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Swiss Villa With Italian Flair
The home sits at the end of a cul-de-sac in the famous 1,000-year-old artist colony known as Carona, on Mount San Salvatore. It is bordered on one side entirely by forest; the other three sides have panoramic views of the mountains. It is east-facing with lots of sun, private and so quiet you could probably hear a yodeler if the Swiss ever did that anymore.
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Luxury Home Foreclosure Private Jet Tour can take you through epitomes of luxury
Luxury homes of Las Vegas has collaborated with JetSuite Air to host a complimentary Å”Luxury Home Foreclosure Private Jet Tour leaving from Los Angeles to tour three spectacular, bank-owned, luxury homes in Las Vegas.‚ And by the way, all these mansions occupy more than 10,000-square feet.
The first and biggest mansion (10,692-square feet, housing seven bedrooms, 10 bathrooms) at Tournament Hills at Summerlin costs $4,650,000, the second at 872-square feet houses six bedrooms & eight bathrooms. Located at MacDonald Highlands, this mansion is worth $4,900,000, the third mansion is located at Promontory in The Ridges. Priced at $6,125,000, the mansion boasts of seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms.
The tour will leave Los Angeles on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 10 a.m. and return at 6 p.m.
Commander 68: The most unconventional and trendsetting mega yacht today
Commander 68 Mega Yacht is the latest product of Egg and Dart Design Studio in co-operation with Clive Cox. The Design Range consists of 11 different models now, from 34 meter to 86 meters.
Specifications:
- Exterior design with straight lines and shapes
- Private Guest balconies
- Terrace on the sea
- Spacious art lobby
- Ladies lounge
- Casino
- Cigar lounge
- Enough space is dedicated to the 16 crew members, with proper bathrooms and storage possibilities
- Elevator running straight through all the decks from the wine cellar in the second lower deck to the helicopter deck
The Versace Villa is now a Miami Hotel
Renowned restaurateur and event impresario, Barton G. Weiss has transformed the late Gianni Versace’s rococo, beachfront villa in the hub of South Beach, Miami into a 10-room hotel called The Villa by Barton G.
Specifications:
- The Dining Room where British-certified butlers serve refined European cuisine stylishly presented by Barton G. Signature dishes at The Villa ” served on Versace-Rosenthal china in the famous pebble mosaic dining room
- Medallion Suite (434 square-foot)
- Venus Suite (1,428 square-foot)
- Versace’s one-time bedroom that swank a nine-foot double king-size bed, two balconies, seven closets and a custom oversized shower
- In-room, poolside and rooftop spa services
- Open access to the mansion’s two private lounges, lush Mosaic Gardens and the Thousand Mosaic swimming pool
According to Barton G. Weiss, his first foray as hotelier was a personal investment that has paid off handsomely by breathing new life into this historic address
Rates at The Villa start at $2,100/night.
Jackie Stewart crashes a Pagani Zanda in Scotland
Three-time Formula One world champion Sir Jackie Stewart reportedly crashed his Pagani Zonda S, C12 S variant of 2000 or the C12 S 7.3 of 2002 near Aberdeen, Scotland.
The car which lost control on a narrow country road and collided with a telegraph pole before smashing through a fence has been sent to the Modena factory for repairs, with the bill estimated to cost up to $450,000.
According to insurers Aviva, this is the biggest insurance pay-out they have had for repairs to a private car in the UK. This is out-of-the-ordinary for an insurer.
Fly a fighter jet through Millionaire Concierge’s one-of-a-kind program
Ride in the sky in the back seat of an Aero L-39 Albatros Russian training fighter seat with this unique opportunity being offered by Millionaire Concierge.
The program has been divided into three categories, each having a different flight time of 30 mins (priced at $3900), 45 mins (priced at $5500) and 1 hour (est. at $6900) respectively. To ensure the safety of the passengers, a preflight briefing takes place with instructions provided by an ATP along with the authorized instructor in L-39, an aerobatic instructor, airshow performer, CFIA, CFII, ASEL, ASES, MEI, AGI, and IGI.
The program also includes several other packages including a private island sea-side dinner. ‚ This one-of-a-kind service is available across various locations, such as, Florida, Arizona, Alabama, Delaware and California.
Richemont increases stake in Net-a-Porter Pvt. Ltd
Swiss luxury goods maker Compagnie Financiƒ¨re Richemont SA has announced that it is planning to buy U.K. based online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter Pvt. Ltd ” which was founded in 2000 by former fashion journalist Natalie Massenet.
Richemont, which is also the owner of brands such as Cartier, Montblanc and Chloe earlier held a 33% stake in the company, and now with a hefty bid of $341 million to private shareholders, it holds a stake of $472.5 million.
According to Net-a-porter Pvt. Ltd, the company has been profitable since 2004 and reported sales of about $161.68million for the fiscal year that ended on Jan. 31. It has also established itself as an interactive shopping fashion magazine, publishing 52 weeks of editorial content each year alongside its designer clothes sales operation.
The first Ferrari 458 Italia sells for $530,000
Ferrari auctioned the first Ferrari 458 Italia to arrive in the United States and donated all the proceeds of the sale, including the hefty $530,000, the car’s winning bid, for Haiti relief through CMMB (Catholic Medical Mission Board) and the William J. Clinton Foundation,
The auction was conducted at a private home in the Holmby Hills by the Wall Street Journal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive journalist Dan Neil, represented by Piero Ferrari, Deputy Chairman and son of Enzo Ferrari, Amedeo Felisa, worldwide CEO of the company, and Marco Mattiacci, the newly appointed North American CEO.
The other items that were sold at the charity auction apart from the first Ferrari 458 Italia, was the suit worn by Fernando Alonso in F1 that went for $72,000 and a pair of tickets to the Canadian Grand Prix in June.‚
New York auction to see two extremely rare jewels
Come 22nd April, Christie will be auctioning two very rare and exquisite jewels ” the Emperor Maximilian Diamond and the Catherine the Great Emerald and Diamond Brooch.
The Emperor Maximilian Diamond that is expected to fetch from $1million – $1.5million, weighs 39.55 carats and is one of the two large diamonds the Archduke Maximilian acquired in Brazil in 1860, and was still wearing the diamond around his neck when he was executed on June 19, 1867.
The auction that will be held next month also marks the first public viewing of this historic diamond since 1982.
The other jewel to be up for sale is the Catherine the Great Emerald and Diamond Brooch, which is again expected to fetch anything between $1 million to $1.5 million, incorporates a beautiful hexagonal-cut Colombian emerald, weighing between 60 and 70 carats and has been built within rows of rose and old mine-cut diamonds, further mounted in silver-topped gold.
This striking emerald was formerly owned by greatest jewelry collectors of all time, Catherine II of Russia, and was still the property of the next three generations of the noble house of Hohenzoller before being sold in 1972 to a private American buyer.‚
Palms Place Penthouse – A perfect luxury penthouse
A sky-high penthouse unit in Palms Place is listed at $4 million.
The ultra-modern two-bedroom penthouse‚ is being sold with all its ultra-modern furnishings which include -
- Spa pool on private balcony
- A pool table
- Leather furniture
- Large flat-screen televisions
Carefully balancing grandeur and intimacy, this penthouse ‚ is an openly configured exclusive luxury penthouse experience that will make every minute of your stay at Palms Place utterly unforgettable.
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