Sunday, August 22, 2010

Inside a multi-million dollar Georgian mega-mansion (PHOTOS)

Director and actor Tyler Perry has just put down some seven million dollars to buy a building which was built for more than three times that amount. As well as featuring its own private golf course set on 58 acres, the property boasts such amenities as a private chapel.

The New York Times called the mansion, which took 17 years to sell, a "collision of self-indulgence, bad taste and a waste of money". Perry has even said that he intends to tear down the building, anyway. 






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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Russian billionaire gives a tour of his $300 million yacht (VIDEO)

The Wall Street Journal has managed to become the first to ever catch a glimpse of the interior of Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichencko's 394-foot yacht. 'A', which cost around three hundred million dollars to build, was designed by legendary French designer Phillipe Starck and boasts a number of homage to wealth and billionaire excess. 


Among other comforts, a glass bottomed pool and stingray hide wall fittings adorn the seemingly infinite list of features which seem to scream vulgar ostentation. Watch the video below. 


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