Identified as the world’s biggest diamond company, De Beers has announced its plans to sell its South Africa-based Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa to the Petra Diamonds (ranks second largest in the production of diamonds). De Beers made up to the headlines before as well by producing The Cullinan, largest diamond weighing over 3000 carats, uncut. Whilst MD of the De Beers group, Gareth Penny has plans to use the capital generated for various growth prospects to enhance his diamond business, Petra chief executive Johan Dippenaar is also delighted with the deal.

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Bikers who come across Greg Dunham’s motorcycle think for a moment that they are facing some giant. It’s only after minutes that they realize it’s a motorcycle and sooner they are updated that it’s not an ordinary one but the one falling under the category of world’s biggest motorcycle in Guinness Book of World Records. It took Dunham three-years to build this 15-foot high, 25-foot-long monster bike. The bike offers you a pricey drive of $300,000. But you have to have a solid physique to hold this heavy bike weighing 6,500 pounds. Dunham has designed its steering from a cage under the handlebars.

The bike can be seen as challenge took by Dunham against his friends thought that making such bike is impossible. But the beauty shop owner proved them wrong. What do people have to say about his creation? “It is like icing on the cake”! Whilst Guinness Book of World Records depicts the bike as the world’s tallest rideable motorcycle.

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It was in 2005 that Charles Hack, a New Yorker made a good deal of fortune from property and invested the same in owing antique master paintings and Renaissance sculpture. Lately, Hack added another laurel to his name by purchasing a 24-cent American airmail stamp issued in 1918 for $977,500 (including auction house commission). Insane! No he is not as this was a rare stamp that reached the auction block due to its erroneous nature. Identified as the Inverted Jenny, the stamp became popular as a Curtiss JN-4, an airplane designed in the center was printed upside-down.

Counted 100 such misprints exist. Mr. Hack made the highest bid of $977,500 after beating the last bid for $850,000 at the Siegel Auction Galleries in New York City. The very deal substantiates the ongoing trend of owing a gamut of high-end collectibles. During last week, a compilation of American pattern coins - rare samples exhibited proposed designs and the first U.S in 1792 was traded for $30 million between an unnamed buyer and seller.

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I wish god would have made me either as cute as Shirley, the dog or as renowned as Lyn Harris. Either way I would have generated big mullahs either by modeling for it or by promoting it under an established brand. Shirley, from North London would now be the familiar face of a new fragrance Petite Armande by Lyn Harris. This three-year-old grande bassett would be the latest supermodel to hit the poster and have earned $50,000 (£25,000) for the same. This would be followed by the video marketing campaign for the seller, Mungo & Maud, who have plans to model its products in Britain’s market eyeing luxury pet industry.

Retailed at £38 ($80), this perfume bottle with a fragrance is inspired by sweet vanilla bourbon, with elegance of French blackcurrant and Tunisian neroli. Shirley overshadowed 29 prospective candidates at a final audition in Hoxton, East London. She is reckoned to bring the attitude of Kate Moss to the dog modeling world. One of the industry men expressed her as “one of the sophisticated bitches in the industry.” The perfume would surely invigorate the dog besides appealing to the human senses. It is anticipated that Shirley might have to face tough competition as within three days Harrods would be unveiling its own dog perfume, Sexy Beast. But this doesn’t shake the confidence of Mungo & Maud of owing the best dog….ooops BITCH.

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