By Dorothy Rosby drosby@rushmore.com
For the person on your gift list who “has everything,” trust me, they don’t have this: A his and hers chocolate portrait – a photographic portrait rendered in chocolate that goes for a mere $110,000. Make sure the lucky recipients don’t hang it over their fireplace though – unless they like really expensive s’mores.
The chocolate portrait is one of many extravagant gifts I found while surfing the net on Cyber Monday, the big Internet shopping day. It falls on the Monday after Black Friday, which, as you know, immediately follows Fat Thursday. In the end, I didn’t order anything because I believe in shopping locally and because the cheapest thing I looked at was $25,000. However, I did make a shopping list for anyone who has that much to spend. And any one of these actual gifts would be a great boon to the economy – THE economy, not YOUR economy.
For the lady on your gift list, how about a golden sable fur coat for just $39,500? If my husband gets that for me, which is unlikely, I’m sure it will be the first one in my neighborhood. Honey, you shouldn’t have. You REALLY shouldn’t have.
Same goes for the No. 1 Imperial Majesty perfume. This is a limited edition collector’s version of the world’s most expensive perfume, Clive Christian’s No. 1, also known as the Smell of Money. The Imperial Majesty version comes in a handcrafted crystal container adorned with a 5-carat cut diamond and includes “Rolls-Royce Personal Security Delivery” for a grand total of $215,000. My question is, should you ask the delivery person to stay for Christmas dinner? My other question is, are you kidding me?
Is anyone on your list in need of a new cell phone? How about the diamond-encrusted Vertu mobile phone, a steal at $75,000 – though I’m not sure who’s being stolen from. You probably shouldn’t get this for anyone who regularly misplaces her cell phone. Me, for example. I am on your list, aren’t I?
If your loved one still uses a watch to tell time, you might choose the Breguet Double Tourbillon with a clock-stopping price of just $402,000. Heart stopping too. But keep in mind, it would be less expensive and equally as impressive to check the time on a new $75,000 diamond-encrusted cell phone.
For the kids, we have the Ferrari Testarossa go-kart, which will set you back about $25,000. Let’s see: A go-kart or college? Hmmm. I did find a cheaper Ferrari go-kart for just $2,695. I’m sure my son would be just as happy with that. He’s not getting it though.
At $85,000, your daughter could have Diamond Barbie. The world’s most expensive Barbie comes wearing a gown adorned with 160 De Beers diamonds, because diamonds are a little girl’s best friend.
And finally, for the pampered pet, we have the 52-carat Amour Dog Collar, dubbed “the Bugatti of dog collars.” It features 1,600 handset diamonds, and it’s yours for a mere $3,200,000. That would definitely max out my credit card. And every dog I know would be happy with cubic zirconia on its collar. Or rhinestones. Or nothing. I don’t know about you, but I hate to spend 3 million bucks on someone who doesn’t appreciate the gesture.
I think I’d go with the diamond and sapphire Amour de la Mer collar instead. It’s just $8.99. Oh wait. I forgot the zeroes. That’s $899,000. But it still beats 3 million. With the money I save, I could get a good security system – and some common sense.
(Send your gifts to drosby@rushmore.com or see www.dorothyrosby.com.)
