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Grandes Marques Auto Auction in Monaco Today


London auction house Bonhams is staging a Grandes Marques classic car auction in the principality of Monaco today featuring some of the world's most collectible automobiles. The star attraction - i.e. highest-priced lot - is an historic 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Super Sport that raced at Le Mans in 1934, which is estimated at about $4 - $5 million. However there are several very beautiful and more modern motorcars being sold for a fraction of that price.

For example, the gorgeous 1961 Aston Martin DB4 Competition Saloon pictured here, est. about $320,000 - $360,000, similar to the DB5 driven by James Bond (Sean Connery) in Goldfinger. Among our other favorites, as featured in the gallery below: A 1962 Bentley S3 Continental 'Flying Spur' Saloon, est. about $280,000 - $320,000; a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL 'Gullwing' Coupé, est. about $690,000 - $760,000; a 1966 Maserati Mistral 4000 Spyder, est. about $420,000 - $500,000; a 1994 Bugatti EB110GT Coupé, one of only 154 built, est. about $340,000 - $420,000; and a 1971 Ferrari 365GTB/4 'Daytona' Berlinetta, est. about $400,000 - $480,000.

Gallery: Grandes Marques A Monaco

1956 Mercedes Gullwing1962 Bentley Flying Spur1994 Bugatti EB110GT1971 Ferrari Daytona Berlinetta1966 Maserati Mistral Spyder

Luxury Houses: Holiday Escapes


Hotels are fine as far as they go. For a really luxurious vacation however, renting a private house or villa is much the better choice. Of course the prices at the top-end can be astronomical. If money is no object, however, a new book called Luxury Houses: Holiday Escapes is a perfect guide to the best high-end hideaways around the globe. One of the standouts is Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld's former villa in Monaco (pictured here), which can be yours for a mere €30,000 per week. For that you get six bedrooms, panoramic views of the ocean and the mountains from an enormous terrace, a pool, Jacuzzi, game room and a tent on a private beach. The interior is described unironically as "quasi royal."

Also on display is the Birkenhead House in Hermanus, South Africa (about $7,000 per night) with eleven bedrooms and three pools, dominating a steep cliff above Walker Bay where whales frolic; and Villa Indigo in the Caribbean Sea within a protective reef in Anguilla with two pools and a private beach and sandbar, for $16,000 - $38,000 a week depending on the season; as well as dozens more ritzy rentals from ski chalets in Switzerland to modern palaces in China.

Gallery: Luxury Escapes - Villa Karl

Drawing room.Parlor.Staircase.Billiards room.View from terrace.

Montblanc Prince Rainier III Limited Edition 81 Pen


The Montblanc pen shown above was displayed on Thursday night in Monaco at a VIP charity gala honoring Prince Rainier III of Monaco and attended by his son Prince Albert and a bevy of beauties that included Helena Christiansen and Eva Green. The Prince Rainier III Limited Edition 81is limited to only 81 pieces (Rainier was 81 when he died in 2005). Half of the sales of the been will go to the Foundation Princess Grace. The pen is a skeletonized fountain-pen of 18K white gold decorated with diamonds and ruby-studded lozenges to mimic the red-white lozenges on the shield of the Grimaldi coat of arms. It includes 996 diamonds cut with facets and 92 rubies which form a network that inner workings of the writing instrument can be seen through. 19 more rubies surround the clip ring on the cap and the 18K gold nib is set with two rubies. The pen is worth 200,000 euros.

Unique Watches For Only Watch 2007


On September 20 this year, the Only Watch event will take place in Monaco again. For the event, some of the world's finest watchmakers create special unique timepieces to be sold at auction to benefit research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This watch is the entry from Girard-Perregaux and it is the only watch in the world to combine a perpetual calendar, the indication of time in 24 different international cities as well as the business hours of four major stock markets. The dial displays the date, the day of the week, the month and the moon phase. The mechanism takes into account the length of each month, allowing for the leap years without any manual adjustment before 2100. Two mobile rings on the dial show the opening hours of the New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo and the different times around the world. The watch has a 41mm pink gold case with sapphire front and back crystals. The Vacheron Constantin entry is after the jump and I will bring you more Only Watch 2007 models as they are released.

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A Celebration of Princess Grace

Before there was Diana, it was Princess Grace of Monaco who captivated the world. The elegant American actress who won the heart of a prince was one of the world's great icons of style and grace. This year is the 25th anniversary of her passing and a wide variety of activities and events are planned including an exhibit this summer at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum followed this fall by a special tribute exhibit and a first-ever auction of some of her personal belongings at Sotheby's New York to benefit the Princess Grace Foundation-USA. From July 12 through September 23, 2007 at the 43,000-square- feet Espace Ravel in the Grimaldi Forum Monaco, memorabilia including private letters, dresses and fashion accessories, sound recordings and film clips will be on display. Sotheby's New York will hold a tribute exhibition October 15 - 25, 2007, with an auction at the Princess Grace Foundation-USA Awards Gala on October 25.

Luxury hotels in Monaco are offering The Grace Kelly Years packages, featuring tickets for two to the exhibit, a VIP welcome in­-room (including newspaper, fresh fruit, flowers, and a bottle of chilled Champagne) and breakfast each day. It is available at participating Société des Bains de Mer(SBM)hotels, from July 12–September 23, 2007 for $540 to $985 per night, depending on hotel.

Tag Heuer Limited Edition Monaco Watches


The TAG Heuer Monaco Vintage Limited Edition is a new version of the old classic square-faced Monaco watch. The new retro-ed up version has a black dial with orange and blue stripes and a GULF logo in the six o clock spot which matches the orange stitching on the black alligator strap. The look is a tribute to the Porsche 917-Gulf K which was featured in the Steve McQueen 1970 racing film, Le Mans. The watch is available in a limited edition of 4,000 pieces. There is also a very similar steel braceleted TAG Heuer Monaco Vintage Limited Edition Steve McQueen Watch with a red white and blue dial which sells for $3,995 on Amazon. I think I prefer the black dial version even if the Gulf logo is a not exactly my ideal design element.

New Monaco Shipyard Set To Open

Those who take their megayachts to Monaco this summer will have a new place to go if trouble occurs. La Ciotat, the new shipyard from Monaco Marine and Semidep may be the largest megayacht facility in the Mediterranean. Construction began in 2005 on this huge facility which covers a total of 35,000 square meters and can haul up 14 yachts from 40 to 80 meters (130-260 feet). The yard has a 2000 ton yacht lifting dock, a massive 90 meter climate controlled painting shed and a large building dedicated to workshops and offices. The large lifting dock can lift one of these huge yachts up in 30 minutes and the whole hoisting and transfer operation will take around three or four hours, which is pretty impressive given the size of the yachts. Each yacht station on dry land has electricity, telephone and Internet access, compressed air and both fresh and sea water so that all board equipment can remain hooked up. The yard should officially be open in April.

Philip Green's Lionheart Yacht


A little treat for the yachtspotters. The yacht shown here is the Lionheart. It's the new toy for Philip Green, the free-spending British retail king. Lionheart is  206-foot Benetti and it recently showed up in Monaco where it was caught by the lens of the Monaco Eye, a website that has beautiful pictures of many of the world's most stunning yachts as they coast into the harbor. . The boat cost around £20 million ($37.5 million) and replaces Green's smaller Lionheart.

Former Royal Yacht For Sale

A yacht that was a wedding present from Aristotle Onassis to the Prince of Monaco and Grace Kelly is now up for sale. The 147-foot yacht was built in 1928 and the couple spent their honeymoon on the yacht which was then known as Deo Juvante II. It is now known as Zein and is registered in the Caymans but available for showing in Fort Lauderdale. It has a master stateroom on the main deck forward and four double suites below aft, as well as a four-bunk crew cabin.The Camper & Nicholsons steel yacht is being offered for sale by her current owner through Baja Yachts  for $535,000 Euros. The photo gallery for the listing shows a yacht that has seen better days but is still a classic beauty.

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