World’s super rich keep buying up luxury goods in face of wealth decline
Sales of super-yachts rose 40% last year despite number of millionaires and ultra rich falling, according to wealth report
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Top tipple: rare whisky outperforms wine and gold as 2015 investment
Leading index for scotch whisky rose 14% last year, while wine fell 0.4%, gold was down 10% and FTSE 100 index lost 4.9%
“A future always needs a past”: 10 years of the Mercedes-Benz Museum
Mercedes-Benz Museum’s first decade marked with anniversary programme. What date could be more appropriate for the launch of a major programme to mark the 10th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart? On 29 January 2016, it will be 130 years since Carl Benz registered the patent for his “gas engine-powered vehicle” back in 1886 … Read more
Milestone ‘Defender 2,000,000’ is the most valuable production Land Rover ever sold at auction
A one-of-a-kind Land Rover ‘Defender 2,000,000’ was sold for £400,000 at prestigious charity auction at Bonhams. Following spirited bidding, the gavel finally fell to a bidder on the telephone, achieving the excellent six-figure sum for two wonderful charitable causes. All proceeds from auction were donated in their entirety to Land Rover’s humanitarian and conservation partners, … Read more
Two Japanese restaurants – the big winners in the new Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2016
There are 15 new One Stars and 2 new Two Stars in this year’s Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2016. The new Two Stars are both Japanese restaurants: Araki and Umu. “It is a great compliment to London that when Sushi Master Mitsuhiro Araki closed his Three Star counter restaurant in Tokyo it was … Read more
A rare insight into the world of Lauren Bacall, the accomplished collector
Remembering Lauren Bacall. The International Preview Tour of the Bacall Collection. The collection of Lauren Bacall, acclaimed actress of stage and screen, is to go on international tour prior to its auction at Bonhams New York on 31 March and 1 April, announced Bonhams house, one of the world’s largest auctioneers of fine art and … Read more