Top 10 Most Expensive Cell Phones in the World

In the present time, cell phone producer created a phone base on many calculations. Today’s cell phone should be working more than a telecommunication tool to phone, to send SMS or to playing radio. On the following list, I introduce you 10 cell phones with capabilities more than any standard phone worth below $1000 per unit. Most of the phones are made of Gold and Diamond. That means, the price of the phone is not inflated like any standard phones. Here is 10 most expensive mobile phone in the world

10. Nokia Lamborghini 8800 Sirocco (Undisclosed)

Nokia Lamborghini 8800 Sirocco

Nokia Lamborghini 8800 is capable to read 3 bands GSM coverage and user can utilize the phone in 5 continents. It has its own internal memory, TFT display with scratch-resistant sapphire coated screen and a standard camera. The phone is collaboration project between Nokia and Lamborghini. Lamborghini extras inside the phone what make the phone pricey. Nokia injected Lamborghini wallpapers, ringtones, Lamborghini documentary videos and wallpapers in it.

9. Gold Edition Nokia 8800: $2,700

   Gold Edition Nokia 8800 sirocco

Nokia 8800 is a Gold edition Nokia that carry gold casing, 62,000 color screen TFT (208×208), combine with one 5mp SVGA camera. It is capable to send SMS, MMS, to load Java script, to play MP3 files, to accept infrared, Bluetooth and Edge connectivity, to record video file, and to hear FM radio channel.

8. Motorola V220 Special Edition: $51,800

Motorola V220

Peter Aloisson designed The Motorola V220 Special Edition. He designed the phone for a feminine woman who wants to look classy and exclusive. Beside all standard functionality of modern cell phone, the phone is coming with 18-karat gold inlaid on the keyboard and 1200 diamonds encrusted on the front panel

7. Vertu Diamond: $88,000

Vertu Diamond

Vertu Diamond is a cell phone, which carries countless tiny diamonds dots on the body. On the keypad, we can find another diamond weighing 8 carats. The frame is mainly the best platinum that is underpinned with bearings from ruby. As extra, the producer added high quality ceramic to encrust the body. only 200 Vertu diamonds available worldwide.

6. iPhone Princess Plus: $176,400

iPhone Princess Plus

The phone is another creation of Peter Aloisson. He encrusted the phone with 318 diamonds and some of them are brilliant-cut. All diamonds that lay on the phone is 17,75 karats. As final addition, Peter sweetened the phone with 18 karats white gold

5. VIPN Black Diamond Smartphone: $300,000

VIPN Black Diamond Smartphone

Jaren Goh is designer who blueprinted the phone. The composition of the phone is titan, polycarbonate, cutting edge mirror include diamonds. As the brain, Jaren injected Intel 400 Mhz processor. The screen is 256 TFT color display and it carries 4MP-embedded camera.

4. Vertu Signature Cobra: $310,000

Vertu Signature Cobra

Boucheron, a jeweler from French designed Vertu Cobra and he only made 8 versions of Vertu Signature Cobra. He featured the phone with round diamonds; pear cut diamonds, twin emerald for the eyes, and 439 rubies to blink the cobra signature. Totally, he took around 21-karats of diamond and rubies to rich the phone

3. Diamond Crypto Smartphone: $1.3 million

Diamond Crypto Smartphone

Although the phone came from JSC Ancort, one name who designed the phone was Peter Aloisson. Peter took platinum as the frame, 50 diamonds as the accessories, where 8 of them are rare blue diamonds. The Ancort logo and navigation key is 18-karat rose gold. It works on Windows CE OS.

2. GoldVish Le Million: $1.3 million

GoldVish

GoldVish Le Million is coming from the designer Emmanuel Gueit. The phone caries VVS1 diamonds on the body, 18-karat white gold, and a certification from Guinness world record as 2008′s most unique phone in the world. The technical features of the phone are basic. It brings 2GB storage, embedded camera, FM radio, MP3 and Bluetooth.

1. Goldstriker iPhone 3GS Supreme: $3.2 million

Goldstriker IPHONE 3GS Supreme

Stuart Hughes is a name behind the design of the phone. On the last 3 years, the phone has been recorded as the most expensive cell phone in the world. The phone is carrying 22-carat pure gold weighing 271 grams. View extras that make the phone special are 200 diamonds around the casing, 53 gems that form the Apple logo, and one 7,1 karat of diamond that sits in the home button. The special phone owns a special box and that is a chest carved from granite that is embellished with Kashmir gold and Nubuck grain leather linings.

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Top 10 Most Expensive Restaurants in the World

Commonly, we believe that attending a certain expensive restaurant means visiting a restaurant with the best dish in town. This belief is general and drives good chefs opening food bars on strategic location where people have enough money to buy any exclusive menus came out from their experience behind the kitchen door. On this post, I like to discuss top 10 most expensive restaurant in the world

1 ) Aragawa, Tokyo Japan

Rate: US$368/ dine/person

Aragawa is located at the district Shinbashi in Tokyo. It is a renowned steak house and is popular destination for steak junkies around Tokyo. Steak with pepper and mustard is the best culinary in this restaurant.

Steak at Aragawa restaurant

2 ) Paris: Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée

Rate: US $231/ dine/person

Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée

The restaurant is one of 3 eating houses belong to Alain Ducasse. Plaza Athénée itself is resided in the Grand Hotel in Paris. The restaurant is active every day unless summer and near Christmas day.

3) London: Gordon Ramsay

Rate: US $183/ dine/person

Gordon-Ramsay

Name Gordon Ramsey is taken from a British chef who runs the restaurant since 1998. It only has 13 tables and nearly never quite every evening. The main menus of the restaurant are Pigeon with foei gras and Cornish lamb

4) Munich: Acquarello

Rate: U$125/dine/person

Acquarello

Acquarello is an Italian restaurant with Mediterranean-style and popular Italian Menus such as veal and pasta. Additionally, It offers fish and delicious pigeon dainties for customers who want to enjoy low carb diet

5) Rome: Alberto Ciarla

Rate: US $113/dine/person

Alberto Ciarla

Alberto Ciarla approaches people with a passion to enjoy of fish delicacy. The menus that offered in this restaurant are a tagliatelle served with mussels and grilled and a linguine with tuna and sliced of swordfish meat

6) Toronto: Sushi Kaji

Rate: U$109/dine/person

Sushi Kaji

Mitsuhiro Kaji, the main chef of Sushi Kaji, prepares menus with a price ranging from US$80,100 and US$120. Popular menus in Sushi Kaji are barbecued eel, fried fluke under spicy tomato sauce, water melon soup, and pickled cucumber with strawberry.

7) Montreal Canada: Queue De Cheval Steak House

Rate: US$85/dine/person

La queue de cheval bar steakhouse

The Top Menu of the Restaurant is a corn-fed beef. The beef is taken after it was dried 35 days. The weight is 24 ounces and it is accompanied with a bottle of Californian or Australian wine. You pick it.

8.Madrid: El Amparo,

Rate: US $70/dine/person

El Amparo,

El Amparo used to be a carriage house before it becomes a lovely restaurant in Madrid. It is known for the Iberian Peninsula wines collection, Chocolate soufflé, and the cold salmon dish with tomato sorbet

9) Shanghai: Whampoa Club

Rate: US$63/dine/person

whampoa

Whampoa Club is famous for the interior design which composes pastel glass decoration and Art Nouveau wall panels with Crystal Chandeliers. The top menus of the restaurants are crispy beef strips combined with sun-dried orange peel and a drunken chicken with chilly sauce. You can eliminate the sauce if you don’t want to of course.

10) Milan Italy, Boeucc

Rate: U$62/Dine/person

BOEUCC

Boeucc has cool interior dining room embellished with painting, ceramics and romantic chandeliers and lightning. The popular main course of the restaurant is veal served with pureed potatoes and gusto saffron risotto.

Have you ever visited one of the most expensive restaurant in the world above?

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10 Most Expensive Photographs in the World

If you are photographer and you have loads of passion on your work, chances to make million of dollars from your camera are always opened. As inspiration, I give you 10 most expensive photograph in the world in the last 10 years.

 

1. 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001): US$3,346,456
Photographer: Andreas Gursky

99 Cent II Diptychon (2001)

The original print of 99 Cent II Diptychon is available in 3 copies and they were sold at different time. The 1^st print was sold for US$ 3,336,456 in February 2007 at Sotheby’s London, the 2^nd print was sold at New York Gallery in November 2006 for $2.48 million, and the 3^rd copy was sold at Sotheby’s in May 2006 for US$2.25 million

2. The Pond-Moonlight (1904): US$2,928,000
Photographer: Edward Steichen

The Pond-Moonlight (1904)

The photo titled The Pond-Moonlight and it was sold in Sotheby’s New York auction in February 2006. Edward Steichen pictured the image in Mamaroneck, New York, near his friend`s house, Charles Caffin

3. Kremlin of Tobolsk (2009): US $1,750,000
Photographer: Dmitry Medvedev

Kremlin of Tobolsk (2009)

The photo was sold at Christmas Yarmarka in Saint Petersburg in January 2010. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev himself is a Russian federation President since 7 May, 2008.

4. Nude (1925): US$1,609,000
Photographer: Edward Weston

It was sold in April 2008 at the Sotheby’s New York auction. Edward Henry Weston is an American born phtographer and during his life, he is known as one of the masters of Photography in 20^th century”

5. Georgia O’Keeffe (Hands) (1919): US$1,470,000
Photographer: Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O'Keeffe (Hands) (1919)

It was sold in February 2006 at Sotheby’s New York auction. Alfred Stieglitz had been working in a photography for more than 50 years.His phtotoraphy art has inspired modern day photograpers around the globe

6. Georgia O’Keeffe Nude (1919): US $1,360,000
Photographer: Alfred Stieglitz

It was the 2^nd photo of Alfred stieglitz and same as Georgia O’Keeffe (Hands), it was sold at the same place and in a same date

7. Untitled (Cowboy) (1989): US$:1,248,000
Photographer: Richard Prince

Untitled (Cowboy) (1989)

The photo was sold in November 2005 at Christie’s New York auction. The Untitled (Cowboy) is a rephotograph photo that was taken originally by Sam Abell from a Cigarette advertisement board.

8. Dovima with elephants (1955): US$1,151,976
Photographer: Richard Avedon

Dovima with elephants, at Cirque D'Hiver, Paris, August, 1955

The photo was sold in November 2010 at Christie’s Paris auction. Dovima was a popular model of Vogue magazine. The photo was taken while she was at Cirque d’hiver, Paris, in August 1955.

9. Nautilus (1927): US $1,082,500
Photographer: Edward Weston

Nautilus (1927)

The photo was sold in April 2010 at the Sotheby’s New York auction. This photo is the second photo of Edward Weston that is recorde on the chart of top 10 most expensive photos in the world

10.113. Athènes, Temple de Jupiter olympien pris de l’est (1842): US $922,488
Photographer; Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

113 athenes temple-de jupiter olympien pris de lest

It was sold in 2003 at an auction. There is only view information I can collect from the last expensive photograph. If you like to contribute new info, I hope you don’t mind to share it on the following comment box.

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5 Most Expensive Cognac and Liquors in the World

 These are 5 most expensive boozes that are not distilled for jobless people or a man who just get fired from their job. These 5 cognacs and liquors are limited edition, not available in all liquors stores and the cheapest among the following list is worth more than 20 grand a bottle. This is the list of 5 most expensive cognacs and liquors in the world. I hope you like what you read

5. 1928 Krug Champagne: US$21,200

1928 Krug Champagne

Among wine makers around the world, 1928 Krug Champagne is known as one of the best liquors products had ever been produced. At the auction of Acker Merrall and Condit’s, a bottle of the 1928 Krug Champagne was purchased for US$21,200 and made it one of priciest champagnes in the history.

4. The Macallan Fine and Rare Vintage 1926: US$ 54,000

The Macallan Fine & Rare Vintage 1926

The wine maker, the Macallan, only distilled view the Macallan Fine and Rare Vintage 1926 and a bottle that was survived from the rough of World War I and II was auctioned in Christie’s in 2007 for US$54,000. The cheaper and younger vintage, The Macallan Fine & Rare Vintage 1947 is labeled US$7,000 a bottle.

3. Hennessy’s Beauté du Siècle: US$220,000

Hennessy’s Beauté du Siècle

A treasure chest of the liquor is worth more than a standard car because it carries a 10 decades old cognac. It is studded with a Baccarat decanter and was designed specially by a French designer Jean-Michel Othoniel . The wine maker only made 100 of this and if you have a chance to buy it, a Hennessy agent will deliver it in Person

2. Russo-Baltique Vodka: US $1.3 Million

Russo Baltique Vodka

Russo-Baltique is a Carmaker from Russia and he made the product special for Royalties or people in the chart of Forbes rich list. The first man who was lucky enough to enjoy the vodka for free was Prince Albert from Monaco

1. Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac: US $2 Million

Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac

One bottle of Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac was purchased by a millionaire from Dubai. It came with 100 years old brandy and the container is a crystal bottle that is studded with 6,500 diamonds and dipped in 24-karat gold and sterling platinum. With its astonishing price, Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac is deserved to be crowned as the most expensive cognac and liquors in the world

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The Most Expensive Wedding Cakes in the World

If you look closer, you will find diamonds, sapphires and other Jewelries over the cream of the wedding cake. Although, the wedding cake is baked and creamed, the cake is literally not for the mouth. The wedding cake is just a canvas to bold the oily jewelries. Let’s check those world’s most expensive wedding cake.

Diamond wedding cake by Dallas Bakery, Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange

Diamond wedding cake by Dallas Bakery

Dallas bakery labeled the Diamond wedding cake US$ 1.300.000. The diamond wedding cake can serve up to 320 invitees but they have to pay US$3,125 afterwards. The extravagant wedding cake is designed for Royals wedding, sons of billionaires, and Hollywood celebrities. Diamond bakery recruited Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange to blink and beautify the 160 pounds wedding cake with silver ‘sheen’ dust icing and 1,200 karats of Diamonds. Unlike other wedding cake, the diamond wedding cake rode an armored vehicle and the baker secured the cake with full alert security guards. Dallas Bakery showed the Diamond wedding cake for the first time at the hall of the Dallas Bridal Show.

Nahid La Patisserie Artistique and Mimi So wedding cake

Nahid La Patisserie Artistiques cake

The last wedding cake came with a price tag $20 million. It came out from the hand of a cake designer Nahid La Patisserie Artistique who cooperated with Mimi So jeweler. These people and their bodyguards brought out the cake for the first time at the Luxury Bridal Show on Rodeo Drive of Beverly Hills in 2006. Unfortunately, Mimi So did not expose the total diamond she attached on the creamy wedding cake.

Nahid La Patisserie Artistique Wedding Cake

Many people comment on the lay out of the wedding cake because it looks ugly and not edible. Until the bridal show over, no one had a chance to taste or touch the most expensive wedding cake in the world.

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Top 5 Most Expensive Beers in the World

Beer is more than liquid to cast thirst out off the throat. It is an old drink with loads of fans from different countries. View connoisseurs only want to drink the world’s best beer available in the bar and the bar give the most expensive back to them. Here are 5 most expensive beer in the world which the bar serves to them.

Tutankhamun Ale - US$52 per bottle

tutankhamun Ale

Tutankhamen Ale is brewed base on an ancient recipe found in Queen Nefertiti‘s temple .It is believed that the recipe came from the time of King Tut of Egypt and the temple, that is predicted to be the house of brewery, was built by King Akenhaten, King Tut‘s Herald . The brewing location of Tutankhamen ale itself is at a Cambridge laboratory. The Tutankhamen Ale is limited edition product and sold US$52 a bottle.

Samuel Adams Utopias - US $100 per bottle

samuel adam utopia

Samuel Adams Utopias is a former Guinness World record holder for the strongest beer in the world at 50 proof. The beer is sweet and is brewed with a mix of superiority hops and is packed inside a flowery copper-plated kettle. The flavor is enriched with soupcon of Oak, caramel and vanilla. Samuel Adams Utopias is a non-carbonated and better be served at room temperature. Only 8,000 Samuel Adams Utopias bottles have ever been produced.

Carlsberg Vintage 3 - US $348 per bottle

Carlsberg-Vintage-3

Carlsberg Vintage 3 is the latest vintage beer from Carlsberg group following Carlsberg Vintage 2 and Vintage 1 that was already released in 2009 and 2008. Only 1000 bottles of Carlsberg Vintage 3 were produced. This exclusive product is hand tapped and marked by the art of Kasper Bonnén and 2 selected artists from the Radiant Copenhagen project. The price of the 3 vintage beer remarks the year when the beers were launched, Carlsberg Vintage 3 is sold for 2,010 Danish kroner or US$348, Carlsberg vintage 2 is sold for 2,009 Danish Kroner, and Carlsberg Vintage 1 is sold for 2,008 Danish Kroner.

Brewdog’s “The End of History” - US $765 per bottle

Brewdog’s “The End of History”

Fact 1, Brewdog’s “The End of History” is stronger and pricier than Samuel Adams Utopias. Fact 2, It is 55 proof brew and available 11 bottles. Fact 3, each of the beer is bottled insides dried roadkill animals. 4 of the beers are encased inside gray squirrels and 7 others are packed inside dead-empty weasels. 45% of the beer contains Scottish Highland nettles and finest juniper berries.

Antarctic Nail Ale – US $800

Antarctic_Nail_ale

There are only 33 Antarctic Nail Ale and they are exported directly from Nail Brewing Company in Australia. Antarctic Nail Ale , the most expensive beer in the world, is the result of factual Antarctic ice brewing. All these bottles are sold for good causes and charity. The first bottle was sold in an auction in Fremantle, Western Australia, by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It was sold to Elliot Syndicate and the money went 100% to charity. Next, The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is selling bottle number 2 to 10^. This time all the money goes to support anti-whaling campaign in the Antarctic Sanctuary.

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