SAKURA COLLECTION VEUVE CLICQUOT ROSE

JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE'S DAY PREMIUM CHAMPAGNE, VEUVE CLICQUOT, HAS RECENTLY RELEASED THE STUNNING SAKURA COLLECTION. THE PRETTY IN PINK LIMITED EDITION SET FEATURES ROSE SAKURA BOX (SAKURA IS JAPANESE FOR CHERRY BLOSSOM) AND A HALF BOTTLE OF VEUVE CLICQUOT ROSE. THE JAPANESE ARTISTS HAVE BEEN UTTERLY INSPIRED BY SAKURA'S SIMPLE YET SOPHISTICATED FEATURES AND HENCE BEN CHOSEN BY ATELIER LZC TO CREATE TEH SAKURA COLLECTION VEUVE CLICQUOT ROSE. THE BOX ALSO INCLUDES TWO UNIQUE PLEXIGLASS FLUTES AS TEH WHOLE COLLECTION HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR ENJOYMENTS.

PULSE NEW YORK ANNOUNCES MOVE TO NEW LOCATION

HELEN ALLEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PULSE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, ANNOUNCED TODAY THE PULSE NEW YORK IS MOVING TO A NEW LOCATION AT 330 WEST STREET, AT THE CORNER OF THE WEST SIDE HIGHWAY AND WEST HOUSTON STREET. THE NEW VENUE, A FORMER NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD FREIGHT TRAIN TERMINAL HOUSING FIVE BLOCKS OF THE ORIGINAL HIGH LINE, HAS 30 FOOT HIGH CEILINGS WITH VARYING LEVELS OF LOFTED SPACE TO BE USED FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. THE FIFTH EDITION OF PULSE NEW YORK WILL TAKE PLACE 4-7.MARCH. ENCOMPASSING OVER 45,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXHIBITION SPACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 GALLERIES, THE FAIR'S NEW VENUE WILL ALLOW EXHIBITORS TO PRESENT WORKS AND INSTALLATIONS THAT DRAW UPON THE DRAMATIC SPACE. THE LAYOUT OF THE FAIR WILL MAXIMIZE THE WAREHOUSE'S LARGE, OPEN HALLS, HIGH CEILINGS, AND PROJECT SPACE AREAS, CREATING A UNIQUE SETTING FOR THIS YEAR'S TIGHTER ROSTER OF CUTTING-EDGE GALLERIES AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING. LOCATED ACROSS THE WEST SIDE HIGHWAY FROM PULSE'S FORMER LOCATION AT PIER 40, THE NEW SPACE IS MORE CONVENIENTLY SITUATED FOR EXHIBITOR AND VISITOR ACCESS. ACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE MOST INTERNATIONALLY-DIVERSE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS, PULSE NEW YORK WILL ONCE AGAIN FEATURE A DYNAMIC MIX OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITORS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING GALLERIES, AS WELL AS SOLO PROJECTS IN THE IMPULSE SECTION OF THE FAIR.

CLIVE CHRISATIAN LIMITED EDITION 1872 FOR MEN

LUXURY DESIGN HOUSE CLIVE CHRISTIAN HAS RECENTLY RELEASED A LUXURIOUS LIMITED EDITION OF HIS 1872 FRAGRANCE FOR MEN. THE LIMITED EDITION 1872 FOR MEN COMES IN AN EXCLUSIVE BOTTLE WITH A ROMAN EAGLE PICTURED ON THE FRONT. THE ROMAN EAGLE WAS CHOSEN DUE TO CLARY SAGE BEING THE PRINCIPAL NOTE AND THE CLARY SAGE'S HISTORY AS A SACRED HERB WHICH EMPEROR NERO HAD SCATTERED BEFORE HIS TROOPS RODE INTO BATTLE BEARING THE ROMAN EAGLE STANDARD. THE 1872 NOTATION COMES FROM THE YEAR THE CROWN PERFUMERY (NOW CLIVE CHRISTIAN PERFUME) WAS GIVEN QUEEN VICTORIA'S SEAL OF APPROVAL. ONLY ONE THOUSAND BOTTLES OF THE LIMITED EDITION WILL BE CREATED.

WHOPPIE PIES MAKE THEIR DEBUT AT HARRODS

THE WHOOPIE PIE, A DELECTABLE CAKE-LIKE SANDWICH, FILLED WITH FLAVORED BUTTER-CREAM, IS SET TO TAKE GREAT BRITAIN BY STORM WHEN HARRODS FOOD HALLS DEBUTS THE DEVINE PASTRIES IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS. ORIGINALLY CREATED AND BECOMING A PHENOMENON IN NEW ENGLAND, THE CRAZE FOR THE COOKIE-TEXTURED TREATS HAVE SWEPT AMERICA WHERE THEY ARE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES AT SPECIALTY SHOPS AND BOUTIQUE BAKERIES UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. HARRODS PASTRY CHEFS HAVE EXPERTLY CRAFTED FOUR OF THE DELECTABLE DELICACIES, CREATING LUXURIOUS WHOOPIES BASED ON THE TIME-HONOURED RECIPE OF THE PIES. EACH COMPRISES CAKE PILLOWS FILLED WITH HOMEMADE BUTTER-CREAMS AND TOPPED WITH CUTE EDIBLES. THE TEMPTING NEW FLAVOURS INCLUDE: THE CLASSIC, WHICH IS A HEADY MIX OF DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE, VANILLA CREAM; A SEASONAL GINGERBREAD, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY SPICY AND ADORNED WITH CHOCOLATE AND MINI POLKA DOTS; A PISTACHIO EXTRAVAGANZA FEATURING GREEN FONDANT ICY AND FINISHED WITH EDIBLE GLITTER AND SILVER BALLS AND THE RETRO RED VELVET, MADE WITH CHOCOLATE CAKES, PEANUT BUTTER, BURGUNDY FONDANT AND TOPPED WITH SUGAR HEARTS.

KEYS AUCTIONEERS TO SELL WINSTON CHURCHILL CIGAR STUB

A HALF-SMOKED CIGAR STUBBED OUT BY SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS EXPECTED TO FETCH £300 AT AUCTION. THE 4 INCH LONG STUB WAS LEFT BY THE PRIME MINISTER BEFORE HE DASHED OFF FOR A CABINET MEETING ON 22.AUGUST.1941, THE DAY GERMAN TROOPS REACHED LENINGRAD. WHITEHALL VALET NELLIE GOBLE FOUND IT WHEN CLEANING AND SENT IT TO A FRIEND, WITH A NOTE ON N0.10 PAPER READING: 'JUST A SMALL SOUVENIR TO REMIND YOU AT SOME FUTURE DATE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN THAT EVER LIVED IN ENGLAND.' THE FRIEND GAVE IT TO HIS DAUGHTER, NOW A PENSIONER, WHO KEPT IT AT HER HOME IN NORFOLK AND IS NOW SELLING IT. SHE SAID: 'IT RARELY CAME OUT OF THE DRAWER, SO IT SEEMED BETTER TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE WHO WILL TRULY APPRECIATE IT.' ANDREW BULLOCK, FROM AUCTIONEERS KEYS IN AYLSHAM, SAID: 'IT WAS RARE FOR CHURCHILL NOT TO FINISH HIS CIGAR, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING VERY URGENT IN THE CABINET ROOM.'

BONHAMS TO SELL SAMPSON AND HORNE COLLECTION

AFTER 40 YEARS OF TRADING AT THE TOP END OF THE BUSINESS, LEGENDARY ENGLISH ANTIQUE DEALERSHIP, SAMPSON AND HORNE, ARE TO SELL THEIR ENTIRE STOCK, COMPRISING NEARLY 800 LOTS, AND ATTRACTING A PRE-SALE ESTIMATE OF £1,000,000, AT BONHAMS ON 28.APRIL.2010. WIDELY CONSIDERED AS THE LEADING DEALER IN BRITISH POTTERY AND COUNTRY FURNITURE, THE MAYFAIR-BASED COMPANY, WHOSE CLIENTELE INCLUDE IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTORS AND INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS FROM THE UK AND THE US, IS CLOSING DUE TO THE ILL HEALTH OF ITS FOUNDER JONATHAN HORNE, AND HAS CHOSEN BONHAMS, WITH ITS RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL SINGLE-OWNER SALES AND LEADING CERAMICS DEPARTMENT, TO SELL THE EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION. THE SALE WILL FEATURE 17th AND 18th CENTURY FINE AND RARE BRITISH POTTERY, COUNTRY FURNITURE, DECORATIVE AND UNUSUAL PERIOD ITEMS, NEEDLEWORK AND PAINTINGS.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV SELLS PHOTOGRAPH AT CHARITY AUCTION FOR $1.7 MILLION

PRESIDENT DMITRY MEDVEDEV HAS OUTDONE HIS POWERFUL PREDECESSOR, AS AN ARTIST. A PHOTOGRAPH MEDVEDEV TOOK OF THE KREMLIN, OR FORTRESS, IN A SIBERIAN TOWN SOLD FOR $1.7 MILLION AT A CHARITY AUCTION RECENTLY, SURPASSING THE $1.1 MILLION PAID LAST YEAR FOR A PAINTING BY PRIME MINISTER VLADIMIR PUTIN. MEDVEDEV'S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO WAS SNAPPED UP BY MIKHAIL ZINGAREVICH, A BOARD MEMBER FOR ILIM GROUP, THE PULP AND PAPER COMPANY WHERE MEDVEDEV ONCE WORKED AS A LAWYER. ZINGAREVICH SAID HE PLANNED TO HANG THE 27 BY 38 INCH PICTURE IN HIS OFFICE. PROCEEDS OS THE AUCTION WILL GO TO BUY FURNITURE FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS RECEIVING LONG-PROMISED APARTMENTS, EQUIPMENT FOR A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND A NEW KITCHEN FOR AN ALCOHOL REHABILITATION CENTER. PUTIN, STILL SEEN AS THE MORE POWERFUL LEADER AFTER PASSING THE PRESIDENCY TO MEDVEDEV, LAST YEAR DONATED A PAINTING OF A FROST-RIMMED WINDOW IN A TRADITIONAL WOODEN HUT. MEDVEDEV, AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER, ALSO CHOSE A SCENE STEEPED IN RUSSIAN TRADITION. HIS PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN FROM THE AIR, SHOWS THE WHITE STONE WALLS AND TOWERS OF THE KREMLIN IN TOBOLSK. THE TOWN IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE FINAL HOME'S OF RUSSIA'S LAST CZAR AND HIS FAMILY DURING THE TIME OF THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.