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At $3,000 a night, luxury farm resorts are the next glamorous getaway

Celebrities and influencers have transformed the image of farm living from backbreaking labor and mucked-up boots to romantic cottage dresses, sunlit ranches and tablescaping. A new wave of farm resorts are capitalizing on the agrarian rebrand.

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Rarity over perfection: Why jewelers are championing ‘ugly’ gems

Hot on the red carpet: Jewelry you can’t buy

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Sotheby’s postpones auction of jewels linked to the Buddha after India calls for their return

Shona Taine, horlogère.

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Once cast as a dying craft, watchmaking is enjoying a quiet resurgence

This undated handout picture provided by the auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, England, shows a lettercard, penned by one of the Titanic's most well-known survivors from onboard the ship days before it sank, which has sold for 300,000 pounds ($399,000) at auction.

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Letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000

Taylor Swift at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Crypto.com Arena on February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images)

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The latest trend in watches might surprise you

A handbag on display at a Hermes International SA luxury clothing boutique in Paris, France, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Hermes saw Chinese buyers snap up its luxury products as the Kelly bag maker showed its resilience amid a broader slowdown in demand for the sector. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Hermès overtakes LVMH to become the world’s most valuable luxury company

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Amid a ’70s design revival, colorful hard-stone watch dials make a comeback

The four-story penthouse of Steinway Tower, Manhattan’s ultra-thin supertall tower, has hit the market at $110 million.

Penthouse atop world’s skinniest skyscraper is now on the market for $110 million

Watches and Wonders 2025: 11 striking designs from the world’s largest watch fair

‘Horological genius’: World’s most complicated wristwatch unveiled

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World’s ‘most complicated’ wristwatch unveiled

Among the items going under the hammer is a 100 ducat gold coin of Ferdinand III of Habsburg, which was minted in 1629.

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$100 million coin collection, buried for decades, up for auction

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(FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Taylor Swif attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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Video Hong Kong vanity car plates can sell for millions 2:39

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Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan's rookie jerseys are set to go up for auction later this year.

Michael Jordan’s and Kobe Bryant’s first-ever NBA jerseys expected to sell for $10 million apiece

Royal treasures hidden since World War II recovered from cathedral

PJ4XWX Banquet in Nero's palace - Ulpiano Checa y Sanz.

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Lying down and vomiting between courses: This is how Ancient Romans would feast

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This watch was carved from a meteorite that hit Earth a million years ago

Newly Discovered Massachusetts Silver Threepence from 1652 Brings $2.52 Million<br />Rare Coin Found in a Piece of Old Furniture Breaks World Record

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Rare silver coin struck before the American Revolution sets auction record, selling for $2.52 million

Captain Rostron's gold pocket watch sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million at auction.

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Gold watch gifted to Titanic hero who saved 700 lives sells for record £1.5 million

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Huge diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette scandal sells for $4.8 million

14th November 1947: Mr Schur (centre), chief confectioner at McVitie and Price Ltd, standing next to the official cake for Princess Elizabeth's marriage to Philip Mountbatten which is nine feet tall. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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‘Very rare’ 77-year-old piece of cake from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s wedding sells for $2,800

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Independent Russian watchmaker upends race to design world’s thinnest wristwatch

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‘Poignant’ postcard from excited Titanic passenger up for auction

SIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826; JOHN ADAMS. 1735-1826; AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 1706-1790.
Letter signed ("John Adams," "Benjamin Franklin," and "Thomas Jefferson"), to the Envoy Extraordinary of the King of the Two Sicilies seeking negotiations for a Treaty of Amity and Commerce,

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Rare letter signed by Founding Fathers expected to fetch $1 million at auction

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 02: Kim Kardashian attends the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

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Kim Kardashian gives Princess Diana’s famed cross necklace its first public outing