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Truman Capote's Sagaponack Home, Estate of the Day

When a listing says "hear the ocean" that means only one thing, you can't see it from every angle. This property in Sagaponack, New York was once the home of author Truman Capote. The nearly four-acre property went on sale last year. Capote lived ...

The Classicist: Dunhill's Timeless Luxury for Men

In times of economic uncertainty luxury consumers looks to timeless classics they know will hold their value and last for years as opposed to flash-in-the-pan trends and glitzy impulse buys. Witness the sudden increase in Rolex sales as Iceland's ...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTO FEATURE: Essential Summer Style, Starring the Jaguar XK Convertible

Click above for high res image gallery and full credit info. Photographed by Adrianna Ault for Luxist. Welcome to the first in a new series of exclusive photo features showcasing seasonal style essentials inspired by classic icons of elegance, ...

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 10/19/08

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers: --A four-story Upper East Side townhouse 152-156 East 81st Street, shown above, has gone on the market for $45 million. It has a a 3,000-square-foot garden, 38-foot-wide drawing room. two libraries and one ...

Peter Beard Limited Art Edition Book

Peter Beard is an artist and photographer who became famous during the 1960s for his work in Africa, where he "photographed and documented the demise of over 35,000 elephants" before working on several art installations, participating in fashion ...

New York Historical, Estate of the Day

Edward Lee Cave is one of the realtors who deals in the kind of New York apartments that are classic Estate of the Day bait. Today's estate comes courtesy of Max Abelson's Manhattan Transfers column in the New York Observer. The five-floor townhouse ...

Storytelling Comes Alive at Moth's Black & White Ball

The annual Moth Gala is one of our favorite events in New York. In a world drawn impersonal by tweets and newsfeeds, it's refreshing to know that there are still people out there promoting the art of storytelling. There's nothing quite like having ...

Laurence Graff's Spendy Week

Renowned jeweler Laurence Graff has a habit of spending big at the big jewel and art auctions but this week Graff really went overboard spending $40 million this week on rare red and blue diamonds in Geneva and scooping up contemporary art in New ...

Eleni's Oscar-Themed Cookies

Throwing an Oscar party? Eleni's cookies, a New York bakery does a whole series of Oscar-themed cookies each year. There is the Best Picture series with little cowboy boots (Brokeback Mountain), cars (Crash), Olympic rings (Munich), TVs (Good Night ...

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

From the LA Times Hot Property: • Bruce Jenner and his wife have put their Calabasas home on the market for $2.7 million (might be this listing here for $2.65 million). • Halle Berry has put her Hollywood Hills home on ...

Churchill Painting To Be Auctioned Off

Winston Churchill was a man of many talents - the master statesman was a Nobel Prize winning author as well as well-respected amateur artist. He painted Marrakech around 1948 and gifted the work to President Truman. In a note accompanying the ...

Gallery: Moth Ball

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Former Presidential Yacht Back In Service

A beauty of an old yacht is taking to the water once again. The wooden yacht Innisfail used to be owned the by the U.S. Government and was used by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy and played host to many world dignitaries. Frank Lynch, the ...

The Classicist: Haspel's 100 Years in Style

2009 marks the 100th anniversary of a true American sartorial institution: Haspel, makers of the classic seersucker suit that has come to epitomize elegance in the summer months for dapper gentlemen from coast to coast. The company's history dates ...

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