Art market rebounds despite challenges, with Monet at $34.8 million and Basquiat works surpassing $46 million
NEW YORK, May 16, 2024 (AFP) - A Monet sold for nearly $35 million at auction Wednesday evening, Sotheby's…
2 years ago
Luxury
Dior postpones Hong Kong fashion show: govt
HONG KONG, Feb 24, 2024 (AFP) - Dior has postponed a fashion show set to be held in Hong Kong…
2 years ago
Schwarzenegger watch fetches $290,000
VIENNA, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) - The Swiss watch that got Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger in trouble with German custom…
2 years ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger held over luxury watch at Munich airport
MUNICH, Germany, Jan 17, 2024 (AFP) - Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger was held at Munich airport on Wednesday for…
2 years ago
Vuitton heir’s apartment burgled in Paris
Paris, France | AFP | The Paris home of an heir of the Louis Vuitton luxury empire was burgled…
4 years ago
Climate demonstrators invade Louis Vuitton catwalk show
PARIS, France (AFP) - Extinction Rebellion climate activists burst onto the catwalk at Louis Vuitton's Tuesday Paris Fashion Week show…
5 years ago
Bags carry Hermes to record sales in 2018
PARIS, France (AFP) -- French luxury group Hermes said its sales hit a record just shy of 6 billion euros…
7 years ago
‘Incomparable’ $50 mn pink diamond smashes record at Geneva auction
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- An exceptionally rare pink diamond of nearly 19 carats fetched 50.3 million Swiss francs ($50 million,…
8 years ago
Australia mints its most valuable coin ever
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia has minted a gold coin encrusted with rare pink diamonds worth Aus$2.48 million (US$1.8 million)…
8 years ago
Dior bans Instagram bling at Paris haute couture week
by Katy Lee and Anne-Laure Mondesert © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Fashion powerhouse Dior brushed aside the whims…
8 years ago
Mastering manners at Switzerland’s last finishing school
by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GLION, Switzerland (AFP) -- Eight women sit primly around an elaborately set table making…
9 years ago
Fares as high as $10,000 on board Japan luxury sleeper train
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- East Japan Railway Co. launched its new luxury sleeper train on Monday (May 1) that comes…
9 years ago
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