Time to raise a toast; to the most expensive whisky in the world, the Macallan in Lalique Cire Perdue! A classic 64-year-old single malt Scotch whisky in a stunning crystal flask saw the hammer come down at $460,000 at Sotheby’s, New York. The special decanter was designed and created by famed French designer Lalique. The bottle contains 1.5l of the rare ‘The Macallan’ whisky. The special decanter is crafted with a unique “cire perdue" or "lost wax" method. Proceeds from the auction, which came to $600,000, is said to be ear-marked for the clean-water charity Water.
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Origami like any other detailed form of art requires a lot of patience, eye for detail and loads of creativity thinking. But you need to be really good at it to make big money. Meet Jeffrey Nishinaka, a 52-year old Los Angeles based artist who used moulds paper based art with the right lighting to create amazing origami art work in 3D. While his art sells for anything between $1,530 and $25,490, his largest creation a 20 feet high, 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep tree set up complete with grass, leaves, birds and fishes earned him a whopping $ 101,985. More images after the jump.
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Just after a few weeks of its unveiling, the Burj Khalifa is already facing competition. Reportedly plans have been floated for a new superscraper in Miami that could steal the corwn of the world’s tallest building from the Burj Khalifa. According to Miami herald, Kobi Karp has submitted designs for Miapolis, a 'city within a city' planned for Watson Island. If built, the 160 storey building will be 183 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa. What is more, the Miapolis will boasts of an amusement park, observatory, restaurants, 1.96 million sq ft of shops, over 1000 apartments, 1 million sq ft office space and a 792 room hotel!
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The galloping horses seen here are part of a set of works made from plastic eating utensils.
Thousands of spoons, knives and forks have been used to knock up the detailed pieces.
Artist Sayaka Ganz, 33, sorts unwanted bits and pieces into colours before moulding them together.
She also uses sunglasses, cutlery and bendy baskets.
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