Sobranie Luxury Cigarettes - Smoking Rich

If you wish to brag about how much money you have without being too obvious, smoking a luxury cigarette can do the trick. Sobranie cigarettes is one of the top premium tobacco brands in the market. While they produce many varieties, the two premium varieties are: Sobranie Cocktail (pastel colours) and Sobranie Black Russian (black paper). These are bought by the super rich and other high fliers, who can afford to pay the price for them.

Sobranie Premium Cigarettes: Black Russian on the left, Cocktail on the right

Unlike Cuban cigars, which most rich people like to stash, Sobranie premium cigarettes are completely legal. Both the Cocktail and Black Russian variety of luxury cigarettes have filters made of pure gold foil, and are a pure joy to hold between the fingers of your hand.

Black Russian cigarettes in the beautiful Sobranie case

The original Sobranie cigarettes were handmade in Russia, before the Redstone family developed the tobacco blend and began manufacturing them in London. The royals of various countries such as Russia, Greece, England, Spain and Romania ordered them, and they became very popular amongst the rich and super elite. A pack of 20 Sobranie Cocktail or Sobranie Black Russian cigarettes costs about 12 UK pounds.

Most Expensive Diamond Engagement Rings

Auction house Christie’s displayed these beautiful rings at its Magnificent Jewels auction in December 2012. While not all of these rings are diamond rings, they all have some diamonds on them and can be used as engagement rings. Their high cost ensures that the giver intends a lifetime commitment.

Graff diamond engagement ring

Diamond Ring by Graff: This ring is estimated to fetch around $7,000,000 - $10,000,000 at the Christie’s auction. It was made by Graff Diamonds and has a sparkling 50.01 carat rectangular-cut diamond, with two smaller baguette-cut diamonds, on either side. The Graff diamond ring is made from platinum.

Three-stone emerald and diamond engagement ring

Three-Stone Emerald Ring: This engagement ring is estimated to be sold for about $475,000 - $550,000. This emerald ring has an 8.51 carat cushion-cut emerald in the centre, with two small-sized cushion-cut emeralds on either side. These emeralds are held with single-cut diamond shoulders, while the ring is made from platinum.

Yellow and white diamond engagement ring

Coloured Diamond Ring: Christie’s believes this diamond engagement ring will collect around $1,800,000 - $2,500,000. This coloured diamond ring has a stylish rectangular-cut yellow diamond weighing 30.03 carats in the centre, with two sparkling trapeze-cut diamonds on either side. The diamonds are mounted in platinum and 18k gold.

What do you think of these extremely expensive diamond engagement rings? Which of these diamond rings do you like the most?

From: Christie's

World's Most Expensive Christmas Dinner: $200,450 For Four People

Christmas time is a season of get-togethers and festive dinners, and this year we have the father of all Christmas dinners with Ben Spalding’s $200,450 Christmas dinner for a group of four. Ben Spalding is the Head Chef at John Salt London, and has worked at more than 12 Michelin-starred kitchens in more than four countries, so you can expect this Christmas dinner to be quite a spread.

Chef Ben Spalding with the Menu Card for this Christmas Dinner

This $200,450 Christmas dinner is a one-off luxurious feast, which will be specially prepared and served at their home of the buyer, by Ben Spalding and his team of culinary experts. There is a bit of charity here too: Ben Spalding will be contributing 80 percent of his fee to Cancer Research UK and Hospitality Action.

Four Courses Of The World’s Most Expensive Christmas Feast

So, what will be served at the world’s most expensive Christmas dinner? Well, this expensive luxury Xmas feast is a four-course meal, during which diners will relish some of the most expensive food and drinks available in the world.

Almas Caviar that will be served as the first course of this Xmas dinner

For the first course, a bottle of Piper Heidsieck 1907 champagne worth $59,340 will be served in diamond-encrusted champagne flutes. This will be followed by Almas caviar (the world’s most expensive caviar at £5,000), and 150-year-old balsamic vinegar (priced at £1,030).

For the second course, Spalding’s team will serve Yubari King melon from China (this is the world’s most expensive melon at $4,010). This melon will be presented with saffron and whole white Alba truffles costing £3,500.

The third course will be the traditional Christmas turkey, which is a must-have at any luxury Christmas dinner. However, this will be a costly turkey of the rare Dodine breed that costs £500. Beef fillet from the famous Wagyu cows of Japan (costing £4,500) will also be served during this course. The whole turkey and beef fillet will be wrapped in gold leaf (costing £6,000), and garnished with Akbari Pistachios (costing £5,000).

A packet of Kopi Luwak coffee

The last course of this Xmas dinner is the dessert, which will be served to the guests in a gold Ugandan vanilla plate which is priced at £1,500. This dessert consists of seedless Densuke watermelon (costing £2,600) from Japan, Amadei chocolate and whipped Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world at £3,000.

I was surprised to hear that this Kopi Luwak coffee is made from coffee beans that are fermented in the intestines of the Asian Palm Civet Cat. I've seen this wild cat in the Delhi Zoo. It was cute, but just imagine, having cat-poo for desert…people actually pay for this?

Other expensive ingredients that will be used during this four-course Christmas dinner are:

• Diva Vodka - £2,000
• Pullet de bresse’s for stock - £2,500
• Periogord truffles - £900 
• Amadei chocolate - £150 
• 1949 Cheval Blanc - £4,680 
• 1988 Corton-Charlemagne, Coche-Dury - £1,390
• 1959 La Tache - £5,400 
• 1976 Chateau d’Yquem - £990

While this festive spread is the most expensive Christmas dinner, it is not the world’s most expensive dinner ever. This honour goes to the lavish spread offered by the five-star Lebua Hotel in Bangkok, which offers a ten-course feast for a whopping $300,000 per person.

What do you think of the world’s most expensive Christmas dinner? Would you rather have something else served at your dining table for the price of $200,450?

From: Daily Mail

Mickey Mouse Pure-Gold Christmas Tree - $4.2 Million

Check out this pure gold Christmas Tree, with charming Disney figures like Mickey Mouse, decorating it. Made by Japan based jeweller Ginza Tanaka, this pure-gold Christmas Tree is now the most expensive Christmas tree in the world.

Ginza Tanaka is a jewelry design company based in Tokyo, Japan, with more than 115 years experience in creating opulent pieces of jewelry, fabricated from precious metals like gold, silver and platinum.

Features of the Pure-Gold Christmas Tree

The gold Christmas Tree designed by the jewelry company is made from 48 kilos of pure gold, and stands about 2.4 metres tall. It is 1.2 metres in diameter, and revolves on a dais, to display the 50 cut-outs of Disney characters on it. These Disney characters include Mickey Mouse, Alice, Genie, Aladdin and Cinderella, amongst many others.

Pure-gold revolving Christmas tree from Japan

All these characters are silhouette cut-outs made from pure gold. The Christmas Tree is topped with a giant gold cut-out of Mickey Mouse’s head. The Mickey Mouse Christmas Tree also has ribbons made from gold leaf, draped over it, to increase its splendour. This gold tree took about two months to complete, with about 10 master craftsmen from the jewelry store working on it, during that period.

In the past, this Tokyo-based jewelry company had launched a pure-gold Christmas Tree, priced at $2 million. With this bigger gold Christmas tree priced at $4.2 million, they have broken all records for the most expensive Christmas Tree in the world. The tree will be on display till December 2nd, by which it is expected to get sold.

Disney characters on the real-gold Christmas tree

If you find this Disney Christmas Tree too expensive for your Holiday budget, the Japan-based jewelry company also offers a smaller gold tree, which costs less. This tree measures only about 25 centimetres in height, has 20 Disney characters, and can be bought for the price of $243,000.

The miniature version of the pure-gold Disney Christmas Tree is already reported to have found a few billionaire buyers, including some celebrities and business tycoons. It makes a great Christmas gift for the elite, as gold is always a good investment too!

What do you think of this pure-gold Christmas Tree? Would you buy it as a Christmas gift?

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Red Tibetan Mastiff - World’s Most Expensive Dog

With its flaming red fur and cute eyes, the Red Tibetan Mastiff dog has become the ‘most expensive dog in the world’, when one of these rare dogs was recently sold for the record price of $1.6 million.

The Red Tibetan Mastiff is also known as Do-khyi, locally. It is an ancient dog breed, and a type of domestic dog, which has its origins with certain nomadic cultures of Central Asia.

Photo of a rare Red Tibetan Mastiff dog

The 11-month-old Red Tibetan Mastiff puppy was purchased for $1.6 million, by an unnamed buyer, making it the most expensive dog in the world. This rare puppy is about three feet tall and weighs over 180 pounds.

Are you a dog lover? Would you like to own one of these huggably cute, but rather expensive, puppies?