Iridescent Ammonite Fossil

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Christie’s is offering a rare, 100-million-year-old petrified shell of an extinct Canadian marine creature.

This fossilized ammonite is expected to fetch $70,000 at an auction next week in France.

The fossil has naturally occurring iridescent colors created when the original shell substance turned into a mineral called aragonite.
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TV Show Fortune Hunters: An episode about luxury

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Do you guys know CBC Television Show called FORTUNE HUNTERS (which is all about Canadian entrepreneurs) ?

They’ve just launched their second season, and you should watch their upcoming luxury-themed episode.

They’re featuring two stories : one about an entrepreneur who is starting up a caviar business and the other one is about an entrepreneur that has made it big with a jet-sharing company.

The whole episode is streamed on their website.

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The World’s Most Expensive Hockey Stick

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A Quebec City man with a love of hockey and history claims to have a hockey stick that dates back to the mid-17th century.

However, historians suspect the one-metre long stick was simply crafted out of a very old piece of birch wood.

Bobby Rouillard, who lives in the suburb of Boischatel, will be showing off the stick at a pond hockey tournament this weekend. Then, he says, he will put it on eBay at a starting price of $1 million.
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Posted in The Most Expensive Things
The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

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Nestled on the shores of majestic Lake Louise in the heart of the pristine Canadian Rockies, The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise combines luxurious resort living with the spirit of adventure.

Since 1890 this “diamond in the wilderness” has been an adventure destination in a spectacular scenic region of rugged peaks, majestic glaciers and world-renowned skiing.

Once the home of the Stoney Indians, trail riders and Swiss guides, The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise has become a destination of choice for explorers, royalty and movie stars.

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Most expensive six-pack

Stella Artois Nobilis Most expensive six packA special limited edition collection of the new Stella Artois Nobilis beer (which looks a bit like bottles of Champagne on the picture above) recently sold for $15,000CDN ($14,851 ) making it the world’s most expensive six-pack.

Purchaser AOL Canada planned to share the expensive beer with their employees over the holidays while the proceeds will benefit WildAid, an international non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating the illegal wildlife trade.

The WildAid Stella Artois Nobilis collection is comprised of six magnums autographed by film celebrities who generously committed their signatures for the cause. Angelina Jolie, Kate Hudson, Charlize Theron and Woody Harrelson, Bo Derek, Ryan Gosling and Samuel L. Jackson
are among those included in the collection.

Launched in November 2007, Stella Artois Nobilis is a delicate, sparkling beer designed to help mark spontaneous celebrations and it is brewed by InBev in Leuven,Belgium. Stella Artois was first brewed in 1926 as a Christmas brew and and InBev now produces over 1 billion liters of Stella Artois annually.

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Wanna buy a $10M penthouse in Canada ?

astoria+tower Wanna buy a $10M penthouse in Canada ?A couple of weeks ago we wrote about penthouses located in Hong Kong and Dubai, breaking property records by selling for more than $30 million.

But no worries, our wealthy readers who missed those opportunities, will be glad to see that a new record has been set with the listing of a two-story 4,400-square-foot luxury penthouse condo for $10 million at the Astoria on Tenth tower, being constructed in Calgary (Canada).

Calgary is now a “have” city compared to Toronto and Vancouver. The city is the economic hub of Canada right now and real estate values have been going up.
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