A set of gold earphones have been placed on display in at Clive Ranger jewelry shop Bristol. Designed by renowned Belgium based jeweler Casa Gi, the listening devices are made from 18 carat gold, encrusted with 118 of the highest quality diamonds and give a crystal clear sound.

Each earphone contains 59 diamonds that have been individually set in the gold, giving a sparking appearance. The total weight in gold is 18 grams making them a fair bit heavier than a standard plastic pair. But makers claim they are just as comfortable and give excellent sound quality.

The earpieces are attached to a white wire with a standard jack that fits into most MP3 players and computers.

Richard Slack, managing director for the firm, said: “They are attracting a lot of attention but as of yet we haven’t found a buyer. I think they are aimed at fairly extrovert people, maybe a sports star or someone in the acting profession - they are the ultimate in bling.”

The sparkling earphones, which are thought to be the most expensive in the world, have now gone on sale for £3,499 (approximately US $5,150).

Memory specialist Super Talent has announced a limited edition 18-carat gold version of its diminutive Pico-C Drive. The swank 8GB USB device features 200X (30MB/sec) data transferspeeds, is water resistant and comes with a matching gold keychain and black velvet jewelry box.

The plug-and-play drive also includes FIPS certified AES-256 Encryption software, a serialized Certificate of Authenticity and, with executive Christmas gifts clearly in mind, it can be laser etched with text or a logo on the casing.

This rare collector’s item is available only on a preorder basis Via the Super Talent site for a limited time, with three to four weeks lead time. At $599 it’s one of the most expensive 8GB USB drives you’ll find, but that’s the price you pay for an enclosure of 75 percent gold.

Freelance TV presenter Mao Kobayashi, left, and sax player Saori Yano appear with a 20-kg gold art object worth 200 million yen ($ 1.9 million), at the Gold Dream Award yesterday.

The awards, given to those　persons who “look good with gold“, are part of Tokyo Gold Week which is organized by jewelry company Tanaka Kikinzoku Group and the World Gold Council to encourage people to be more familiar with gold.

Kobayashi was awarded for the entertainment category, while Yano got the honor for the golden egg section for artists with future potential.

The much waited sculpture of model Kate Moss has finally been revealed at the British Museum, in London. We have mentioned in our previous post about this 50kg (110 pound) solid gold statue, entitled Siren, would go on display in October.

Now this sculpture has been unveiled at the Museum in the exhibition Statuephilia. The museum describes Marc Quinn’s work as an “Aphrodite of our times” and the statue proudly sits alongside the statues of famous Greek beauties. It seems that sculptor Marc Quinn likes these provocative poses, for he did something similar with the Sphinx…

Valued at a whopping $2.8 million, this is the largest statue in gold since the Egyptian era.

If you’re in the market for a different kind of laptop system - check out the Singulum laptop system.

Each Singulum system is crafted out of a single block of wood and features a keyboard made out of either ivory of 24 carat solid gold (be careful if you select the ivory as many countries including the US have a strict ban on ivory imports).

Now some of their product pictures on their website seem to infer that there’s a single piece of diamond used like a trackpoint pointer..

Inspired by the ideas of dualism, Visconti presents the Alchemy Vermeil limited edition of a fountain pen with a dual-end that allows you to add more color to your words !

This limited edition pen is beautifully crafted and capped in 18 carat gold at one end and sterling silver capped on the other. With a red body, the use of gold and silver are meant to underline the significance of Alchemy.

The pen also allows you to write in two different colours but this must mean you would need to refill the ink holder quite often because it would be smaller than in that of a normal ink pen.

Limited to 1,038 pieces worldwide, it’s worth $5,500 (€3,752) - to be used to sign million dollar deals!