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World, Money, GlamourSeptember 18, 2009 2:31 pm

phantom mask The Most Expensive Things You’ll Never Actually Need

Why would you use your money to feed a starving country, when you can pay $1,500,000 for a Box of Chocolates, or buy a $1.3 Million Cell Phone. What you choose?

Pay $1,500,000 for a Box of Chocolates
Le Chocolat features a selection of Lake Forest Confections gourmet chocolates, selected by the confectioners master candy maker, as well as an arrangement of magnificent jewelry from Simon’s personal jewelry and gemstone vault. The price tag is $1,500,000. The jewelry that comes along with the box of chocolates includes a "priceless" collection of natural yellow and blue diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires from Simons Jewelers. (How priceless can it be with a price tag?)

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Uncategorized, PeopleSeptember 10, 2009 12:47 pm

phantom mask Unusual and Extravagant Testimonials

All the best to my dog
Leona Helmsley died from congestive heart failure at the age of 87. Leona’s dog Trouble got $12 millions and afterlife spot in mausoleum. No one made out better than Trouble – not even Leona’s brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was left $10 millions. Helmsley had four grandchildren. Two of them each will receive $5 million in trust and $5 million outright, under the condition that they visit their father’s (Helmsley’s only child whom the women outlived) grave site once each calendar year. Her other two grandchildren received nothing.
The sum of $12 millions left to Leona’s dog was subsequently reduced to $2 million less than a year later by a judge.

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