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| Saturday, 17 November 2007 | |
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If you're stuck for Christmas gift ideas and have plenty of cash to spare,
Japanese upmarket department store Takashimaya is selling a diamond encrusted tree. The price, a symbolic 200.7 million yen, or £945,000, will be available from Wednesday to kick off its year-end sales campaign.
The tree, which stands 40 centimeters high, features approximately 100 carats of diamonds from southern Africa and Australia, the department store said.The smaller diamond pieces "sparkle charmingly like morning dew on petals, while two-carat and three-carat pieces mesmerise admirers with their noble glow," the store said in a statement. The tree is based on a design by Parisian flower boutique Claude Quinquaud. |
