Luxury

How To Wear A Wrist Watch Properly � The Lesson of Style

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

When purchasing watches, no one is questioned with how to wear watches, actually. This appears to be logical and rational. Nevertheless, the simplest things happen to be complicated sometimes. Everything is made from details and details sometimes mean far more than the whole. People who really wander how to wear watches properly exist and they are really concerned in this issue.

Cigar Lighters � Torches To Splash Delight

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a revolutionary Che Gevara, politicians Winston Churchill and Bill Clinton, writers Somerset Maugham and Mark Twain, the actor and the political figure Arnold Schwarzenegger – these names are well-known and these figures are best known to the world for their political, social, literary and other achievements. Moreover, the abovementioned people highly esteem cigar smoking and, thus, they come as people who own the greatest number of tools and accessories so requisite for this leisurely process and among others there are cigar lighters.

Crystal Glass Tableware � A Song of Crystal

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

In the light of a variety and availability of glass items, glass ware is still appreciated by plenty people, especially when it comes to cut glass. The cut glass produces a long, lingering and musical tune when you put your finger at the cut-glass edge. So, in Japan the craftsmen make unique musical instruments. A crystal violin, completely transparent, is estimated for fifty thousand USD. Crystal glass tableware is not so much expensive though it is able to produce the charming, unique and so brittle music providing it is properly cared.

Warren Edward Buffett �Tight-fisted or Generous?

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Wealthy persons are mostly known for their fortune only. However, despite they make billions, these people possess some personal features that attract people when estimating them. While Warren shovels up money, he has to do with quite conflicting image he created: he is known to be the proved miser and at the same time he privately donates huge amounts for charity purposes.

Russian Oligarchs � Lucky Monopolists

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

It is known for recent years that the rate of Russian billionaires yields to that value in the US in only digits. And that’s not news. The word «billionaire» is still attributed to oligarchs who became legendary in the late 90s. In spite these people are known from long ago and many of them appear in various life spheres, new oligarchs appeared in the market of billionaires.

Collector�s Coins � Rarity and Uniqueness

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Collector’s coins or vintage coins have always been in focus due to their value and exclusivity. Coins could be a good investment for someone spending fortune to add some more of them to their collection. The others prefer chasing the rare coin or the one of unusual shape. Coins can tell the history and culture of the nation and the rules. Coins can not only be the part of the numismatic collection but also the asset to be inherited and appreciated.

Authentic Diamonds Vs Diamond Simulants � How to Sort Them Out

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

When Jean Cocteau was shooting Beauty and the Beast in 1946 starring Jean Marais, the latter offered to produce diamond replica for the episode of the palace dancing. Cocteau rejected the idea saying that fake diamonds would not glow. However, fifty years later, we have fake diamonds manufactured so subtly that it is sometimes hard enough to sort them out. So, how to sort the diamonds from other gems, including fake one?

Hoard of Coins of the Golden Horde

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

A valuable finding, the silver coins of the Golden Horde or White Horde, was discovered in 1939 at the Spassky Tower of the Kremlin. These coins dated back to 14th century. Yet, such hoards are sporadic only in central and northern lands of Russia but they are common in eastern and southern regions, as Crimea and Kazakhstan.

Coins Auctions � Delight to Future Investment

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000

A good numismatic collection is worth a million US Dollar and even much higher. It depends on the volume and age of coins, though. When we talk about the holdings in coins of the historic value, then the collection can cost over several mln USD. So, when we hear about numismatic or coin auction, we refer to kinds of investment into future that can only gain. Sometimes very good coins are found at various auctions.

Large Diamonds - Winners among Gems

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:00:00 +0000

The article in The Guardian of September 2007 was the real burst of sensation. It told that there was mined the largest diamond in Africa to weigh over six thousand carats. In the soonest time the stone was revealed to be fake. That was done by the landlords for the sake of increasing the value of lands with mines therein. Large diamonds are rare in nature and only one stone is known to the world to be embedded with a great myth.