An online contest organized by ETA, a UK-based insurance company, is offering a custom-made 24K gold-plated Charge Plug bicycle complete with customized seat, handlebars and chain as a prize to mark the Green Transport Week.

To enter the contest, You must be eighteen years old, live in the UK, and get a free quote online for cycle insurance in order to enter the contest. The contest will end on October 21st and a random draw will determine the winner.

This amazing bike is worth £9,500 ($18,750) and comes with a security guard!

Measuring 66cm tall and weighing 57kg, this elephant shaped liqueur tantalus is a striking creation by French luxury crystal maker Baccarat.
Exhibited at the Baccarat’s exhibition and Tokyo’s Mitsukoshi department store, this masterpice is up for sale demanding a hefty price of 63 million yen ($612,000).

They say original piece of crystal encrusted elephant bathed in pure gold carrying four decanters on its back, was especially designed and developed for the Paris exposition in 1920 and countee 17 models were replicated.

Firebox are offering all wealthy individuals with £150,000 ($300,000) the opportunity to commission their very own waxwork likeness.

Firebox say:
“Due to the talent, expertise and quality of the sculptors each figure takes four months to create from start to finish. The art of creating a figure involves many people and commences with a sitting where all exact measurements such as pose, expression, height, hair and eye colours are taken. The package for your own wax figure includes all sittings, a photograph album and DVD of the whole process, transport and set-up of the finished figure in the location of your choice.”

The sundae costs $3,333.33 and consists of a banana split made with syrups from three rare dessert wines, served with an ice cream spoon from the 1850s. If you give them a day’s notice, they’ll even have a cellist play while you eat it (1/3 of the price is being donated to a local land trust).

If its not expensive enough, then perhaps the $60,000 “World’s More Expensive Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae” will pique your interest.
For $60,000 you can travel to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, where the Three Twins Ice Cream founder will handchurn a batch of ice cream using the glacial ice found at the summit.
The cost includes first class airfare to Tanzania, five-star accommodations, a guided climb, all the ice cream you can eat, and an organic T-shirt.
It should also be noted that a portion of the purchase will go to an African environmental nonprofit.

The first luxury expedition boat to cruise the Amazon has just launched: the MV Aqua. The Aqua is a high-end riverboat (think Tom Sawyer meets Diddy’s yacht) designed by Peruvian architect Jordi Puig with 12 oversized guest suites and all the right amenities (280-thread-count Peruvian sheets), including four master suites with incredible 180-degree panoramic views of the jungle and blue waters.

As for the trip, the Aqua leaves Iquitos and hits the Peruvian Amazon, taking you to the stunning Pacaya Samiria Reserve, so remote only a handful of world travelers has ever reached it. It’s filled with secluded villages, beaches, neon birds and exotic wildlife (from boa constrictors to black jaguars and pink dolphins).

Back on board, enjoy pre-dinner cocktails in the open-air lounge, then take in some nouveau-Peruvian cuisine from one of Lima’s hottest chefs, Pedro Miguel Schiaffino. The observation deck is ideal for lounging and drinking—whether under the stars or the sun—and just taking in the river going by.

Rates start at $1950 per person.

Those who expect the best, whatever the time of day, Charlotte Thomas’s exclusive ‘Bespoke’ bedding collection provides the utmost in night-time luxury and sophistication.

Charlotte Thomas’s sumptuous designs are hand made to individual specification, using the finest super 150’s Merino wool spun with genuine 22 carat gold, luxuriously backed with fine Indian hand-loom silk jacquard.

Ingeniously, the result is both substantially rich and dreamily soft; and complemented with the finest thousand-count Egyptian cotton sheets complete each set[...]

Charlotte Thomas’ Bespoke is made of some of the rarest fabrics in the world, and as such availability is limited, with order times up to 12 weeks from initial consultation.

All enquiries are handled personally by members of the Charlotte Thomas management team, or through select outlets worldwide. A single cover can cost £1,200 ($2400)