Rothschild Faberge egg retails for $18mn, auctioned at Chistie’s

A new discovery, a Faberge egg, which was made for a top-banking dynasty was made lately. The scheduled auction at Chistie’s International’s Russian winter auction in London next month, is expected to fetch up to $18mn(13 million euros) Peter Carl Faberge presented the egg in 1902 to Baron Edouard de Rothschild as an engagement gift. The unique Cockerel on top of the egg decked up with diamonds pops out and flaps its wings after every one hour. It then...

Mercedes rolls out ML 350 Edition 10

The Ferrari and the Rolls Royce sure is hot, but the Mercedes is evergreen with a million people in this world, dying to get a glimpse of it. To commemorate 10 years of ML production at Tusculoosa, Alabama plant, U.S, the ML 350 Edition 10 is introduced. The production of the ML 320 commenced in September, 2007 and the ML has stepped into it’s second generation. The 10th anniversary SUV, according to Mercedes will feature “ a unique Macadamia,...

Bridge bench bridges the customer and the bank

A good piece of furniture with an equally good design can touch the sky. Sitting on a bench would never feel better with the Acronym designs’ Swilken Bench, creating a graceful seating surface. The epitome of artistic abundance, this bridge bench inspired by a bridge on a Scottish Gulf course, is made from reclaimed wood and a concrete base....

BainUltra Temazkal offers Luxury Shower with Light Therapy

BainUltra's Temazkal Shower offers more than some hot water and suds to wash away the blues. It's a mini spa by itself. It features aromatherapy that soothes your senses, thermotherapy to stimulate and rejuvenate you and light therapy that revives you. While the aromatherapy and light therapy can be used everyday, the thermotherapy is recommended only a few times a week for 15-20 minutes. The whole experience promises to stimulate metabolism, oxygenate vital organs, revive skin, eliminate toxins, relax muscles...

Maybach loses its shine, may close down

The high-end Maybach is kind of taking a bow, with 29 of the original 71 stores (in the States) closing down. With news of Rolls Royce and Bentley making record sales, Maybach's sales of around 800 cars since its 2002 launch sticks out like a sore thumb. Most of the Maybach stores also sell Mercedes models and the dealers had to invest over half a million dollars to accommodate the premium label. The goal for last year sales was...

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LED headlamp for $1,185 illuminates your dreary way

LED’s are hot and happening with baseball caps and alienwear getting a little bit of them. This LED headlamp out here also has a “Light Head Magnifier” and a magnification of 3.5x, a spare light bulb. But the Shade Blade and the LED baseball cap out there, makes a weird combination. The Betty headlamp from Lupine Lighting systems of Germany produces this high-powered light (as bright as the headlight of a car) costing $1,185. The best thing is it...

$8.5 million NY Penthouse loaded with tech

Wilson Rothman from Gizmodo had a look a multi million dollar penthouse which was loaded to the teeth with gadgets. The apartment has a spectacular view of the big Apple and comes with some serious computing power from Intel. If you have $8.5 million then this is the place to be. (Loads of images after the jump)...

Awesome Porsche 911 wheel, pedals, gear stick for PS3/PC

Question: How do you enhance your gaming experience? Answer: Call in the experts to lend you a hand, So how about calling in the Porsche guys for some help! Presenting the Porsche Turbo S Wheel set. The Porsche 911 set is a "fully licensed, to-spec reproduction." It features the 911 leather steering wheel that gives you the genuine Porsche feeling. It employs Wireless USB technology that gives you latency free signal transmission to the PC/Console. 3 Force Feedback motors...

Saddam’s stuff going to be put up for sale

Saddam, the ugly tyrant made a lot of money by butchering people, but fortunately he could not take the money and the stuff he bought with it back home to hell. So it lays where he lived and his ex employee, Haitham Wihaib is putting up his stuff for sale including some bling stuff like custom made Gold and diamond Rolex, Dior Sunglasses and the Cartier Pen. He intends to raise about £350,000 ($714,363) which would apparently be put...

The Diamond Shuffle features 'Renaissance' motif

Jewelery Designer John Harrington from the UK has done a bit of tinkering with the Apple iPod Shuffle and redesigned it featuring laser etched 'Renaissance' motif. It is encrusted with five exceptional quality diamonds, upping the bling quotient. It looks pleasant and I'm sure with all the exceptional money spent on the makeover, listening to music on it bloody well be a pleasure!...

Vertu Ascent Ti hitting stores next month

Nokia's luxury division Vertu had filed for the FCC clearance on the Ascent Ti a while ago and now the piece is ready for shipping. The Ascent Ti is a 3G, quad-band GSM phone. It boasts of a3MP camera, a Titanium chassis, cowhide leather back, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal face and polished ceramic. A striking feature is the Vertu Fortress technology that synchronizes important data on the phone such as contact details, calendar and notes to a remote server maintained...

Bang & Olufsen and Samsung’s Serenata music phone gets Official

As expected, the sleek music phone from Bang & Olufsen and Samsung would paint a pretty picture. The Serenata music phone ups the glam quotient with its astounding looks. This 3G phone has got 4GB of flash memory, a built-in speaker, an iPod-style touch ring for control and a dock for charging and syncing it up with your computer....

The Trumpet Harmonica for the oldies good time

Whether you give them the latest model of phone or the latest kitchen gadget, they don’t seem to like anything but the antique pieces from the old ages. The Trumpet Harmonium is one such thing which they would go head over heels for! This one out here is hand-made by the famous Hohner instrument company which are renowned makers for over 150 years. The design is the authentic 1907 one and includes five meticulously crafted brass bells which produce...

Eccentric form of art: People belong to Dog

I cannot imagine what exactly the Chinese artist Chen Changwei decided to convey, a Dog or a man. He breaks with tradition to reinvent the Chinese zodiac in a series of surrealistic busts in the tradition of Pate de Cristal. The Dalmatian head perched on top of an elongated neck of a human being seems like the dual qualities exhibited by a human being, that of a Dog and a man.(According to my philosophy) The artistic people are said...

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