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Haven’t You Always Wanted A $1,200 Throw Pillow Made From Old Shoes?

By David Ponce on 06/19/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

We suppose that we could file the “The Little Shoes” throw pillow by one Baptiste Viry under Art. That might, perhaps, help justify its asking price of $1,200. It also helps that it’s a one-of-a-kind, so you would be the only person able to boast about having a $1,200 old shoe pillow by Baptiste Viry. Here’s their description of it:

Pillow in leather patchwork of used men’s shoes sewn by hand with suede backing, finished with a hot wax buff, removable feather interior, clean shoes with colorless polish. This piece is unique and signed by the artist. Wrapped with a vintage silk scarf.

We suppose that one man’s questionable overpriced purchase can be another man’s invaluable one-upping piece of hipster kitsch, so we make no judgement.

P.S. We lied. We’re judging.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ IncredibleThings ]

BBQ Dining Boat Seems Perfect For Summer, And Breaking The Bank

By David Ponce on 06/12/12 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

What’s better than a BBQ among friends? A BBQ among friends on the water, of course. Seating up to 10 people, this 24 ft. floating creation with a 30 Watt outboard motor can be manoeuvred at up to 2 1/2 mph through calm water and alongside docks for loading/unloading. One charge provides enough power for up to 8 hours of continuous use, so unless you’re venturing in the open sea, you shouldn’t worry about getting stranded. There’s a plastic table with plastic seats for all 10 people, and each seat has “a recessed plate holder, three beverage holders, and silverware tray. Six compartments beneath the ABS seats store food and supplies for all-day cookouts.” The grill itself is charcoal powered and measures 24 in. in diameter.

So this all sounds like fun and games, only as long as you get past the sticker shock: $50,000.

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Most Expensive Popsicle Costs $1,000, Has Gold Flakes In It

By David Ponce on 06/06/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

We’re not sure how you’re supposed to freeze Tequila, but the above $1,000 creation uses Premium Clase Azul Ultra tequila with sugar, and a few 24K gold flakes to create what is perhaps the world’s most expensive popsicle. Served at Marquis Los Cabos luxury resort in Baja California Sur, Mexico, the iced treat once again proves that the world is chock full of people with more money than sense. Luckily their existence provides us mortals with more things to point our fingers at, though to be fair if we were rolling in money, we’d probably lose our senses too and pop a few of these daily.

VIA [ Incredible Things ]

Gemballa Releases Car Paint Made With Diamond Dust

By David Ponce on 05/28/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

There are many ways to enhance the finish of a paint, from including metal flakes for that metallic look, to pearl powder for the pearly look, natch. But it’s not everyday that you hear about diamonds being included into the mix. Gemballa, a German aftermarket Porsche tuner has recently announced that they’ve done just that. They ground up diamonds to the right size so that the resulting mixture could still be applied like regular paint. The result looks a lot like glitter paint, to be honest, although that glitter is now diamonds.

There’s of course no mention of price, although we expect rappers worldwide to start lining up at the company’s headquarters anytime now.

[ Company Website (With no mention of the paint) ] VIA [ BornRich ]

Flying Hovercraft Is For The Rich And Not Necessarily Famous

By David Ponce on 05/02/12 • 2 Comments

By David Ponce

We used to think Hammacher-Schlemmer was a peculiar sort of retailer, somewhat similar to SkyMall… How wrong we were. They’re selling a $190,000 Flying Hovercraft. Now, let’s pause for a second on its name. We take a small issue with it being a flying hovercraft. If it’s flying, it’s not hovering, but whatever. This particular vehicle has a 130HP twin cylinder liquid-cooled gasoline engine — turbocharged and fuel-injected — that can propel it to 70mph. It’s able to rise up to 20 feet off the ground, allowing it to access places regular hovercrafts just can’t get to. “Its low center of gravity and composite fiberglass/PVC hull enable it to operate in winds up to 25 mph and waves up to 6′ when in flight. Two nine-gallon gasoline tanks provide a 160-mile range.”

It’s a nice piece of kit. We imagine you might need a pilot license, though we can’t be sure. And it needs to be registered as a boat.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ BornRich ]

Got $31k To Spend On A Camera? Leica Would Like To Talk To You

By David Ponce on 03/23/12 • Leave a comment!

By David Ponce

Leica makes some very nice cameras. They also happen to be pretty darn expensive most of the time. And then, some of the time, they’re downright outrageous. The Leica M9-P is already pretty pricey at $7,995. But that’s the regular black and chrome version. The limited edition white one you see pictured above? Yeah, that’s 2,620,000 yen (or around $31,770). You could buy a new car, a nice one, for that price. Or you could snap pictures of cats.

It does come with a fabulous (and we mean fabulous) f/0.95 50mm lens, so there’s that. But aside from the exclusivity and the colour scheme, that extra $24 doesn’t go on any actual features. And it will only be sold in one of 9 retail locations in Japan, so if you’re not there you might want to factor in the cost of that plane ride.

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This Ring Is Carved Straight Out Of A Diamond — 150 Carats’ Worth

By David Ponce on 03/22/12 • 32 Comments

By David Ponce

The above is not a gadget, not exactly new, but it is all kinds of amazing. It’s the creation of Mohamed Shawesh, President and CEO of Shawish Jewelry. It could be called “the world’s first diamond ring” and it wouldn’t be a lie. very other “diamond ring” out there is really a “ring of gold, studded with diamonds.” This on the other hand, well is a ring that’s been carved entirely from a giant diamond. Using lasers and traditional diamond cutting and polishing techniques, the ring weighs in at an impressive 150 carats. A year went into its making and its design is copyrighted, much like the shape of the Coke bottle is. It’s expected to sell for $70 million, though it was recently on display at Baselworld, leading us to believe that it has found no buyer. Yet.

[ Company Website ] VIA [ BornRich ]

Laptop Sleeve To Cost 10,000 Times The Price Of The MacBook Pro It Could “Protect”

By David Ponce on 03/20/12 • 2 Comments

By David Ponce

We’ve always wondered what an object covered in 8,800 diamonds would look like, and how much it would cost. Well, you’re looking at it up there, and it costs $11million. Inspired by the infamous IAmRich $999 iPhone app that came out in 2008, Coverbee (the company behind this product) has spent the time since “perfecting” the sleeve. They needed to find a way to make sure the diamonds would stay put and that the sleeve itself wouldn’t scratch the laptop its supposed to be protecting. To this end, they fitted the opening with rare black sable fur from Siberia. Each one of its diamonds is graded VS clarity and F in colour and has its own certificate of authenticity. And if you have the cash and decide to buy, it’ll be shipped to you “by a prominent Secure Logistics company, that is normally used to carry gold bars and bank notes of the Federal Bank.”

We have a feeling this could be a hoax of some kind, simply because of some of the things said in the description of the product. Hard to explain what, other than saying it’s a hunch. Still, in case it’s an actual product, you have to get in touch with Coverbee directly to place an order (as opposed to, say, pressing a couple buttons on an ebusiness website).

[ Product Page ] VIA [ BornRich ]

Lamborghini Aventador J Drops The Roof, And Windshield, And All Pretense Of Restraint

By David Ponce on 03/09/12 • 3 Comments

By David Ponce

It’s not like the Lamborghini Aventador isn’t already a badas car. We wouldn’t mind having one parked in our driveway. But the Aventador J, pictured above, well… Let’s just say that non-vital body parts might be bartered for a simple ride in it. Not only does it have no roof, it has no windshield, opting instead for wind deflectors that are meant to keep the full force of the rushing air from your face. It’s still road legal, even though it certainly looks like it shouldn’t be. It still has that 700bhp V12 engine that is in the “regular” Lambo, but has “weight-reducing, speed-increasing features like the lack of an audio, navigation, or HVAC system, Forged Composite seats with inserts made from “Carbonskin” — a new carbon fiber fabric.” So yeah, it’s a lot lighter than the original. And it’s also a lot rarer: there will be only one made. A single one.

Can you afford it? That’s a silly question, my friend. With something this rare, even if you had the money, odds are you still couldn’t buy it.

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