For those who consider themselves to be the connoisseurs of luxury and do not mind appreciating it, here is your New Year feast. Crunching the usage of words and pointing directly to the purpose, here is the ball roll featuring all the world’s most expensive products carried by us during 2007. Clad in diamonds or other precious stones, these blingy accessories come as an invitation to elite gentry to loose weight of their wallet. And the wanted folks happen to buy one to flaunt their class and taste. And here I go:

1) Montblanc and Van Cleef & Arpels Unveils World’s Most Expensive Pen: $7,30,000
2) World’s Most Expensive Autograph by William Shakespeare £2.5mn
3) World’s Most Expensive Zip List
4) World’s Most Expensive Photograph on display in Istanbul $3.3 million
5) World’s Most Expensive Bike Light: $1,185
6) World’s Most Expensive Fruit Basket: $143
7) World’s Most Expensive Private Jet and Executive Jet: $59.9 mn Gulfstream G550
World’s Most Expensive Book: $30.8 mn Codex Leicester
9) World’s Priciest Luncheon
10) World’s Most Expensive Shampoo: £245
11) World’s Most Expensive Marker: $10,500 Gold TRI Marker
12) World’s Most Expensive Fishing Lure for $1 mn
13) $2mn Natalia Sports Luxury Sedan: World’s most expensive Coup
14) World’s Most Luxurious Bags: $261,000–$15,000
15) World’s Most Expensive Tote: $1.63 mn Diamond studded platinum Handbag

16) World’s Overpriced Bikini: $ 30mn
17) World’s Most Expensive Mattress: $60,000
18) World’s Most Expensive Number Plate: $657160
19) World’s Most Expensive Wheel Rims at $1,000,000
20) World’s Most Expensive Baseball Card: $2.8 mn T206 Honus Wagner
21) World’s Most Expensive Cigarettes: £50,000
22) World’s most-expensive mascara for lusty eyes – $589
23) World’s Most Expensive Stool : $1.3 mn
24) World’s Priciest Song: £100
25) World’s Most Private Music Performance: £4 million
26) World’s Most Expensive Actress: $29,000,000
27) World’s Most Expensive Tea: $3,000 per kilo
28) World’s Most Expensive Wine: $150,000
29) World’s Most Expensive Vodka: $1mn per bottle
30) World’s Most Expensive Dessert:$25,000 Frozen Hot Chocolate
31) World’s Most Expensive Ham: $2100 per leg
32) World’s Priciest Mineral Water: £8.50 GBP per ounce
33) World’s Most Expensive Margarita: $51
34) World’s Most Expensive Coffee: $10 per cup
35) World’s Most Expensive Beer: $1,000 per bottle

36) World’s Most Expensive Mansion
37) World’s Costliest Casino: $3.6 billion
38) World’s Most Expensive Hotel Suit: $25,000 per night
39) World’s Most Expensive Suit: $91, 447
40) World’s Most Expensive Wedding Dress: $1.2 mn
41) World’s Most Expensive Cake: $13, 032, 015
42) World’s Most Expensive Ice Cream cone: $1mn
43) World’s Most Expensive Gemstone: $7.98 million
44) World’s Most Expensive Earrings: $8.5 million
45) World’s Most Expensive USB Stick: $ 3,500
46) Worlds’ Most Expensive Turntable: $300,000
47) World’s Most Expensive Stereo System: $8, 60,608
48) World’s Most Expensive Corkscrew: £36,000
49) World’s Most Expensive Christmas Dinner: £400,030 for a table of 10
50) World’s Most Expensive Honey: £42 Per Pot at Harrods
51) Chopard Unveils $25 mn Watch; World’s Most Expensive One
52) World’s Most Expensive Xmas Hamper: £45000 Vivat Bacchus Hamper
53) World’s Most Expensive Perfume: No. 1 Perfume: $215,000 per bottle
54) World’s Most Expensive Car Audio System: $330,000 RA:1K
55) World’s Most Expensive Sari Enters Guinness Record: Rs40 lakh
56) World’s Most Expensive Valentine Card: £4,000
57) World’s Most Expensive Lipstick: $62,000 KissKiss
58) World’s Most Expensive Mango: $34
59) World’s Most Expensive Bike: $273, 200 Ecosse Heretic Titanium
60) Worlds’ Most Expensive Small Camera: $551,151 Rare Leica
61) World’s Most Expensive Mobile Phone – $1.3 million
62) World’s Most Expensive Credit Card: Royal Legend
63) World’s Most Expensive Gift Card: $5 mn Halcyon Dream Card
64) $210,000 White Truffle: World’s Most Expensive Ever?
65) World’s Most Expensive Concert Tickets: $10,385 a Pair

66) World’s Most Expensive Bagel: $1000
67) World’s Most Expensive Remote Control: $55,000 Gold RC1
68) World’s Most Expensive Dessert: $25000
69) World’s Most Expensive Omelet: $100
70) World’s Priciest Mouse: $23,350 Diamond Flower
71) World’s Most Expensive Sandals: $2mn
72) World’s Most Expensive Wedding Bouquet: $125,000
73) US Money Pubs Flaunt World’s Most Expensive Wallpapers
74) World’s Most Expensive Bicycle Wheel: $3 mn Readymade Art
75) World’s Most Expensive Cat: £12,000 Pricey Pussy
76) World’s Most Expensive Rum: £26,000
77) World’s Most Expensive Dog Collar: $1.8 mn
78) $5000 Yu: Most-Expensive Fragrance by Mane
79) World’s Most Expensive Game Boy: $25,000
80) World’s Most Expensive Cheese: $500/lb

Dear Readers,

As we come to the end of another momentous year in our journey together, I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on 2007 and also look ahead to 2008, a year that will bring forth many challenges and great opportunities for all of us.

While I must admit this year has been a tough one as we were new to blogging or vice versa but managed to stay away from the tag of making guest appearance. 2007 saw great talent infusion at all levels by breaking news in diverse categories viz. luxury, auctions, gadgets and of course world’s most expensive products. We were geared up to offer you the must-read pieces leaving no space for complaints. Also, we were glad to welcome news tip from our savvy readers and advertisers.

All this has set the stage for 2008. You can expect to see greater respect for our blog as it continues to evolve. Our ability to reach the right ears, deeper understanding of their articulated and unmet needs was a battle before us that we finally won. Our culture of solidarity and supporting each other would go a long way in making us successful. The coming year will bring its unique set of competitive pressures and challenges and we will need to be on our toes, reducing inefficiency and freeing up resources.

This won’t always be painless but, unless we simultaneously prune under-performance and feed great talent our growth as a must-have member of blogging community will not come through as we desire.

2008 is going to be a year of launches that I am responsible to bring it here. I realize this commitment and am looking forward to bring a smile and listen ‘what!’ on every post you read here and then you pinch yourself to feel the reality. This seems to be the mantra elite gentry wish to follow.

It’s time to thank all of you for a terrific support in 2007 and lets welcome year 2008 together.

Thank you
Happy New Year

Congratulations Folks! It took me days to scan the gamut of blogs residing in blogosphere and handpick the one worthy to be placed here. Aptly identified as Elite (the nature of blogs), the eco-system of this post features blogs from diverse categories viz. Best of best, gadgets, automobile, technology, fashion, luxury, food& wine, odds and ends, entertainment, design, real estate, social network, travel, advertising and not to forget the active space of blogging forums.

Following the prerequisites involved, the visibility of the blogs here is exemplified well by their Alexa ranking, Technorati ranking, Google page rank and of course traffic generation. Also, one unique criteria behind the selection was how frequently they bring forth the news/views/posts/products across the table and am glad to announce that the crew makes up to it. Idea was to bring 100 blogs to the platform but I could not do injustice to the rest (a deserving lot) and hence have to increase the number.

I am taking the argument that the process must have missed other commendable blogs, which I am still open for. Alarm me on the same and your creditable stake would be offered to you here. Readers, one important announcement, I am here to run you through the developments taking place at their end assuring you to bring forth the administrators of each of the individual blog to calm down your nosiness.

Reach me at: zolamarquis AT gmail.com

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Automotive timepieces seem to follow the replica of tough cars by following the design, mechanics and style statement that beats the price. The latest to cross our radar screen is the Quattro Valvole by Italian watchmaker Meccaniche Veloci.
If the model name sounds familiar, you’re thinking back to the circa-1984 Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS Quattrovalvole, which incorporated the Italian name for the four-valve cylinder heads that the Maranello-based automaker pioneered. Meccaniche Veloci, literally “mechanical speed”, recalls the still-prevalent technology with its wristwatch that features four distinct faces for tracking time in four different time zones, each with its own Swiss mechanical movement, all enclosed with titanium fixtures in a billet aluminum casing made in the same process as competition-spec pistons.

The Quattro Valvole watch is available in a wide assortment of color combinations, none of which are available without your dipping into Junior’s college fund: its asking price is $5,500.

Via AutoBlog

This piece of news is for my wild readers who not only have the courage to fantasize themselves living in a sewer pipe but can do that to widen their experience. Unlike soon-to-be-be constructed hotels under sea or on sky, the one am talking about is very much active. Whilst lately I told you about underwater lodging that was no less than living in an aquarium and ewok-style house that rotated your eyelids, today I have something more to add my list of unique dwellings.

Albeit Christmas has just passed but the holiday mood is on to welcome 2008. How about celebrating New Year in a cave house or an elite prison cell? Well, you can! Aptly called as extreme hotels, the unique installment eyes customers who love experimenting with their life. So, it’s time to get book one now. Offering cockpit and cocktails, there is a New Zealand based old Bristol freighter that serves you as a hotel. With one suite in the old pilot’s quarters and other in tail, the dwelling is spell-bounding. You may call it a dog edifice but this was the out-product of the two chainsaw artists in Idaho, U.S.A, who wanted to install a roadside desirability to tempt guests to their studio. Based in Sweet Willy, it is known as the Beagle B&B.
Now comes lifeboat. These were marine survival capsules located in The Hague, Netherlands that have been turned into a hotel. If by any chance you wish to stay in a cave shaped above then it is here. These 5th century cliff dwellings positioned in Cappadocia, Turkey warmly welcomes as the rooms here are available for rent.

Now how about having a romance with your beloved in an underwater room? Utter Inn in Sweden offers this ultimate experience. Few more, I am sure you can’t afford to miss. The igloo Village offers astoundingly warm housing in a ski resort high in the Swiss AlpsPipe dream. And now my favorite! Handful of pieces of tangible sewage pipes has been fitted with beds in Austria and they don’t demand much. Also, the usage off old winemaking barrels to construct a bedroom in Stavoren, Holland and a youth hostel known as Celica (cell) formed out of one-time military prison in Ljubljana, Slovenia is amazing.

Gallery: Weird but Wonderful Hotels

Via DailyMail

The Lightning car firm has lately released the new models of electric cars in UK. Featured above are the electric Lightning GT and Sports versions that are inviting pre-orders. Pre-booking for the first cars (for 2008 delivery) is now being welcomed. The coupe has a potential to ride over 130 mph with a driving range of 250 miles. Also, the Electric Lightning GT can speed up from 0 to 60 mph in 4.0 seconds. It is designed using carbon fibre/Kevlar hand-crafted bodywork complemented by aluminium honeycomb crushable collision cells.

The NanoSafe battery from Altairnano would give you no opportunity to complain regarding its operational safety. The battery is toxic free and contains no heavy metals. You needn’t make an effort to heat or cool the battery and it can run in temperatures between 75°C and minus 30°C (-22° to 167°Fahrenheit).

The battery comes with a warranty period of three years but the company claims of battery having a life expectancy of 12+ years. With 15,000 cycles and a standard of 40 miles per charge, you can ride your car to around 600,000 miles. A laboratory test is being conducted by the company and its being proved that NanoSafe cell can be charged to 80% of its capacity within a minutes’ time. Now the big news you must be hunting for. The car comes with a price tag of $219,000, almost two-fold of the Tesla. It’s battery individually costs $12,000-$14,000.

Via Gather

CES 2008 is now days away and I have started day-dreaming about all weird and unimaginable things to be exhibited at CES 2008. With all eyes on Panasonic’s 150-inch plasma TV, which would be touted as the world’s largest with its plasma panel 47 inches bigger in diagonal compare against to 108-inch LCD TV. Designed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, the display measures 2 meters X 3.5 meters. With no information about the availability of price, it is anticipated to demand a whooping price. News is the model is set to hit the reach the market in 2009.

Another product to be flaunted at CES 2008 is a great offering by Digital Foci. The company unveils three new digi-frames in its trendy custom-built Image Moments digital photo frame range. The Image Moments 6 and 8 are first of its kind digital photo frames to reflect an LED hind light in place of the standard cold-cathode fluorescent (CCFL) version. Whilst version 6 features 5.7″ VGA (640×480) digital LCD with high pixel density of 140 PPI, LED backlight, and two-tone, mirror-polished chrome finish; version 8 comes packed with features like 8″ SVGA (800×600) digital LCD with high contrast ratio of 500:1, LED backlight, and compatible frame & mat blueprint.

Beating all is the latest offering of Image Moments 15 that brings a 16.2-million color 15″ XGA (1024×768) digital LCD, a high contrast ratio of 700:1, an AV input, and not to mention an exchangeable frame and mat design. Each of these frames have the capacity of 200MB of internal memory and built-in memory card slots that is complemented by a USB slot for connecting it to your PC. These digiframes 15, 8, and 6 are retailed at $399, $199, and $149 respectively.

Via Gizmodo

These days visiting Apple Store is no less than entering a Pleasantville as the happening place brings smile on the face of its visitors (magic of smiling employees) and flow of things here is also just perfect. This is the argument that NYT buys and supports it with facts and figures. The aura of Apple retail store complements well with its fascinating architecture, and the ambience attracts you towards this eventful place that is at bay from any ordinary retail store. Those who doubt the above said things may stay tightlipped and read further to enlighten their knowledge as figures don’t lie!

Also, 20% of Apple’s revenue is generated from the stand alone edifice that calculates almost 42% increase over figures from the 4Q of 2006. The store also claims to develop sales at a rate of about $4000 per square foot a year. Appended above is only handful of reasons for making stock up by 135%. Now my query is as a visitor, do you feel on the same lines or share a different opinion? Do quote!

Via NYT

For an affluent wine lover, it is the eventual New Year Present-no matter you have to loose the weight of your wallet for buying one. The news is world’s most expensive corkscrew has fetched £36,000. The profligate thing is accessible like any other ordinary corkscrew, enabling you to open wine-bottle within seconds.

I understand your curiosity about its demanding price and the credit for this goes to its ingredients–titanium and gold, which makes it pricey as any luxurious coupe. The Sveid Corkscrew especially designed for wine lovers can be used for domestic needs.

Counted 52 pieces of aviation titanium along with a lead cap cutter and ordinary screw help formed this corkscrew which is offered in a cigar-like presentation box. The lever is dipped in 18-carat gold or platinum on demand. Belgian Frank Sveid, 62, is being able to sell off few corkscrews since its production in November.

Via Dailyrecord

Touted as one of the most ambitious building projects globally, Crystal Island to be positioned in Moscow is anticipated to cost $4 billion and would be erected in next 5 years. Spread over 2.5million sq mts, the individual floor region of this giant edifice would be four times the size of Pentagon positioned in Washington DC. It claims to be the self-contained city within city and is 450m tall. It features a blend of structures including museums, theatres and cinemas.

It is being planned that the island would house gamut of civilizing, demonstration and concert services offering 3000 hotel rooms and 900 serviced apartments followed by offices and shops. Each of these accommodation is been calculated to preserve a vibrant and vigorous community sphere all through the day. Active corral panels built into the structural casing allows sunshine to infiltrate deep into the core of the scheme and can be restricted to adjust the interior setting – clogged in winter for spare warmth and unlocked in summer to permit natural aeration.

Gallery: World’s Biggest Building to be Erected in Moscow

Via FosterandPartners

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