Luxury

PJ4XWX Banquet in Nero's palace - Ulpiano Checa y Sanz.

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Lying down and vomiting between courses: This is how Ancient Romans would feast

The ancient Romans indulged in lavish, hours-long banquet feasts that served to broadcast their wealth and status in ways that eclipse our notions of a resplendent meal.

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This watch was carved from a meteorite that hit Earth a million years ago

Rare silver coin struck before the American Revolution sets auction record, selling for $2.52 million

Captain Rostron's gold pocket watch sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million at auction.

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Gold watch gifted to Titanic hero who saved 700 lives sells for record £1.5 million

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Huge diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette scandal sells for $4.8 million

14th November 1947: Mr Schur (centre), chief confectioner at McVitie and Price Ltd, standing next to the official cake for Princess Elizabeth's marriage to Philip Mountbatten which is nine feet tall. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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‘Very rare’ 77-year-old piece of cake from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s wedding sells for $2,800

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Independent Russian watchmaker upends race to design world’s thinnest wristwatch

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‘Poignant’ postcard from excited Titanic passenger up for auction

SIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826; JOHN ADAMS. 1735-1826; AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 1706-1790.
Letter signed ("John Adams," "Benjamin Franklin," and "Thomas Jefferson"), to the Envoy Extraordinary of the King of the Two Sicilies seeking negotiations for a Treaty of Amity and Commerce,

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Rare letter signed by Founding Fathers expected to fetch $1 million at auction

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 02: Kim Kardashian attends the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

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Kim Kardashian gives Princess Diana’s famed cross necklace its first public outing

George Washington, c. 1803/1805. Artist Gilbert Stuart.

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Lock of George Washington’s hair among historic presidential items up for auction

Rolls-Royce Phantom Goldfinger at Furka Pass, in the southern Swiss Alps.

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Rolls-Royce has made a one-off, ‘Goldfinger’-inspired car with solid gold features

Missing for centuries, the copy of the US constitution was sent to states to ratify in 1787.

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Long-lost copy of US Constitution found in filing cabinet sells for $9 million

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(FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Taylor Swif attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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‘Game of Thrones’ dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5 million at auction

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‘Game of Thrones’ dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5 million at auction

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (International Sleeping-Car Company), 1927. Private Collection. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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When Europe’s railroad dining cars were the height of luxury

Vicken Yegparian, vice president of numismatics, Stack's Bowers Galleries, holds a golden coin once belonging to the collection of Danish king, Frederik VII, now part of L. E. Bruun's collection, in Zealand, Denmark, May 7, 2024.

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A tycoon collector forbade anyone from selling his coins for 100 years. A century on, the first set just fetched $16.5M

NVW Fine Jewellery by Natasha Wightman 'Catching the First Star'

A forgotten gemstone that reigned during the Victorian era comes back into focus

Musician and producer Pharrell Williams and K-pop star G-Dragon.

Pharrell’s Joopiter puts on sale of K-pop star G-Dragon’s prized possessions

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Iconic Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $24 million

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Huge 2,492-carat diamond, believed to be world’s second-largest, unearthed in Botswana

Moët Hennessy and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Launch Groundbreaking New Whisky - SirDavis.

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Beyoncé launches whiskey inspired by ‘moonshiner’ great-grandfather

Lady Gaga is seen here arriving at posh London restaurant Mr Chow for her O2 Arena gig afterparty with her dancers and friends. Gaga must have been feeling hungry as she turned up to the restaurant wearing a diamond encrusted lobster on her head with a see through PVC dress and a large pair of sparkly high heels. Gaga was joined by family, friends, dancers and crew members at the party and also Bruce Springsteen. Pictured: Lady Gaga<br /> <strong>Ref: SPL161146 270210 </strong><br /> Picture by: Splash News

How the lobster became an unlikely status symbol — and a ‘cultural icon’

DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 25: The Residenzschloss palace that houses the Gruenes Gewoelbe (Green Vault) collection of treasures on November 25, 2019 in Dresden, Germany. Thieves, apparently after having sabotaged the electricity supply, broke into the museum through a window early this morning and reportedly made off with jewels, diamonds and other precious stones worth one billion Euros, making it the biggest heist in post-World War II German history. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)

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Five years after a $124-million museum heist shocked the world, recovered jewels returned home

A 1954 Mercedes worth up to $70 million will be among legendary racing cars up for sale soon

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