Tuesday, December 22, 2009

If It's Not Too Much To Ask...

You know the large sack of toys that Santa Claus carries around with him? The one that is filled with Polly Pockets, Ipods and waffle makers? Well, none of what we are about to present will be in said sack. And, if by some chance, any of the items are...we really hope the North Pole took out insurance, because we have a list of the most expensive luxury items of 2009...chump change, really.

1. Handbag: Ginza Tanaka Diamond Studded Platinum Purse - $2,000,000
Designed by a Japanese jewelry maker, Ginza Tanaka, this diamond studded platinum handbag is made of 2,182 diamonds (total of 208 carats) and platinum. The strap can be taken off and worn as necklace or bracelet. It also features an eight carat pear-shaped diamond that can be worn separately as a brooch.

2. Ring: The Chopard Blue Diamond Ring - $16.26 Million
Weighing in at nine carats, the Chopard Blue Diamond Ring is the ring that makes any other diamond ring look bad. Set with an enormous, oval-shaped blue diamond, the expensive ring also has diamond shoulders and an 18k white gold band paved with diamonds.

3. Shoes: Cinderella Slippers by Stuart Weizman - $2,000,000

These Cinderella Slippers by Stuart Weizman have a four and a half inch stiletto heel and are set with 595 carats of platinum set diamonds.

4. Spa Treatments: Spa V at the Hotel Victor - $5,000
Available only to guests of the Hotel Victor in Miami's South Beach. Spa V offers a bath filled with nearly 350 gallons of Evian mineral water then showered with rose petals. The bath is creatively referred to as the Evian Bath and costs $5,000.

5. Watch: 201-carat Chopard Watch - $25 Million
The watch face is somewhere there in the middle, surrounded by 201 carats. This watch-bracelet comes with a trio of heart-shaped diamonds: A 15-carat pink diamond, 12-carat blue diamond and an 11-carat white diamond, all of which open when a spring-loaded mechanism. More than 600 yellow diamonds are sprinkled alongside 91 or so colorless diamonds.

6. Car: The Bugatti Veyron - $1,700,000.

This is by far the most expensive legal street car available on the market today. It is the fastest accelerating car reaching 0-60 in 2.6 seconds. It claims to be the fastest car with a top speed of 253 mph+. However, it has recently been demoted to second place by the SSC Ultimate Aero. No matter about the price though, it remains the first-place contender in that category.

7. Sunglasses: Dolce and Gabanna - $383,609

These brown-tinted shades are framed in gold and have the brand’s logo written on the arms in diamonds. Buyer please note, that if interested they go by their product number: DG2027B.

8. Champagne: Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck - $275,000
These hundred year old bottles of Champagne from the Heidsieck vineyard in Champagne took over eighty years to reach their destination. Shipped to the Russian Imperial family in 1916, a shipwreck off the coast of Finland caused this champagne to be lost at sea until divers discovered over 200 bottles in 1997. Now they’re finally being sold—to wealthy guests at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow.

9. Dress: Faisol Abdullah- $30 Million

The Malaysian Designer Faisol Abdullah adorned his gown with 751 premium diamonds weighing over 1,000 carats, all intricately crafted by the renowned Middle Eastern jeweler, Robert Mouawad. Mouawad’s pear-shaped 70-carat diamond sets the focus for the maroon tafetta silk evening gown that also features a majestic 6-meter train.


10. Yacht: Dubai - $350 Million

Owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, the 531-foot Dubai has interiors designed by Philippe Starck, space for 115 guests and 88 crew members, six guest suites and five VIP suites — all with open balconies. Interior spaces are channeled towards a “massive” foyer and atrium that connects each of the mega-yacht’s eight deck.


And last but not least, you will need a destination to show off all these items, right? Why not do so while staying in the most expe
nsive hotel suite in the world?

The Royal Penthouse Suite at The President Wilson Hotel. Geneva
, Switzerland. $65,000 per night.

We hear the suite occupies the entire top floor of the hotel, has bulletproof windows and doors, and is quite popular with international diplomats...

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