Infamous for guessing the winner of the past World Cups, the psychic octopus Paul has been immortalized in a 22-karat gold figurine.

From Kolkata, India’s Shree Ganesh Jewelry designers comes this luxurious figure that was recently presented at the 2010 India International Jewelery Show.

Made entirely of 22-karat gold, Paul the Octopus weighs in at 7.27 pounds and is being valued at around $171,650.   Wow, I bet Paul wished he was still a trim 7 pounds.

Sigh.  Donald Trump is pretty much everywhere you go and now he’s gotten into bed with tea, so he’s inescapable now.

Trump Organization and Talbott Teas have just launched a new line of premium teas bearing the Trump logo, Trump Tea.

There are four whole leaf tea blends created by Talbott Teas’ master blender Shane Talbott and named for some of Trump’s favorite places.

The Park Avenue blend combines orange and raspberry teas with white tea leaves to create a naturally sweet tea with a silky texture that is rich in antioxidants. The Union Square blend is whole-leaf estate Assam black tea with hints of bourbon vanilla bean and cocoa. The Mar-A-Lago blend is Sencha green tea and the Westchester blend is rosehips, hibiscus, elderberry and antioxidant-rich organic blueberries.

So we all love our cats, but how much do you really looooveeee them?  Enough to send them on a separate luxury vacation?  Well then, you have found just that with the new Longcroft Luxury Cat Hotel in England.

Dedicated to pampering your feline, the Longcroft Luxury Cat Hotel offers your kitty a classical mewsic environment complete with four poster beds, oxygenated water fountains, spa treatments, organic foods served on silver platters and pretty much any special luxury request you might have.

We like it, but kitty, it’s our turn first!

Bing Crosby’s pristine condition 1966 Aston Martin DB6 will be hitting the auction block this coming Saturday.

On August 14 at the Monterey classic car sale by Mecum Auctions the super sexy and luxurious 1966 Aston Martin DB6 will be the pearl of the show.

The infamous singer’s DB6 is a left-hand drive Silver Grey coupe with all original interior from the cherry wood steering wheel to the black leather seats.

The major refurbishments include new chrome wire wheels and Vredestein radials, rebuilt braking system and overhauled Mikuni carburetors. The car is powered by Aston Martin’s famous 4-liter overhead cam straight (OHC) 6 engine, rated at 282 horsepower.

A copy of the title with Bing Crosby’s name on it is included with the winning bid.

On Tuesday the private equity company MerchantBridge revealed that they would invest $20 million in Monaco Luxury Hotels & Resorts to help support the luxury market.

MerchantBridge Chief Executive Basil Al-Rahim said of the investment, “The luxury hospitality sector is in need for further investment. In Europe and North America, the number of new luxury hotels built decreased by more than 20% in the first half of 2010, when compared with the same period in 2008. At the same time, occupancy rates at luxury hotels in Europe and North America increased by an average of 12%.”

This most recent MerchantBridge investment will support a renovation of the Ritz Carlton Montreal hotel.

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Infamous luxury brand TSL has given Snoopy the grand treatment with a whopping 207-carat Diamond Snoopy.  At 5.5 inches, this luxury Snoopy features 9,917 diamonds, 783 black diamonds and 415 rubies.  It took TSL’s designers over eight months to create this sparkling Snoop and if you have a spare $427K lying around he can be yours!

The smart people behind such games as Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne are moving into the book arena with a new set of luxury books from Rockstar Games.

The three-book collection has been dubbed Digital + Analogue: The Art and Science of Rockstar Games, and at $450 per set you can see why we’re calling this literature luxury.

The slip-cased monograph is being published by Steidl and will be released in August. It contains illustrations, production stills, ads, and more, plus additional bonus content on a CD/DVD.

Okay, so you finally purchased the luxury car of your dreams, so now who are you going to trust to wash it?  Well, maybe you should leave your new baby with 30-year-old Gurcharn Sahota who is offering the world’s most expensive car wash.

For approximately $11,000 Sahota will use over 100 different cleaning fluids to clean your baby, along with a high-end wax job.  Each vehicle requires at least 250 hours to clean and to prove that each and every inch is clean beyond measure, Sahota will even show you your car under a police forensic microscope.

Not too shabby, if you had a late night in the car, eh?

Dubbed as “Precious Rebel,” this guitar collection may look delicate and classy, but boy can it rock the house down – that even the hardened rock-and-roller will surely bow down to its presence.

Unfortunately, only Privé members can have the opportunity not only to buy these babies complete with a ‘Privé’ guitar case.

Dubai can afford more luxury than any other city these days and that’s why we’re not at all surprised that the luxurious Mall of the Emirates will be welcoming new luxury brands to their Fashion Dome.

Come September the Mall of the Emirates Fashion Dome will add more high-profile luxury stores to their already existing 472 retailers.

The new additions will include Mulberry, Missoni, Diane von Furstenberg, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Galliano, Versace, See by Chloe, Sephora and the largest D&G boutique in the region.

Better start planning the trip now, it’s time to get your luxury shopping done all in one place!