Monday 28 February 2011

The Fontana Gusto Wood-Fired Outdoor Oven



The Fontana Gusto Wood-Fired Outdoor Oven ($5,000) spotting a convection fan for even baking, a preheat time of just five minutes, a trio of wire racks to hold plenty of food, a built-in timer, and a windowed fire chamber, the Fontana Gusto also sports a composite stone bottom for baking pizzas and breads with flavour and crispiness normally reserved for high-end pizzerias.

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The new Maserati GranCabrio Sport



The Maserati GranCabrio Sport ($TBA) sports a manly, more powerful and fuel-efficient version of Maserati's all-alloy 4.7-litre V8, good for 450 horsepower and a top speed 177, along with the ZF six-speed automatic transmission, a revised version of the Skyhook active-suspension system, new grooved and drilled dual-cast brake discs, and more masculine bodywork.

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Limited edition Eberhard & Co. Watch


Chronograph watches from Eberhard & Co. function just like a normal chronograph, with the additional subdial being used as a synchronized 24 hour hand for AM/PM indication purposes. The movement of course also has the time and the date. It is a special module done by Eberhard & Co. on top of a base Swiss ETA 2894 automatic chronograph movement. The layout makes this watch feel like a much more impressive "instrument" compared to most other sport watches.
The new model in the "Chrono 4" family is this Chrono 4 Geant Titanium Limited Edition. The case of the Geant (that means "giant" in French) is in titanium and 46mm wide.
Eberhard & Co. will make 1887 pieces in the Chrono 4 Geant Titanium collection.

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Butterfly heels by Sophia Grace


Sophia Grace, the recent winner of Browns shoe competition recently launched her shoe collection at Browns. The Butterfly heels stood out as a whimsical reminder of the warm weather days we are despaerately fiending for, available at Browns.


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US coin from 1852 on auction


The U.S. Mint began experimenting with different gold dollar patterns in 1852. The problem was simple, gold dollars were small and easily lost. And so the Mint tried out creating pattern gold dollars in 1852, producing the patterns now known as Judd-136 to Judd-148 which have a larger, more convenient diameter.
Instead a more practical solution eventually was decided on. The amount of silver was reduced in most subsidiary coinage in 1853, which returned the silver denominations to the channels of commerce rather than going to the melting pot. And the gold dollar diameter was eventually increased in 1854 when the design was changed to the Type Two format.
Heritage Auction's 2011 March Sacramento Signature ANA US Coin Auction features an 1852 annular (ring-shaped) gold dollar, with a wide center hole and the date, denomination, and country name along the outside. The lower half of the reverse shows a wreath. This pattern, known as Judd-145, is struck in gold with a plain edge. Heritage sold a similar coin to this one in 2008 for over $27,000.