Luxury art and collectables
The Life Ball annual charity event held in Vienna, Austria raises money to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS with the help of the most illustrious personalities of the planet. Life Ball weekend 2013 devoted itself to the fantasy of 1001 Nights. “The tales of Scheherazade provide us with numerous allegories around the topics … Read more
Perrier bottles created in the 1980s by Andy Warhol inspired a new tribute version for this summer when the premium and ultimate refreshment beverage celebrates 150 years. The specially-designed bottles with four different label designs and seven different Warhol inspirations be available from June 24th. Perrier is the number one sparkling water in the world … Read more
“The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond, 1950 – 1990” Approximately 150 pieces created by the luxury house of Bulgari highlight jewelry that defined a pivotal period in Italian design in an exhibition announced by The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The museum has a strong track record of fashion and design … Read more
Picasso, Chagall, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, Lucien Freud, Anish Kapoor, Chinese calligrapher Gu Gan, and Prince Charles, all have in common the design of a Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine label. As compensation, the greatest artists and personalities around the world were paid with ten cases of precious Mouton Rothschild … Read more
The John Lennon/George Harrison played Beatles guitar went under the hammer for $408,000. What rock n’ roll legends are made of: An electric guitar that Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison played was the centerpiece of the annual Music Icons auction organized by Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier music and entertainment memorabilia auction house. … Read more
J.K. Rowling’s Personally Annotated First Edition of the Harry Potter book fetches $227,000 at auction A first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” annotated by author J.K. Rowling fetched the highest price to date for a printed book by Rowling. The 1997 book has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at “First Editions, Second … Read more