Most Expensive: A $1.5 Million Dollar Bed

How do I feel about a $1.5 million dollar bed?  Hmm…let me sleep on it.  Well it seems that is exactly what Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars (try saying that 3 times fast) has designed and engineered- a luxury bed that floats in mid air.  Yes, this hovercraft type bed is certainly a space saver; air mattresses watch out, your time is limited!
1.5 Million Dollar Floating Bed
So at this point I am wondering who his target market is.  Who would want to sleep in a bed suspended in the air?  I for one would like to try it, yet what happens when you get up in the middle of the night for a drink of water and end up in the emergency room?  I guess that depends on how high you set your hovercraft specifications.  This makes the car bed in “Grandma’s Boy” look seriously weak!

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Scott Rothstein’s Luxury Cars and Yachts Fetch $5.8 Million at Florida Auction

The headline stealing ponzi scheme of disbarred Florida attorney Scott Rothstein has climaxed today, with his coveted luxury cars, yachts and toys auctioned off in efforts to pay back those he ripped off.  The auction held today fetched a lofty $5.8 million dollars, to be funneled back to the investors he wronged.  Imagine Lifestyles was Scott Rothstein Auction Fort Lauderdalethere to witness history.

In just over one hour, the luxury auction unloaded 11 exotic cars, 4 yachts and 2 wave runners scored $5.8 million.  This is not much compared to his estimated $1.4 billion dollar investment fraud, but hey, every little million helps.

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Luxury Shopping & Spending Making a Comeback

Don’t worry, keep spending.  This certainly seems to be the message communicated recently, based on encouraging jumps in the luxury spending department.Tiffany & Co Luxury Spending

Yes, it seems that luxury shopping and spending are indeed making a comeback, with affluent buyers regaining confidence.  Another issue that has kept the wealthy from spending has been the fear of ‘conspicuous consumption’, with the economy in shambles it has been rather frowned upon to be seen spending ‘obscene’ amounts of money on luxury items.

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The World ResidenSea-The First Floating Gated Community

Just when you think that every concept imaginable has been executed, you find something that surprises you!  Meet The World ResidenSea, the world’s first floating gated community!

It seems that some brainiac has made use of a retired cruise ship liner, by renovating it and turning it into a floating condo unit!  Sound outlandish?  It has been touring ports of the world since 2002, evidently floating under the radar.
A community of world travelers have banded together to make this vision a reality.  Each former cruise ship cabin has been converted into an actual living unit, sold on the market!  Basically, this is one mobile piece of real estate.  Imagine not having to worry about investing in a single demographic area, but rather, in a floating luxury community that travels the world by sea, stopping at exotic ports around the world. 

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Benetti Launches Superyacht “Inspiration” at 154 Feet

Benetti 154' Superyacht ImaginationIn the exclusively diminutive world of luxury yachts, superyachts always make the front page.  In recent news, the 2010 superyacht ‘Imagination’ has been launched by the Italian company Benetti Yachts.

Measuring 154’20”, this superyacht makes waves, and generates inspiration.  Designed by Stefano Natucci, with interior design by Francois Zuretti, superyacht Inspiration dazzles on a grand scale.

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The Most Expensive: Andy Warhol Portrait Fetches $32.6 Million

A rather gaunt and wild-haired self-portrait of the famed artist, filmmaker, producer and author Andy Warhol fetched an impressive $32.6 million at a New York auction this week, at around twice the presale estimate. 

Self Portrait by Andy Warhol Fetches $32.6 MillionWhile it is certainly steep, this is not the highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting.  His 1963 piece, ‘Eight Elvises’ went for a cool $100 million.  In the art world, few artists ever hit the $100 million benchmark.  Artists that have include the likes of Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Jackson Pollock,Willem de Kooning and of course, Andy Warhol.  I am thinking I could buy a luxury yacht or a few hundred luxury rental cars for the price of that Warhol painting.

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Most Expensive: iPad Comes in Gold & Diamonds

Unless you are completely out of the loop, you are already aware of the fuss Apple’s latest inventionGold & Diamond iPad Case by Goldstiker, the iPad, has been generating.  Well, if you are bored with it, or feel that you need to drop more money on your iPad, know that Stuart Hughes of Goldstriker International has solved that problem for you by creating a diamond-encrusted 22k gold shell for Apple iPads.

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Bentley Launches Continental Supersports In India

Classic luxury carmaker and brand Bentley has unleashed its fastest and most powerful model to date, the Continental Supersports.  Bentley unveiled the 630 horsepower turbocharged beauty at the Geneva Motor Show as a production model.   According to Bentley, it is intended to reflect a new and “extreme character” for the brand.
Bentley Supersports
The new Bentley Supersports marks a double success for the company, as it is not only the fastest model, but also the first model capable of running on both petrol and bio-fuel.  The W12 engine packs a punch, rocketing it one mile in just 18 seconds, all while drinking a more economically friendly fuel, E85.   It seems Bentley is geared up for a bright and green future, without sacrificing power in the process.

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New Luxury Golf & Spa Resort Beckons From Sicily

A new slice of luxury arrived in Sicily last March, in the form of Verdura Golf & Spa Resort.  This new luxury golf course is poised to draw in new crowds to soak in the serenity of the Mediterranean, oh, and perhaps squeeze in a few rounds of golf and a massage.

Well, in my opinion, location is nearly everything when it comes to a successful golf course, and the location on one of Itay’s most world-renowned islands should provide an adequate catapult into success.

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