SCENTED CANDLES ARE DE RIGUEUR FOR VALENTINE'S DAY GIFTING BUT WHAT IF YOUR VALENTINE'S WALKS ON FOUR LEGS? SNIFF IS A NEW SCENTED CANDLE THAT USES HOLISTIC AROMAS TO BENEFIT MAN'S BEST FRIEND. AFTER ALL, DOGS CAN IDENTIFY SMELLS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1,000 TO 10,000 TIMES BETTER THAN THEIR HUMAN FRIENDS. THE ORGANIC DOG-FRIENDLY CANDLES INCLUDES SCENTS LIKE 'A DAY IN THE HAMPTONS' (A SUNNY SUMMER DAY SCENT WITH ROSEMARY, BASIL AND SPEARMINT); 'SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS' (GREEN PASTURES WITH TOMATO LEAVES AND CEDARWOOD); 'FIELD OF DREAMS' (SOOTHING LAVENDER, VETIVER AND SANDALWOOD); 'FRIENDS TO THE RESCUE' (A MIX OF LEMONGRASS, EUCALYPTUS AND GRAPEFRUIT HELD TOGETHER BY GERANIUM,, CYPRUS AND GINGER WITH A FINISH OF MONGOSTEEN TO KEEP PESTS AWAY) AND 'FART & AWAY' ( A MIX OF FLORAL YLANG YLANG, TUBEROSE, WHITE TEA, MYRTLE AND FENNEL FOR THE SMELLY DOG). SALES THROUGH FEBRUARY SUPPORT THE MIAMI-DADE ANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION, A FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO ENDING THE UNWANTED PET POPULATION WITH SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS IN MIAMI. CANDLES SELL FOR $32 EACH.

'SNIFF' CANDLES FOR DOGS

SCENTED CANDLES ARE DE RIGUEUR FOR VALENTINE'S DAY GIFTING BUT WHAT IF YOUR VALENTINE'S WALKS ON FOUR LEGS? SNIFF IS A NEW SCENTED CANDLE THAT USES HOLISTIC AROMAS TO BENEFIT MAN'S BEST FRIEND. AFTER ALL, DOGS CAN IDENTIFY SMELLS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1,000 TO 10,000 TIMES BETTER THAN THEIR HUMAN FRIENDS. THE ORGANIC DOG-FRIENDLY CANDLES INCLUDES SCENTS LIKE 'A DAY IN THE HAMPTONS' (A SUNNY SUMMER DAY SCENT WITH ROSEMARY, BASIL AND SPEARMINT); 'SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS' (GREEN PASTURES WITH TOMATO LEAVES AND CEDARWOOD); 'FIELD OF DREAMS' (SOOTHING LAVENDER, VETIVER AND SANDALWOOD); 'FRIENDS TO THE RESCUE' (A MIX OF LEMONGRASS, EUCALYPTUS AND GRAPEFRUIT HELD TOGETHER BY GERANIUM,, CYPRUS AND GINGER WITH A FINISH OF MONGOSTEEN TO KEEP PESTS AWAY) AND 'FART & AWAY' ( A MIX OF FLORAL YLANG YLANG, TUBEROSE, WHITE TEA, MYRTLE AND FENNEL FOR THE SMELLY DOG). SALES THROUGH FEBRUARY SUPPORT THE MIAMI-DADE ANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION, A FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO ENDING THE UNWANTED PET POPULATION WITH SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS IN MIAMI. CANDLES SELL FOR $32 EACH.

'SNIFF' CANDLES FOR DOGS

LOUIS VUITTON AND YANA PEEL RECENTLY HOSTED AN 'ART FOR BABY' RECEPTION AT ESPACE LOUIS VUITTON HONG KONG. THE 'ART FOR BABY' EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER IN CELEBRATION OF THE ASIA LAUNCH OF THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED BOOK BY THE SAME NAME. IT SHOWCASES THE 20th CENTURY'S MOST PROLIFIC PAINTERS FFROM AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA, WITH WORKS BY DAMIAN HIRST, GARY HUME, JULIAN OPE AND TAKASHI MURAKAMI. CHOSEN FROM AMONG WORKS BY KASMIR MALEVICH, PAUL MORRISON, BIDGET RILEY AND DAVID SHRIGLEY, EACH OF WHOM IS ALSO FEATURED IN THE ART FOR BABY BOOK. THE BOOK ART FOR BABY WAS CONCEIVED BY YANA PEEL ON THE BASIS OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT WHEN BABIES ARE FIRST BORN, THEY CAN SEE COLOUR BUT HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH SIMILAR TONES. AS A RESULT, BOLD GRAPHICS ALONG WITH MONOCHROMATIC BLACK AND WHITE CONTRASTS PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO NURTURE THEIR VISUAL SKILLS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INTRODUCE THEM TO THE WORLD OF ART. THE ART FOR BABY EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL APRIL.2011, AT ESPACE LOUIS VUITTON, 5 CANTON ROAD, HONG KONG, WITH ALL BOOK SALES GOING TO THE OUTSET CONTEMPORATY ART FUND.

LOUIS VUITTON'S 'ART FOR BABY'

LOUIS VUITTON AND YANA PEEL RECENTLY HOSTED AN 'ART FOR BABY' RECEPTION AT ESPACE LOUIS VUITTON HONG KONG. THE 'ART FOR BABY' EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER IN CELEBRATION OF THE ASIA LAUNCH OF THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED BOOK BY THE SAME NAME. IT SHOWCASES THE 20th CENTURY'S MOST PROLIFIC PAINTERS FFROM AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA, WITH WORKS BY DAMIAN HIRST, GARY HUME, JULIAN OPE AND TAKASHI MURAKAMI. CHOSEN FROM AMONG WORKS BY KASMIR MALEVICH, PAUL MORRISON, BIDGET RILEY AND DAVID SHRIGLEY, EACH OF WHOM IS ALSO FEATURED IN THE ART FOR BABY BOOK. THE BOOK ART FOR BABY WAS CONCEIVED BY YANA PEEL ON THE BASIS OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT WHEN BABIES ARE FIRST BORN, THEY CAN SEE COLOUR BUT HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH SIMILAR TONES. AS A RESULT, BOLD GRAPHICS ALONG WITH MONOCHROMATIC BLACK AND WHITE CONTRASTS PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO NURTURE THEIR VISUAL SKILLS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INTRODUCE THEM TO THE WORLD OF ART. THE ART FOR BABY EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL APRIL.2011, AT ESPACE LOUIS VUITTON, 5 CANTON ROAD, HONG KONG, WITH ALL BOOK SALES GOING TO THE OUTSET CONTEMPORATY ART FUND.

LOUIS VUITTON'S 'ART FOR BABY'

THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IN BALTIMORE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE A LITTLE DIVINE LOVE FROM THE HOLY GRAIL OF BASEBALL CARDS. A NEWLY DISCOVERED T206 HONUS WAGNER CARD, LEFT TO THE CONVENT BY THE BROTHER OF A MEMBER OF THE ORDER WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF ON 4.NOVEMBER IN DALLAS AS PART OF HERITAGE AUCTIONS' SIGNATURE SPORTS MEMORABILIA EVENT. THE CARD IS ESTIMATED TO BRING AT LEAST $100,000. 'THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS CARD WILL GO BENEFIT THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN ABOUT 35 COUNTRIES', SAID SISTER VIRGINIA MULLER, TREASURER FOR THE BALTIMORE CONVENT. 'WHEREVER THE NEED IS, WE WILL SHARE IT.' NEW T206 WAGNER CARDS TURN UP ABOUT AS OFTEN AS BOTTLES OF 1921 DOM PERIGNON, AUCTION COMICS #1 OR A DIAMOND AS BIG AS YOUR FIST. NONETHELESS, THIS EXAMPLE TURNED UP IN MID-SUMMER 2010 WHEN THE CARD WAS LEFT TO THE CONVENT. WHILE THE CONDITION IS NOT GREAT, FAR BELOW THE MOST FAMOUS OF T206 EXAMPLES, WHICH SOLD FOR $2 MILLION, IT IS STILL QUITE VALUABLE, HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF COLLECTORS EVERYWHERE AND REPRESENTS A REMARKABLE FIND IN THE WORLD OF HIGH-END CARDBOARD. IT CAME, PRESENTED SIMPLY IN PLASTIC, WITH A NOTE THAT READ: 'ALTHOUGH DAMAGED, THE VALUE OF THIS BASEBALL CARD SHOULD INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE 21st CENTURY.' 'FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THIS COPY OF THIS COVETED RARITY IS BEING PLACED ON THE AUCTION BLOCK', SAID CHRIS IVY, DIRECTOR OF HERITAGE SPORTS COLLECTIBLES. IT WAS WAGNER HIMSELF WHO PULLED THE PLUG ON THE USE OF HIS IMAGE ON THE CARD, CREATING HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS BASEBALL CARD, THOUGH THE REASON IS A SUBJECT OF GOOD-SPIRITED DEBATE AMONG AFICIONADOS EVERYWHERE. 'THE MOST POPULAR STORY IS THAT WAGNER WANTED NO ROLE IN THE PROMOTION OF TOBACCO USE TO KIDS', SAID IVY. 'ANOTHER THEORY ARGUES THAT IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A FAILURE TO AGREE ON MONEY THAT LED THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY TO END PRODUCTION OF WAGNER'S CARD SOON AFTER IT STARTED.' 'I HAD NO IDEA WHO HONUS WAGNER WAS BEFORE WE SAW THIS BASEBALL CARD', SISTER VIRGINIA, 'BUT I'VE CERTAINLY TRIED READ EVERYTHING I CAN ABOUT HIM NOW.' EITHER WAY, THE BOON TO THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IS OBVIOUS, AND THE POTENTIAL GOOD WORK DONE AS A RESULT OF THE SALE WILL ONLY ADD TO WAGNER'S LEGEND.

NEWLY DISCOVERED HONUS WAGNER CARD TO BE AUCTIONED

THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IN BALTIMORE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE A LITTLE DIVINE LOVE FROM THE HOLY GRAIL OF BASEBALL CARDS. A NEWLY DISCOVERED T206 HONUS WAGNER CARD, LEFT TO THE CONVENT BY THE BROTHER OF A MEMBER OF THE ORDER WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF ON 4.NOVEMBER IN DALLAS AS PART OF HERITAGE AUCTIONS' SIGNATURE SPORTS MEMORABILIA EVENT. THE CARD IS ESTIMATED TO BRING AT LEAST $100,000. 'THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS CARD WILL GO BENEFIT THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME ALL OVER THE WORLD, IN ABOUT 35 COUNTRIES', SAID SISTER VIRGINIA MULLER, TREASURER FOR THE BALTIMORE CONVENT. 'WHEREVER THE NEED IS, WE WILL SHARE IT.' NEW T206 WAGNER CARDS TURN UP ABOUT AS OFTEN AS BOTTLES OF 1921 DOM PERIGNON, AUCTION COMICS #1 OR A DIAMOND AS BIG AS YOUR FIST. NONETHELESS, THIS EXAMPLE TURNED UP IN MID-SUMMER 2010 WHEN THE CARD WAS LEFT TO THE CONVENT. WHILE THE CONDITION IS NOT GREAT, FAR BELOW THE MOST FAMOUS OF T206 EXAMPLES, WHICH SOLD FOR $2 MILLION, IT IS STILL QUITE VALUABLE, HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF COLLECTORS EVERYWHERE AND REPRESENTS A REMARKABLE FIND IN THE WORLD OF HIGH-END CARDBOARD. IT CAME, PRESENTED SIMPLY IN PLASTIC, WITH A NOTE THAT READ: 'ALTHOUGH DAMAGED, THE VALUE OF THIS BASEBALL CARD SHOULD INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE 21st CENTURY.' 'FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THIS COPY OF THIS COVETED RARITY IS BEING PLACED ON THE AUCTION BLOCK', SAID CHRIS IVY, DIRECTOR OF HERITAGE SPORTS COLLECTIBLES. IT WAS WAGNER HIMSELF WHO PULLED THE PLUG ON THE USE OF HIS IMAGE ON THE CARD, CREATING HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS BASEBALL CARD, THOUGH THE REASON IS A SUBJECT OF GOOD-SPIRITED DEBATE AMONG AFICIONADOS EVERYWHERE. 'THE MOST POPULAR STORY IS THAT WAGNER WANTED NO ROLE IN THE PROMOTION OF TOBACCO USE TO KIDS', SAID IVY. 'ANOTHER THEORY ARGUES THAT IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A FAILURE TO AGREE ON MONEY THAT LED THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY TO END PRODUCTION OF WAGNER'S CARD SOON AFTER IT STARTED.' 'I HAD NO IDEA WHO HONUS WAGNER WAS BEFORE WE SAW THIS BASEBALL CARD', SISTER VIRGINIA, 'BUT I'VE CERTAINLY TRIED READ EVERYTHING I CAN ABOUT HIM NOW.' EITHER WAY, THE BOON TO THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME IS OBVIOUS, AND THE POTENTIAL GOOD WORK DONE AS A RESULT OF THE SALE WILL ONLY ADD TO WAGNER'S LEGEND.

NEWLY DISCOVERED HONUS WAGNER CARD TO BE AUCTIONED

THE MOST EXPENSIVE BARBIE IN THE WORLD, WITH JEWELS DESIGNED BY AUSTRALIA'S STEFANO CATURI, HAS BEEN SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S IN NEW YORK FOR $302,500. MATTEL COMMISSIONED CANTURI TO CREATE A FINGER-WIDE NECKPIECE AND TINY MATCHING RING TO PROMOTE ITS NEW BARBIE COLLECTION. THE JEWELERY SET FEATURES A NECKLACE MADE FROM THREE CARATS OF WHITE DIAMONDS SET AROUND A ONE CARAT, SQUARE EMERALD-CUT PINK DIAMOND. JEWELER STEFANO CANTURI ALSO DESIGNED THE DOLL'S BLACK STRAPLESS PARTY DRESS, PEEP-TOE STILETTOS AND TUMBLING BLONDE HAIR. 'I WANTED THE JEWELRY DESIGN TO PAY HOMAGE TO BARBIE'S MODERN YET TIMELESS STYLE OVER THE AGES', CANTURI SAID. THE DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY CUBISM. THE CANTURI BARBIE NOW LEADS THE PACK OF MOST EXPENSIVE BARBIE DOLLS EVER MADE, FOLLOWED BY BARBIE AND THE DIAMOND CASTLE PROMOTIONAL BARBIE ($95,361). ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE ARE GOING TO AID BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.

BARBIE DESIGNED BY STEFANO CATURI SELLS FOR $302,500

THE MOST EXPENSIVE BARBIE IN THE WORLD, WITH JEWELS DESIGNED BY AUSTRALIA'S STEFANO CATURI, HAS BEEN SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S IN NEW YORK FOR $302,500. MATTEL COMMISSIONED CANTURI TO CREATE A FINGER-WIDE NECKPIECE AND TINY MATCHING RING TO PROMOTE ITS NEW BARBIE COLLECTION. THE JEWELERY SET FEATURES A NECKLACE MADE FROM THREE CARATS OF WHITE DIAMONDS SET AROUND A ONE CARAT, SQUARE EMERALD-CUT PINK DIAMOND. JEWELER STEFANO CANTURI ALSO DESIGNED THE DOLL'S BLACK STRAPLESS PARTY DRESS, PEEP-TOE STILETTOS AND TUMBLING BLONDE HAIR. 'I WANTED THE JEWELRY DESIGN TO PAY HOMAGE TO BARBIE'S MODERN YET TIMELESS STYLE OVER THE AGES', CANTURI SAID. THE DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY CUBISM. THE CANTURI BARBIE NOW LEADS THE PACK OF MOST EXPENSIVE BARBIE DOLLS EVER MADE, FOLLOWED BY BARBIE AND THE DIAMOND CASTLE PROMOTIONAL BARBIE ($95,361). ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE ARE GOING TO AID BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.

BARBIE DESIGNED BY STEFANO CATURI SELLS FOR $302,500

AUDREY HEPBURN LEFT AN INDELIBLE IMPRESSION, AN IMPRINT OF GRACIOUS COMPASSION AND RESPECT, WHICH ENDURES IN A FASHION AS TIMELESS AS HER HER HEART. IN 2002 THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE DECIDED TO HONOR HEPBURN WITH A STAMP AND ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S FUND (AHCF). DUE TO AND INTERNAL BREAKDOWN THE PRINTING OF THE 14 MILLION STAMPS FOR THE GERMAN POST WAS ORDERED PRIOR TO OBTAINING THE CONTRACTUAL APPROVALS FROM THE AHCF. THE AHCF, UNAWARE OF THE PRINTING, ORDERED THE ENTIRE STOCK DESTROYED...BUT FOR THREE SHEETS, I KEPT BY THE MINISTRY, I BY THE PRINTER AND ONE LOCATED RECENTLY IN A FILE IN THE OFFICE OF SEAN HEPBURN FERRER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AHCF. THESE STAMPS ARE TODAY, BY AGREEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY, THE ONLY UN-POSTED SPECIMENS AVAILABLE FOR SALE (5 POSTMARKED STAMPS WERE SOLD AT AUCTION FOR THE PRICES RANGING FROM 50,000 TO 125,000 EUROS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SOMEONE HIGH UP INSIDE THE MINISTRY PICKED A SINGLE SHEET HOT OFF THE PRESS AND SENT LETTERS TO FRIENDS). THE MINT CONDITION SHEET OF 10 STAMPS IS THE OBJECT OF UNPRECEDENTED DESIRABILITY AND UNIQUE VALUE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE OF MODERN PHILATELY. THE MINIMUM RESERVE IS SET AT A RECORD 500,000 EUROS. THE AUDREY HEPBURN STAMP IS ESTIMATED TO REACH CLOSE TO A MILLION EUROS ON THE FINAL HAMMER. 100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO CHARITY THROUGH THE AHCF AND UNICEF. THE AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON 16.OCTOBER IN BERLIN AND WILL PROVIDE 300 SEATS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RESERVED IN ADVANCE. THE DEMAND AND REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SO NUMEROUS AND HAS ALREADY GONE TO A 'WAITING LIST'.
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RARE AUDREY HEPBURN STAMP SHEET TO BE AUCTIONED FOR CHARITY