The Scream

Munch's 'The Scream' Sells for Record $120 Million

Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream," one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.

Louboutin

Shoe Designer Louboutin Defends Right to Red Soles

French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, famed for his glossy red-soled shoes, defended his decision to go to court with fashion label Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) and its parent company PPR to protect his trademark look on Monday.

Hermes Bag

Hermes Wins $100 Million in Fake Birkin Bag Lawsuit

French fashion house Hermès successfully won a fake Birkin bag lawsuit on Tuesday

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Jewelry & Watches

Kashmiri

Mughal 'Mirror Diamond' Necklace on Sale for $20 Million

A "Mirror Diamond" necklace bearing five Mughal empire pendant diamonds with emerald drops has been offered for private sale at a price of $20 million, auction house Bonham's said on Monday.

Art & Decors

Orhan Pamuk

Nobel Winner Pamuk Opens Novel Museum in Istanbul

Nobel prize-winning Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk realizes a long-nurtured dream on Saturday with the opening of an actual "Museum of Innocence" - a collection of relics of a half-century of ordinary life - as depicted in his 2008 novel of the same name.

Entertainment Celebrity

Prince William, Kate Middleton Wedding Anniversary

Prince William, Kate Middleton Wedding Anniversary: Their Funniest Moments Caught on Camera [PHOTOS]

The couple will celebrate their first year wedding anniversary on Sunday.

IN THE NEWS

Tourists stand outside the Wynn Casino in Macau

Luxury Real Estates

Wynn Resorts Gets Gov't OK For Macau Cotai Casino

Wynn Resorts, Limited (Nasdaq: WYNN) received approval to begin breaking ground at its 51-acre casino sight on Macau's Cotai strip, an approval that has been in limbo since March, the company said Wednesday.

Kentucky Derby

travel news

Kentucky Derby 2012: Louisville Celebrates Beyond Churchill Downs

The Kentucky Derby -- with all its muscular thoroughbreds, flowery hats, and mint juleps -- put’s Louisville under a spotlight, but there's more to Derby City than Churchill Downs.

Cezanne

Arts Art

Works by Cezanne, Matisse Each Sell For $19 million

The spring art sales got off to a solid start at Christie's on Tuesday, with works by Cezanne and Matisse each selling for $19 million (11 million pounds) as the auction house moved $117 million worth of Impressionist and modern art.

Angela Merkel

Luxury Cars

Merkel's Old Volkswagen Sold at Auction, Second Time Lucky

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's old Volkswagen wasn't worth the 130,000 euros ($172,100) bogus online bidders kited it to earlier this month, but the first woman chancellor's 1990 Golf finally went to the hig...

Operation Waistcoat

Luxury Art & Decors

Operation 'Waistcoat' Recovers Art From Swiss Heist

One of four paintings stolen at gunpoint from a Swiss museum four years ago in a stunning art heist has been returned to Zurich, the city's senior public prosecutor said on Friday, meaning all the paintings have now been recovered.

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