Wednesday July 21st, 2010 08:36 Digital + Analogue: The Art and Science of Rockstar Games Luxury Books

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.

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Sunday July 11th, 2010 16:26 Most Expensive Toy: Althof Bergmann Santa Sleigh

Check out what’s the most expensive toy these days. Thanks to the James D. Julia Toy, Doll and Advertising auction, this Althof Bergmann Santa Sleigh fetched a whopping $161,000.

The toy’s considered as “the rarest and most important of all early-American tin toys.” Unlike Santa’s typical depiction, the toy features goats pulling the sleigh instead of the now-typical reindeer.

The toy is the most expensive toy sold in the past three years and is the most expensive American tin toy in an auction in the past 15 years.

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