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The World’s Most Expensive New Piano

November 19, 2008 | Posted by Allison as Quality Sound, The Most Expensive at 11:00 am | Comments »

Enter into a piano store and you’ll see Baldwins range from $1000 on up.  But what about getting your special someone the most expensive new piano around?  Try on $1.2 million for size for the Kuhn Studio baby grand piano.

Say hello to the 7′4″ Kuhn-Bösendorfer baby grand piano.  A beautiful ebony black, this piano and matching bench are inset with 100,000 hand-cut jewels arranged into diamond patterns. 

This particular Kuhn has been eighteen months in the making as a collaboration between Vienna’s L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH and John Kuhn, the world’s most infamous glass sculptor.

Only question left is who is going to make this grand baby sing.

Amosu Ultimo Diamond iPhone the World’s Most Expensive

July 21, 2008 | Posted by Allison as Cell Phones, The Most Expensive at 9:48 am | Comments »

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you thought an iPhone contract with AT&T was too expensive, then I guess you won’t be jumping on the fabulous $177,300 Amosu diamond encrusted iPhone won’t get you all hot & bothered…..

Or will it?  Say hello to the most expensive, sexiest iPhone around.  The Amosu Ultimo Diamond iPhone features 1179 16018 carat diamonds elegantly set with handcrafted skill.  Made of 15 carat solid white gold, this most ostentatious, over-the top phone is only for the pure of heart, or the expensive of heart.  So, I’ll take two.

GoldenPutter: The World’s Most Expensive Putter

June 23, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 9:13 am | Comments »

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Say hello to the world’s most expensive putter ever made.  Named the GoldenPutter, this special lady edition putter features a gallery of luxurious encrusted crystals, of course.

Custom made, the GoldenPutter features a 24k gold-plated shaft with supple leather grip incorporated with a crystal inlay head.  Cost of the crystal encrusted version is around $3k, while the highly esteemed diamond encrusted GoldenPutter is a mere $150k.

Which one are you gonna try for?

Hou Yi’s Most Expensive Money Clip

June 18, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | (3) Comments »

Want to spend a bunch of dough so you can eventually just keep hold of it?  Well then friend, you’re in the right place!

Say hello to the most expensive money clip out there right now.  Made entirely by hand using 14k gold as well as a high grade of sterling silver, this Hou Yi money clip is really quite beautiful.

Centered with a Hetian jade with Chinese character, this luxurious money clip will show that you mean business.  And if they don’t recognize the sheer lovcliness of it all, maybe the $5,600 price tag will.

Ginza Tanaka’s $1.9 Million Handbag Up For Sale

June 10, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | (2) Comments »

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Designed by the infamous Ginza Tanaka, this $1.9 million handbag is finally going up for sale. 

Made of lustrous platinum and over 2,000 diamonds, this stunning handbag was on display in Tokyo last year & is now making its way to England for London’s Jewelry Week. 

Something wonderful about this particular diamond purse is that you can remove the diamond shoulder strap and wear it as a necklace.  Wow, I don’t think I can do that with any of my Betsey Johnson purses!

The bag is for sale, finally after all that waiting, but due to security concerns, the location and time will not be given out until the right time, whenever that is.  I will keep you posted handbag fiends.

The World’s Most Expensive Sake

June 2, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | Comments »

Ahhh, Japanese Sake…I’ve had my fair share of memories with this rice libation.   

And now to the world’s most expensive sake.  Well, we all know that there are three types of luxurious sake: junmai, ginjo and dai ginjo; which all have been distilled so that all the rice has been processed away.

The most expensive sake in the world, offered by True Sake, is a dai ginjo sake called Kame no O sake by Wataribune.  At $500 per 720ml bottle, you must sip this sake in order to truly understand its beauty & subtlety.

The World’s Most Expensive Truffle

May 30, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | (1) Comment »

Ever wanted to know who bought the world’s most expensive truffle & for how much?  Well, reader, wonder no more.

The owners of the upscale restaurant Zafferano, located in Knightsbridge, UK purchased the most expensive truffle at a charity auction in Tuscany back in 2005.  Once the gavel hit the last time, Zafferano’s bid was accepted for $28,000!

Unfortunately, when the world’s most expensive truffle reached its destination, it had gone bad and was taken back to Tuscany for a proper burial.

The World’s Most Expensive Men’s Dress Shirt

May 29, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | (1) Comment »

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do the clothes really make the man?  If so, don’t you wanna be the most luxurious man possible?

To celebrate their 80th birthday, the Swiss dress shirt making company Eton has created the most expensive men’s dress shirt out there.  Made from the finest of Egyptian cottons, this dress shirt features studs and cufflinks encrusted in no less than diamonds. 

This most expensive of dress shirts will be doing a world tour before selling at auction next year, with the proceeds going to charity.  The Eton 80th anniversary dress shirt has been appraised at $45,000, making it the world’s most expensive men’s dress shirt by far.

The Most Expensive Rococo Table

May 28, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | (2) Comments »

Developed in France in the 18th century, the Rococo  style preferred style over functionality, which is a philosophy I quite admire.

Let me now introduce you to the Tufft pier table, the most expensive Rococo table in the world.  Originally built for a general store owner, Thomas Tufft hand-carved this ornate desk in the last bits of the 18th century.

Back in January of 1990, the Tufft pier table sold at auction for an astounding $4.6 million, making this piece of art not only the most expensive Rococo table in the world, but the most expensive table period.

She’s a beauty, no?

The World’s Most Expensive Guitar Picks

May 27, 2008 | Posted by Allison as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | Comments »

The world’s most expensive guitar picks are not crafted of gold or platinum, but of Gibeon meteorite.  Yep, said to be around 4 billion years old, the Gibeon meteorites were found in Namibia back in 1836.

While the sale & export of these precious meteorites was banned, pieces are still found on the market today, such as these beautiful guitar picks that have been made of the same Gibeon meteorite.  Notice the fascinating Widmanstatten lines that indicate their freezing journey through space.

Cost of these two babies?  $4,674.