Wine and Spirits Lydia Pili Wine and Spirits Lydia Pili

Is Monaco brewing a new collectible?

It wasn't long ago, that beer was perceived as the working man’s beverage. Several years on, the beer market has evolved with a community of beer lovers, that are keen to taste and spend as much (or nearly) as those of the fine wine or spirits community. We catch up with the founder of Monte-Carlo Beer, the brand which is taking the beer world from cheerful pint to collectible asset.

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Watches and Jewellery Josie Goodbody Watches and Jewellery Josie Goodbody

Regal and romantic - The tiara, officially the dreamiest of jewels

For a month this summer as part of the auction house's Platinum Jubilee celebrations for her late Majesty, Sotheby's London held a formidable exhibition of fifty tiaras. Entitled Power & Image, most of the pieces were European antique regal and aristocratic ornaments which had been handed down from generation to generation; some were unchanged from their original design, while others show how this most dreamy of jewels could be transformed into a necklace, a necklace and earrings, or modernised to fit with new styles.

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Cars Editorial Cars Editorial

Ferrari F40, an analogue dream

Just a handful of supercars are really capable of drawing motor enthusiasts’ attention no matter what. Timeless icons — some say poster cars — that shine, graced by exotic bodywork, in the automotive galaxy. The Ferrari F40, for infinite reasons, is surely one of them: its impact stretched far beyond the motoring cognoscenti, quickly obtaining a global dream car status in a decade of extravagance and excesses.

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Explore Chanella Buck Explore Chanella Buck

The Art of Smelling Expensive

In every industry, there are fanatics. Most of us, especially this Collector Mag readership, are very aware of the Car, Watch, Art and Fine Wine collectors, who have created almost micro-industries within themselves. However there is a lesser known niche within Beauty, that is the world of Haute Parfumerie.

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