1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB ‘Tour de France’ Berlinetta
One of the most desirable competition-bred Ferraris in existence 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour de France will be on offer at next week’s London auction.
Powered by an alloy block-and-head V-12 engine, this is one of just 36 competition 250 GT LWB Berlinettas originally produced by Ferrari with the single vent and desirable covered headlamp configuration.
24-carat Gold Plated iPad 2 by Gold & Co.
Yesterday in Dubai, London-based firm Gold & Co. has now unveiled a 24-carat gold plated iPad 2. The Gold & Co gold plated iPad 2 has a value of $ 5,500 and are already six to get it sorted. Other than the iPad 2, the firm has earlier given the gilded treatment to the first version iPad, iPhone and the iPod. However they did have trouble with the new design of the iPad 2. The original iPad was easier to gold plate said a spokesman since all the pieces unclipped.
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Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani, the man behind one of the world’s biggest fashion chains, is in talks with advisers over funding to build his first hotel in Britain. The 200-plus room luxury venue could be built in Knightsbridge, west London, near the iconic Harrods store. Financial Mail understands that the Italian fashion designer, through his Armani Hotels subsidiary, is in early stage talks about the venture. Among options under consideration is whether to convert office space or an old hotel into a £300million-plus site.
The Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, bought the penthouse digs earlier this year
Rinat Akhmetov, the richest man in the Ukraine, has purchased most expensive three-floor penthouse at sought-after London address One Hyde Park for whopping £136m ($221 million). The business tycoon has already planned to invest another £60 million ($98 million) on renovations and interior design.
Akhmetov, who is married with two children, is the owner Donetsk-based holding company System Capital Management (SCM), a financial and industrial company. He holds the 39th position on the Forbes 2011 list of the world’s richest people with 100% of SCM shares, at about $16 billion in 2011. The Ukrainian financial and industrial holding company said in a statement on its website that the purchase was ‘a portfolio investment’.
