A japanese department store is offering truffle-stuffed roast chickens for 84,000 yen ($847) apiece.

Takashimaya Co has started taking orders for 12 capons to be flown in from Landes, France in time for Christmas Eve and filled with black truffles, foie gras, white sausage and chestnuts.

“People may think it’s expensive, but it would be perfect for a party,” said a spokeswoman at Takashimaya. “The meat is not heavy but juicy, and there will be truffles between the flesh and meat, making it very fragrant.”

The capons, known to be more tender than other chickens, will be prepared by French luxury food maker Fauchon and will serve six to eight people each.

Only one has been ordered so far, the spokeswoman said. “It’s still early November, so people are probably still planning their parties,” she added.

The Dow Jones has sunk below 10,000, Wall Street is in turmoil and big banks are disappearing. But that hasn’t stopped Neiman Marcus from mailing its much-anticipated annual Christmas Book catalog this week.

From high-end cars to custom sculptures, The 82nd edition of this world-renowned book is full of fantasy gifts. The most expensive item this year is the Three Chimneys Thoroughbred Racing Package, which is priced at $10 million.

Some of this year’s other extravagant gifts include His and Hers life-size Lego sculptures, a Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium end zone, the M-Velope transformable structure, and medieval and Renaissance-era rings. Also, this year’s featured car is the Neiman Marcus limited-edition 2009 BMW Individual 7 Series sedan.

Fantasy gifts, along with life-time memories, are also for sale, including a platinum wedding at an exclusive beach side resort. The turnkey wedding includes a custom-designed dress by Carolina Herrera, up to 40 private ocean-view guest villas and all the other wedding must-haves. The wedding destination packages are all customized - one size or price will not fit all, so the starting price is $1.3 million.

Each year, the store selects the fantasy gifts from the thousands of suggestions it receives from customers around the world. First published in 1926 as a 16-page booklet, the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book was initially intended as a Christmas card to the store’s best customers.

Christmas may be months away, but Neiman Marcus has just released their holiday shopping catalog — which, of course, means an overpriced limited-edition luxury car has also been revealed.

Following on the heels of last year’s Lexus IS F and 2006’s 2007 BMW M6 Convertible, this year they’ll be offering up the new 2009 BMW 7-Series.But what’s so exclusive about this 7-Series? Each model has been customized by BMW Individual and painted in a special Diopside Black metallic color with an interior stitched in Champagne Merino leather and accented with wood and Piano Black inserts.

This luxury car limited to 31 examples which also expresses the commemoration of 31 years 7-series. Those who do their daily shopping within the pages of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book will be the first able to purchase the new 2009 BMW 7 Series beginning October 17th, before it arrives in showrooms next spring and even before its LA Auto Show stateside debut.

The $160,000 package also includes two business-class tickets to the Headquarters in Munich including a four-night stay in a luxury hotel. And, to adequately get in touch with the your one-of-31s you’ll be invite to seize a road-trip into the French Riviera.

Lego Artist Nathan Sawaya—one of the only six certified Lego professionals in the world, three in the US—will do a full-size scale Lego replica of yourself for $60,000. You just have to order it from Neiman Marcus, send some photographs, and Nathan will build your natural-size 8-bit version.

Nathan uses 15,000 to 25,000 individual bricks in a sculpture, on average and ideally, he needs 16 photos: eight full body photos from 360 degrees, and eight of the face and head from 360 degrees.

Via Gizmodo

London department store Selfridges in London has unveiled their luxurious new Christmas offerings which will go on sale starting next month.

The limited edition bear, which will be part of the store’s first ever toy collection, is thought to be the most expensive in the UK.

This £43,000 ($85,000) teddy has eyes made of emerald and diamonds, a nose of solid 24-carat gold and the bear’s fur is entwined with Gold Leaf.

Although christmas is still six-months away I can’t help myself featuring this piece of art.

The Christmas tree ball on the picture above is supposed to be the world’s most expensive Christmas ornament, in the Krebs Glas Lauscha GmbH company.

The transparent glass ball is decorated with finely sculpted solid 12 karat gold and 120 diamonds of the clarity VS1 with a total weight of 5.1 carats.

The price of the bauble in shops will be 20,000 Euro ($31,400) – It must be really fragile so you’d better keep your kids away from the tree and lock them in their bedroom during Christmas Eve ^_^ (Source)