South African born artist Marlene Dumas set a new record this month for the most expensive living female artist, when her painting The Visitor, fetched £3.1 million (R47 million) at a Sotheby’s auction.
Dumas’s painting was sold to New York private dealer Nancy Whyte at the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale held in London on the 1st of July. The £3,177,250 million bid for the painting surpasses Dumas’ previous record of £1.8 million set in February 2005.
The painting shows six young sex-workers in a room looking towards a door at the end of the room. The poses of the women suggest that they are competing for their trade while anticipating the imminent arrival of a client. Described by Sotheby’s as a psychologically challenging and strikingly beautiful painting, The Visitor is a large scale (180cm x 300cm) depiction of a group of female streetwalkers.
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July 22, 2008
Aerogel was first created by Steven Kistler in 1931, as a result of a bet with Charles Learned over who could replace the liquid inside a jam (jelly) jar with gas without causing shrinkage.
Aerogel is a low-density solid-state material derived from gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with gas. The result is an extremely low density solid with several remarkable properties, most notably its effectiveness as a thermal insulator. It is nicknamed frozen smoke, solid smoke or blue smoke due to its semi-transparent nature and the way light scatters in the material; however, it feels like expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) to the touch .
July 22, 2008
The name of this expensive water that is bottled by Hawaii Deep Marine is Kona Nigari. The world’s most expensive water can be found 2,000 feet down off the coast of HawaiiThis water is a seawater mineral concentrate that you mix with your regular drinking water. Sells for $33.50 per two-ounce bottle of concentrate and is meant to be diluted in a bottle of regular water (add $1.99 to the bill). It’s credited with aiding weight loss, stress reduction, skin tone, and digestion. currently shipping 80,000 bottles a DAY to Japan.
July 22, 2008
A luxury flat in Hong Kong has sold for 225 million Hong Kong dollars (USD28.8 million), the most expensive apartment per square foot ever sold in Asia. The 80th floor penthouse with a private swimming pool and spectacular view of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor sold for 41,000 dollars per square foot .The buyer, Jack Ma, is the chairman and founder of online business to business giant, Alibaba. Ma’s $900 million earned him 76th place on this year’s Forbes list of China’s 400 richest people, but since the recent public offering of Alibaba, Ma’s personal net worth is now an estimated $1.6 billion.
July 22, 2008
A Switzerland-based company named Chopard has lately exhibited the $25, 000,000 watch that is gathering eyeballs. It consists three heart-shaped diamonds weighing 38 carats (15-carat pink heart diamond, 12-carats blue heart diamond and 11-carats white heart diamond). These tinted heart forms are embedded into a bracelet, which is adorned with other white and yellow flowery diamonds weighing 163 carats.
July 18, 2008
The phone derives its name from the Princess cut (stones, which are where the name iPhone Princess Plus comes from) used on 138 of the 318 diamonds on its surface. The rest of the 180 diamonds on the phone are brilliant cut and it has 17.75 carats of diamonds set in 18k white gold around its rim. All diamonds used are of the best quality. This iPhone Princess Plus has a price tag of €120,000 ($176,400 USD) its first customer is a Russian businessman who had pre-ordered it way back in October 2007 for January 2008 delivery.
July 18, 2008
Puredistance – Crystal Masterpiece by Swarovski
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Puredistance is one of the world’s most exclusive perfumes in a truly stunning flacon from pure Swarovski Crystal(limited edition only) .After 5 years of passionate product development, Puredistance launched a limited edition Crystal Masterpiece that holds a timeless perfume: ‘Puredistance I’. This Masterpiece consists of a Crystal Column with a cap both exclusively made by Swarovski from crystal and 24 carat gold or high grade steel.
Puredistance Collection is available in tow editions .
1 . “CRYSTAL & GOLD” Limited Edition
A Crystal Masterpiece made of Swarovski crystal and 24 carat gold-plate, encloses the 17.5 ml ‘Puredistance I’ perfume spray. Produced in a limited edition of only 2048 pieces, the “Crystal & Gold ” edition offers unparalleled exclusivity.The suggested retailprice is 2750 Euro, including the 17.5 ml. Perfume Spray.
2 . “CRYSTAL & STEEL” Limited Edition
This Crystal Masterpiece is made of pure Swarovski crystal and high-grade, polished steel. The “Crystal & Steel” version is produced in a limited edition of 4824 pieces. Design by Sander Sinot.The suggested retailprice is 1750 Euro, including the 17.5 ml Perfume Spray.
Via http://www.puredistance.com/
July 18, 2008
Dolce and Gabanna however, taken the luxury of owning designer shades out of the hands of the ordinary and introduced the world’s most expensive sunglasses. Dolce and Gabanna’s DG2027B sunglasses, which cost a whopping $383,609, are truly in a league of their own. Without a doubt the world’s most expensive shades, keep in mind that these six figure sunglasses, which sport gold frames and tinted lenses, also require a six-figure salary to own .
via http://www.glamboulevard.com
July 17, 2008
World’s Most Expensive Laptop is Tulip E-Go Diamond. Tulip E-Go notebook inlaid with solid palladium white gold plates in which thousands of brilliant cut diamonds have been set. The quality is V.V.S. top-Wesselton and the total weight is 80.00 Crt. A unique square cut ruby has been set in both Tulips logos.The brilliant cut diamonds are microscopic and pave set with surgical precision. This magnificent end result is possible thanks to the use of brilliant cut diamonds with a large variety of diameters.
Processor of the laptop is AMD Turion 64 Processor MT family & it’s Internal cache memory 1.0 Mb L2 cache .Chipset is ATI Radeon Xpress 200 .Memory is 1024Mb So-Dimm DDR internal memory (2 slots) & Type of memory is PC3200 DDR.
Ather features include the laptop are,
● Video
Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200, Size of display 12.1″ Widescreen WXGA with backlight inverter , Resolution 1280 x 800.
●Hardware
Harddisk capacity 100 GB (SATA),Optical drive DVD RW,Pointing device Touchpad ,Webcam Integrated, with high power LED camera light,Wireless LAN Yes, 802.11abg,Bluetooth -Yes, 1.2 .
●Audio (high definition)
Internal Microphone –Yes, Integrated stereo speakers with bass reflex (2.1 configurations),Audio DJ Playing CD’s without powering on the E-Go
●PC Card Slots
Hidden underneath decorative cover or ExpressCard ,I/O Ports (hidden by sliding doors),USB 4 (USB 2.0), LAN port 100 Mbit RJ45,VGA port – Yes ,TV-out port -Yes, S-Video,Card reader Combined SD/MMC/MS/MS Duo,Microphone –Yes ,Line out- Yes,
●Battery
Type Li-Ion battery pack, Capacity 4 hour operation (normal use)
laptop to have price tag of nearly $350,000.
Via – http://www.amdboard.com/
July 17, 2008
South African born artist Marlene Dumas set a new record this month for the most expensive living female artist, when her painting The Visitor, fetched £3.1 million (R47 million) at a Sotheby’s auction.
Dumas’s painting was sold to New York private dealer Nancy Whyte at the Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale held in London on the 1st of July. The £3,177,250 million bid for the painting surpasses Dumas’ previous record of £1.8 million set in February 2005.
The painting shows six young sex-workers in a room looking towards a door at the end of the room. The poses of the women suggest that they are competing for their trade while anticipating the imminent arrival of a client. Described by Sotheby’s as a psychologically challenging and strikingly beautiful painting, The Visitor is a large scale (180cm x 300cm) depiction of a group of female streetwalkers.
