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		<title>Most Expensive Cigarettes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Most Expensive Cigarettes
$100,000
Lucky Strike
Luxury tobacco products are not anything new. When trying to come up with a list of expensive cigarettes, Dunhill, or Treasurer may come to mind. But Lucky Strike brought a whole meaning to an expensive pack of cigarettes by introducing this one-off pack in 2006. Lucky Strike commissioned one pack of smokes [...]]]></description>
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<h2>Most Expensive Cigarettes</h2>
<p><font color="#3366ff">$100,000</font></p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cigaretlacky.jpg" title="cigaretlacky.jpg"><img border="0" align="left" width="293" src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cigaretlacky.jpg" alt="cigaretlacky.jpg" height="328" /></a><strong>Lucky Strike</strong></p>
<p><img border="0" align="left" width="1" src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cigaretlacky.jpg" alt="cigaretlacky.jpg" height="1" />Luxury tobacco products are not anything new. When trying to come up with a list of expensive cigarettes, Dunhill, or Treasurer may come to mind. But Lucky Strike brought a whole meaning to an expensive pack of cigarettes by introducing this one-off pack in 2006. Lucky Strike commissioned one pack of smokes to be produced that proudly boasts 18ct white gold package that displays one large diamond and one large ruby.<br />
The most expensive pack of cigarettes was on display European airports in 2006 and also will have less expensive “look alike” packs for sale in the selected airports.</p>
<p>This pack of cigarettes has a value of $100,000 and is intended to boost the iconic design and profile the Lucky Strike brand. Founded in 1871, the Lucky Strike logo has become internationally recognizable and easily marketable.</p>
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<p><strong>TREASURER Black</strong></p>
<p><font color="#3366ff">24 Euro</font></p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cigaretblack.jpg" title="cigaretblack.jpg"><img border="0" align="left" src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cigaretblack.jpg" alt="cigaretblack.jpg" /></a>The most Expensive cigarette in the world.<br />
Luxury size filter tipped Virginia blend 90mm cigarettes packed in stylish aluminum cases of 20, each sealed with the unique hologram tear tape to guarantee authenticity.<br />
The watermarked cigarette paper and matt gold base tipping paper with gold hot foil band enhance the finest tobacco, free from chemical additives for pure smoking pleasure. 10&#215;20’s are packed in deluxe black display card outers.</p>
<p>TREASURER Gold<br />
TREASURER Silver<br />
TREASURER &#8220;Twin&#8221; Pack</p>
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		<title>Most expensive picture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Millionare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1948 by Jackson Pollock $140]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bal Au Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir $7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cézanne $60]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dora Maar with Cat by Pablo Picasso $95]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Femme aux Bras Croisés by Pablo Picasso $55]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garçon à la Pipe by Pablo Picasso $104]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gustav Klimt $135]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irises by Vincent Van Gogh $53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens $76]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Portrait de l'Artiste sans Barbe by Vincent van Gogh $7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh $82]]></category>
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1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt ($135,000,000)

This record breaking sale was enabled by a court order by the Austrian government to return the painting to the Artist&#8217;s rightful heir. The entire dispute lasted over a year and was necessary to return the painting that was looted by the Nazis during World [...]]]></description>
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<p>1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt (<font color="#3366ff">$135,000,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictgustaf.jpg" title="pictgustaf.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictgustaf.jpg" alt="pictgustaf.jpg" /></a><br />
This record breaking sale was enabled by a court order by the Austrian government to return the painting to the Artist&#8217;s rightful heir. The entire dispute lasted over a year and was necessary to return the painting that was looted by the Nazis during World War II. Skillfully painted in 1907 by the art nouveau master Gustav Klimt, the painting was purchased by Ronald S. Lauder, the cosmetics heir, in 2006.<span id="more-62"></span></p>
<p><strong>2. Garçon à la Pipe by Pablo Picasso</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$104,100,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpicasso.jpg" title="pictpicasso.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpicasso.jpg" alt="pictpicasso.jpg" /></a><br />
Created during the Rose Period, Garcon a la Pipe showcases Picasso&#8217;s exceptional use of cheerful orange and pink palatte.<br />
The oil on canvas painting, measuring 100 × 81.3 cm (slightly over 39 × 32 inches), displays a Parisian boy holding a pipe in his left hand. The record price auction at the time on May 4, 2004 in Sotheby&#8217;s was a bit of a surprise to the core art buyers, because it was painted in the style not usually associated with the pioneering Cubist artist.</p>
<p><strong>3. Dora Maar with Cat by Pablo Picasso</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$95,200,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpicasso2.jpg" title="pictpicasso2.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpicasso2.jpg" alt="pictpicasso2.jpg" /></a><br />
Another enormous surprise followed in 2006, when this painting near doubled its inaccurate presale estimate and brought in new record $95,200,000 at auction at Sotheby&#8217;s on May 3,2006. Painted in 1941, Picasso&#8217;s controversial portrait (one of his last) is sometimes described as an unflattering depiction of his mistress, Dora Maar, who was an artist/photographer and mistress of Picasso whose relationship lasted ten years during the 1930s and 40s.</p>
<p><strong>4. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$82,500,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictvangogh.jpg" title="pictvangogh.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictvangogh.jpg" alt="pictvangogh.jpg" /></a><br />
This painting by the Dutch Impressionist master Vincent van Gogh suddenly became world-famous when Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito paid $82.5 million for it at auction in Christie&#8217;s, New York. Saito was so attached to the painting that he wanted it to be cremated with him when he died. Saito died in 1996 &#8230; but the painting was saved. Vincent van Gogh actually painted two versions of Dr Gachet&#8217;s portrait. You can view the other version, with a slightly different color scheme, at the Musée d&#8217;Orsay in Paris.<br />
<strong>5. Bal Au Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$78,000,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictrenoir.jpg" title="pictrenoir.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictrenoir.jpg" alt="pictrenoir.jpg" /></a><br />
Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre was painted by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1876. On May 17, 1990, it was sold for $ 78,000,000 at Sotheby&#8217;s in New York City to Ryoei Saito, who bought it together with the Portrait of Dr Gachet (see above).</p>
<p><strong>6. Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$76,700,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictrubens.jpg" title="pictrubens.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictrubens.jpg" alt="pictrubens.jpg" /></a><br />
This painting by Peter Paul Rubens, painted in 1611, is the only painting in this list which was not painted in the 19th or 20th century. It was sold to Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet for $ 76,700,000 at a 2002 Sotheby&#8217;s auction.</p>
<p><strong>7. Portrait de l&#8217;Artiste sans Barbe by Vincent van Gogh</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$71,500,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictvangogh2.jpg" title="pictvangogh2.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictvangogh2.jpg" alt="pictvangogh2.jpg" /></a><br />
Portrait de l&#8217;artiste sans barbe (&#8220;Self-portrait without beard&#8221;) is one of many self-portraits by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. He painted this one in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in September 1889. The painting is a oil painting on canvas and is 40 cm x 31 cm (16&#8243; x 13&#8243;). This is an uncommon painting since his other self-portraits show him with a beard. The self-portrait became one of the most expensive paintings of all time when it was sold for $71.5 million in 1998 in New York.</p>
<p><strong>8. Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cézanne</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$60,500,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictcezanne.jpg" title="pictcezanne.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictcezanne.jpg" alt="pictcezanne.jpg" /></a><br />
This painting by Paul Cézanne, painted in ca. 1893-1894, sold for $60,500,000 at Sotheby&#8217;s New York on May 10, 1999 to &#8220;The Whitneys&#8221;. Whitney, born into one of America&#8217;s wealthiest families, was a venture capitalist, publisher, Broadway show and Hollywood film producer, and philanthropist.</p>
<p><strong>9. Femme aux Bras Croisés by Pablo Picasso</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$55,000,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpicasso3.jpg" title="pictpicasso3.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpicasso3.jpg" alt="pictpicasso3.jpg" /></a><br />
This work, painted in 1901, was a part of Picasso&#8217;s famous Blue Period, a dark, sad time in the artist&#8217;s life. The beautiful &amp; various tones of blue are typical. The painting depicts a woman with her arms crossed staring at the endless nothing. Femme aux Bras Croisés was sold for $55,000,000 November 8, 2000, at Christie&#8217;s Rockefeller in New York City.</p>
<p><strong>10. Irises by Vincent Van Gogh</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$53,900,000</font>)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictvangogh3.jpg" title="pictvangogh3.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictvangogh3.jpg" alt="pictvangogh3.jpg" /></a><br />
Vincent van Gogh painted this at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in 1889, only one year before his death. In 1987, it became the most expensive painting to date. It was sold for $ 54,000,000 to Alan Bond and later resold to the Getty Museum.</p>
<p><strong>NOTEWORTHY<br />
No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock</strong> (<font color="#3366ff">$140,000,000</font>?)</p>
<p><a href="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpollock.jpg" title="pictpollock.jpg"><img src="http://4billion.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pictpollock.jpg" alt="pictpollock.jpg" /></a><br />
Unconfirmed rumors buzzing in the art world now place this painting at the top of the list, at least temporarily. If true, the $140 million price tag would be the highest ever for a painting, besting the $135 million paid for the Gustav Klimt painting Portrait of Adele Block Bauer in June 2006.</p>
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