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Here's how to enjoy luxury items in Singapore - for less
Armani, Burberry, Chanel, Dior… that's the way the alphabet goes around here nowadays.RELATED STORIESShopping secretsShopping on mobile devices poised to overtake shopping on computers: SurveySingapore...
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A glimpse into artiste Park Soo-keun’s world
Children play in an alleyway. Women wash clothes by a stream. Girls carry their baby sisters and brothers on their backs. These are the scenes from the lives of ordinary Korean people in the 1950s and...
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General MacArthur's watch sells for S$99,000
GENEVA - Seventy years after the end of World War II, a watch worn by legendary US five-star general Douglas MacArthur was sold at auction Sunday for 70,000 Swiss francs (S$99,000), far above the...
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'Pierre Bonnard: Painting Arcadia' review: Appraising a misunderstood master
PARIS - It's not a criticism to say that lovers of the work of Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) will not find many surprises in the survey "Pierre Bonnard: Painting Arcadia," at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris. On...
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Burmese ruby sells for record S$40 million at auction
GENEVA - A 25.59 carat "pigeon blood" ruby sold for a world record USD$30.33 million (S$40 million) at auction in Geneva Tuesday while a rare pink diamond believed to have once belonged to Napoleon's...
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Russia's chocolate 'art', luxury morale booster for more than the elite
MOSCOW - Portraits of Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin, views of Venetian canals or a growling lion, these artworks all have something in common outside hefty pricetags -- they're edible.Long known...
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Actress Gong Li helps Swiss luxury with Chinese market
When Chinese actress Gong Li walked the red carpet for the Met Gala earlier this month as a co-host, her Roberto Cavalli couture gown and dazzling Piaget jewelry made her look like a queen of style.The...
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Sotheby's to proceed with sale of 'stolen' Russian painting
MOSCOW - The international auction house Sotheby's said on Sunday it would proceed with the auction in London next week of a painting by a famous Russian artist that the Russian authorities have said...
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Crocodile-skin handbag sells for a record S$301,000: Christie's
HONG KONG - A fuchsia-coloured crocodile-skin Hermes bag has broken the record for the most expensive handbag sold at auction, selling for US$222,912 (S$301,000) at a Christie's auction in Hong...
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Hermès Birkin bagged for record price at Christie's Hong Kong auction
HONG KONG - What luxury slump? A fuchsia Hermès Birkin with diamonds set a record in Hong Kong as the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction.At Christie's handbags and accessories sale in Hong...
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Websites feed frenzy for second-hand luxury handbags
PARIS - Would you fork out US$8,000 (S$10,770) for an old handbag? For fashionistas who simply must get their hands on a rare model from an iconic brand, the answer is an emphatic yes.Thanks in part to...
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Sotheby's to proceed with sale of 'stolen' Russian painting
MOSCOW - The international auction house Sotheby's said on Sunday it would proceed with the auction in London next week of a painting by a famous Russian artist that the Russian authorities have said...
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Crocodile-skin handbag sells for a record S$301,000: Christie's
HONG KONG - A fuchsia-coloured crocodile-skin Hermes bag has broken the record for the most expensive handbag sold at auction, selling for US$222,912 (S$301,000) at a Christie's auction in Hong...
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Crocodile-skin handbag sells for a record S$301,000: Christie's
HONG KONG - A fuchsia-coloured crocodile-skin Hermes bag has broken the record for the most expensive handbag sold at auction, selling for US$222,912 (S$301,000) at a Christie's auction in Hong...
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Hermès Birkin bagged for record price at Christie's Hong Kong auction
HONG KONG - What luxury slump? A fuchsia Hermès Birkin with diamonds set a record in Hong Kong as the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction.At Christie's handbags and accessories sale in Hong...
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Hermès Birkin bagged for record price at Christie's Hong Kong auction
HONG KONG - What luxury slump? A fuchsia Hermès Birkin with diamonds set a record in Hong Kong as the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction.At Christie's handbags and accessories sale in Hong...
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Websites feed frenzy for second-hand luxury handbags
PARIS - Would you fork out US$8,000 (S$10,770) for an old handbag? For fashionistas who simply must get their hands on a rare model from an iconic brand, the answer is an emphatic yes.Thanks in part to...
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Websites feed frenzy for second-hand luxury handbags
PARIS - Would you fork out US$8,000 (S$10,770) for an old handbag? For fashionistas who simply must get their hands on a rare model from an iconic brand, the answer is an emphatic yes.Thanks in part to...
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