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18 August, 2011

Top 10 craziest things made of gold...!

The Akshaya Tritiya festival is one of the two most auspicious days of the year to buy gold, as Hindus believe they can get lasting prosperity by buying precious metals on the day. The other festival is Dhanteras in November.
A man films a gold-plated Infiniti G37 at a jewelry store in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, March 31, 2011. It took five artisans over four months to complete the task which aims to promote the store

Vienna Philharmonics gold coins are arranged in the shape of a cake at a jewellery shop in Tokyo February 28, 2006. The 250 million yen ($ 2.16 million) Vienna Coin cake was on display from March 1 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday.
Filipino chef, Angelito Araneta Jr, displays a 24-carat gold covered mooncake garnished with .10-carat artificial diamonds at Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Manila September 22, 2010. The mooncake,a traditional Chinese treat eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, is worth 80,500 pesos ($ 1,830). REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo
 An artwork of rabbits pounding "mochi" or rice-cakes, decorated with 20g of 24K gold, is displayed during an unveiling in Tokyo November 25, 2010. Ginza Tanaka unveiled the artwork, sized at 3.2cm (1.2 inches) in height and 5cm (1.9 inches) in width ahead of next year, which is the year of the rabbit.
A 475,000 euros gold watch is displayed before the opening of the Grand Luxe exhibition in Brussels, October 30, 2008. The exhibition gathers high luxury items including cars and jewellery and focuses on gastronomy, art and fashion.
Estee Lauder has teamed with shoe designer Manolo Blahnik to create a 24K carat gold nail lacquer in honor of the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards, according to spokesman Aerin Lauder on January 10, 2001. The nail lacquer, in a bottle designed to look like an inverted stiletto heel.
 Estee Lauder has teamed with shoe designer Manolo Blahnik to create a 24K carat gold nail lacquer in honor of the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards, according to spokesman Aerin Lauder on January 10, 2001. The nail lacquer, in a bottle designed to look like an inverted stiletto heel.
The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate is unveiled at the Serendipity-3 restaurant in New York November 7, 2007 after Guinness World Records researchers determined the $25,000 frozen hot chocolate was the most expensive dessert in the world.
A toy Barbie Doll clothed in a genuine gold dress valued at 30,000 marks is the most expensive item at an fashion exhibition using Barbie Dolls as models in Frankfurt on December 7. The dress was created by Bernhard Meister, chief designer for German jeweller Christ, and includes 35 diamonds and white gold.

 A tiny 18-karat gold Hello Kitty doll is displayed at Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewellery KK in Tokyo's posh Ginza shopping district June 16, 2003. The three-centimetre-tall (1.2-inch), 70-gram kitty character, is studded with a diamond and crystal decoration, is priced at 400,000 yen (about $3,400), and 50 limited edition dolls are available by mail order.
 A gold plated rifle is shown to the media in Guadalajara in this May 2, 2010 photo. The Mexican army raided the house of a family member of Oscar Nava Orlando Valencia, the leader of a drug trafficking gang who is currently in prison, and seized dozens of weapons, some of the plated in gold or silver and encrusted with precious stones, according to local media.

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