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Gold has been heavily featured in the news over the past year, and it rings true to say that ‘Gold really is in the Air’. Gold has been a valuable and highly sought-after precious metal for coinage, jewelry, and other arts since long before the beginning of recorded history. Gold is by far the most sought after metal in todays luxury market and it has become extremely popular for the rich and famous to cover their everyday items in gold. However, whether or not a Yacht is an everyday item is debatable.
This bathtub made with 24-carat white gold tiles was designed by Japanese manufacturer INAX and put on display in the company’s Tokyo showroom last year. It has a price tag of $94,000.
24 carat white gold tiled bathtub - Source: Google images
Hang Fung Gold Technology Group in Hong Kong has a showroom that features the “Hall of Gold,” which contains several opulent handcrafted treasures. But the tourist favorite is “The World’s Most Expensive Gold and Jewelry Sparkling Environmental Friendly Washroom”. Perhaps the most admired item in the gold bathroom is the 24-carat solid gold toilet. The company’s owners stipulated that if the price of gold reaches $1,000 per ounce, one ton (32,000 ounces) then the tourist attraction will be melted into bullion and sold The company would gross a cool $32 million, and the owners would net about $17.6 million.
The World's Most Expensive Gold Washroom. Source: google images/ www.alifeofluxury.blogspot.com
The bathtub and the solid Gold toilet may seem highly unnecessary however with this popular trend of coating things in Gold the outrageous stories will continue to unfold.
Although these featured items are unattainable for the majority, to posses luxury gold items is not entirely out of the question. In industries such as electronics, gold plating is used to obtain highly-conductive electrical components which are also very resistant to corrosion. As such, luxury gadgets connoisseurs may wish for a Solid gold-plated laptop or ipad a Rose Gold plated iPod Classic, or a Platinum Gold plated iPhone. If these are your desires you are lucky enough to have a ‘Goldgenie’ grant these wishes for luxury gadgets.
Going back to the comment about how it has “become extremely popular for the rich and famous to cover their everyday items in gold”, it could be said that, Goldgenie is responsible for such a trend.
Goldgenie in London has recently released the iPhone 4 Superstar. You can choose from 18-24KGold, Rose Gold or Platinum accomapnied by a certified diamond bezel, embellished sides and buttons.
32gb iPhone 4 Superstar Platinum with Diamond Rim
The product is created with colorless VS1 bright sparkling Diamonds and depending on your price range there are a number of diamond ct options to choose from. Goldgenie’s online store makes it easy for you to choose from their extensive range of products. There is also the option to personally customise your iPhone/iPod, Mobile phone or Game Console. In addition to a long list of other products in which you may wish to apply the ‘Goldgenie’ touch.
Gold iPad: source:Goldgenie
Game Golf Clubs. Goldgenie
The coating with precious metals has a decorative and protective purpose, using the service provided by Goldgenie will not only make your item look more glamorous and admirable but it will also be protected from damage for example erosion and rusting. With the price of gold escalating in the stock markets it is becoming even more a luxury to splash out on the precious metal. Therefore buying a product from ‘Goldgenie’ is a wise investment, not to mention a rare collectors item as there limited numbers of each item produced. So why not treat yourself to one of Goldgenie’s fabulous products which is exactly what style icon, Victoria Beckham, chose to do.
Victoria Beckham with a Goldgenie iPhone 4
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