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...about plunking down several months' salary for a phone we're still going to leave in the back of a cab. - By James Ledbetter Watches to watch out for By rights, this should be a bad time to launch high-end wristwatches: luxury goods are in a slump, and pricey timepieces are moving particularly slowly. And yet this fall has seen the introduction of several limited-edition pieces. Why? Because watches can command a profit margin of up to 40%, higher than most luxury products. Louis Vuitton led the pack with the $6,600 LV Cup Watch. Each watch contains...
...Jones Interactive djinteractive.com This pricey but invaluable service for serious news junkies draws from 6,000 publications in nearly two dozen languages. Searching, browsing, headlines and lead sentences are included in the $40 annual fee, but reading a whole article costs...
...high-end designer stores like Maria Luisa in Paris, 10 Corso Como in Milan and Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Harrods in London. Expect prices to run from j70 for a visor to j310 for a bag, and there are only 2,000 of each color. If that sounds pricey, consider how much a real Warhol would run you. Sotheby's is expecting between $4 million and $6 million for Lavender Marilyn (1) at its contemporary art auction in New York on Nov. 12. And Phillips has said it expects at least $4 million for Silver Liz, a 1963 image...
...Russia that disappeared with the 1917 Revolution. Food lovers here have always looked toward Western Europe as well as their own specialties. Assaying some of Russia's finest restaurants in 1914, the Baedeker guide noted disapprovingly that most were "in the hands of French or German proprietors" and pricey. Such restaurants are still pricey: about $200 a head without wine for excellent Japanese cuisine, only slightly less for French or Italian...
...some 150 fashion-fanatic stores in Europe such as Selfridges in London, and will be priced accordingly, with tops starting at €60. This is far less than what he gets for his own label - and less than the going rate for his cheaper label Y's - but pricey for sports togs. Now Yamamoto has yet another deal too: he's consulting with the back-to-basics Japanese retailer Muji on its clothing line...