A ROMAN COLOSSEUM GETS $42 MILLION PRICE TAG
The Palazzo Orsini, a Renaissance palace built onto the top of the still-standing stone and marble shell of the anceint Roman theatre (the Theatre of Marcellus –dating from the 1st Century BC) which resembles a mini Coloseeum, is on the market for €32 million ($42 million). “Its asking price is thought to make it the most expensive property currently on sale in the Italian capital, and one of the most expensive in Europe. The 11,000 sq ft property has frescoed staterooms, a ballroom, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a library, a dining room, a terrace, a separate penthouse and cellars” with a garden full of fountains and orange trees – not […]
PANDA [POO] TEA
Panda Tea, a new tea brand is launching with its first batch to hit hit shelves Spring 2012, is made from panda poo and costs roughly $2,000/oz. An ounce of tea generally makes twelve cups of tea, averaging $167 per cup. Made in China by a 41-year old tea harvesting novice, entrepreneur An Yanshi believes he has found the secret to the world’s most expensive tea in the same vein as the Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee from Indonesian ($30-80 for a cup or $600/pound). Many of the world’s priciest teas in Asia are based on the ‘qi’, or energy, they impart on the drinker, explains the site Quora. A […]