Art

In the modern world, a cell phone is not a luxury item but a means of communication and a gadget facilitating business dealings. However, not everyone may agree with this statement. Though most people enjoy having a quality cell phone, they also recognize that cellular phones are a consumable good and will have to be replaced within in a few years. For this reason, people often do not purchase the most expensive cell phone when they purchase their mobile. Some, though, must have a costly mobile phone. The world's most expensive cell phones were made to satisfy just that type of person. However, an expensive cell phone can both an exclusive piece bejeweled with diamonds or a cutting edge technology solution packed into an irresistible design, without any superfluities.

The katana sword is believed to be ultimate cutting weapon by many collectors of swords around the world. The katana sword is a gruesome looking weapon and its history tells the story of a weapon designed strictly for war, but ownership meant so much more to the samurai and possessors. The katana was mostly made famous by the samurai who were undoubtedly masters of sword warfare. The samurai could unsheathe their katana and cut through just about anything with the precision of a surgeon in a matter of seconds.

Khokhloma is a settlement in Russia, district of the Nizhniy Novgorod. Handicraft from various places was sold there brought from the neighboring villages, including the wooden tableware painted with fascinating patterns. The tableware was bought in the village and spread throughout Russia and to other places. The consumers never sort out the way the tableware was manufactured and who made it and very soon the painting was named after the settlement it was marketed.

Every day brings the chance to see various things and we never think of the value and how much the things cost. And we never know which things may become fashionable and expensive in several years.

A flame has always stayed the element that a human being dreamed to tame and it happened. The first lighter was invented by Leonardo Da Vinci in the XV century, though the invention just stayed the invention and was not realized in practice. The drawings tell us that the lighter by Da Vinci would hold the half of a small room and we are not sure of the safety with such a lighter. The mankind seemed to be involved in the other essential problems to solve and the invention was forgotten.

Today, cold steel arms enjoy a revival as they emerge not as a real weapon but a unique and precious collector's item. That said, both fire and cold steel arms are highly valued but the latter enjoys a much greater demand. This is especially true with regard to smallswords which are appreciated for their delicate shape and elegance as well as for their precious beauty (in their time, most swords were expensive weaponry decorated with precious metals and stones). Probably, their popularity can be explained by the perception of smallswords as a weapon of noblemen, officers and generals.

Nikolay Konstantinovich Roerich is one of the impressive figures in the world of Russian symbolism and modern style, this is the legend that made the paints and brushes serve for him and who won the hearts of people from all over the world. Roerich became the famous traveler being a wonderful painter, archeologist, writer and the philosopher mystic reflected in his paintings and the future thereof. The inheritance issue by Roerich is the actual topic to discuss for 20 years already and is likely to last forever since a plenty of people concerned are not willing to talk in public. And one of the disturbing questions is what happened to the famous paintings and who owns them.

Armour collecting is something too different from the trivial activity that is affordable to very wealthy people or the amateur enthusiasts who put their lives to study the history of armament the Middle Ages. During the old times the defensive weapons meant the armament. We never neglect the fact that in the current times anyone who wants to «collect» modern replicas styled as the ancient rarity, though we admit that this is done exclusively by those who want to make their interior look more elegant and pretentious demonstrating the decorative armour on the special platform.

Currently warrior items are highly demanded with collectors who get pleasure from adding various arbaletes into their funds. The wealthier collectors afford themselves to spend up for authentic rarities while the less prosperous keep satisfied with the latest replicas made by the ancient drawings. The latter are quite logic since аrbalètes are not produced unlimitedly so they have their individual replicas.

Henri Matisse was always experimenting with colors and techniques of writing and only recently his paintings were appreciated and highly estimated. The most expensive painting by the artist is «Blue Nude» sold for $33 million 641 thousand at Christie's in October 2007 at the start price of $10 million. The painting was purchased by the Russian collector Sergey Schukin who spent a wealth to make Matisse one of the reputed and favorite «wild» painters in Russia.

When we happen to read remarks and reaction of Paul Cézanne's contemporaries to his works, we want to exclaim that it is incredible and impossible since they reacted so badly to the extent that it is really hard to perceive. Ambroise Vollard who traded in Cézanne's art works in Paris tried to purchase the paintings of the artist in the year 1895 in Aix-en-Provence and ran across the absolute incomprehension from the society. People could not seem to get a handle on what was wrong and why the trademan wanted to pay money for such rubbish. Vollard invoked discredit and ill will only by his willing to get Cézanne's paintings.

Renoir would have laughed if he was said that in a century his painting would be sold for a fortune. And modern admirers of his genius feel envious that they could not take part in the auction in 1875 held in the hotel «Druo» when the paintings of the legendary painter were sold for 100 franks and even cheaper.