Following this is Johansson’s corset, a champagne satin piece adorned with platinum beaker globules that reaped $11,000Â while Debra Messing used intense, mottled shades. Andy Garcia’s Cuban flag-inspired corset is still available. Here is an invitation for all filthy-rich folks, if you still have enough money to burn then invest it to the noble cause.

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