Solid Gold Godzilla Hits the Market

GoldGodzilla

To mark the 60th anniversary of Godzilla and the new Hollywood film, Tokyo jeweller Ginza Tanaka is offering this solid gold Godzilla.

The website Fashion Press is reporting that the nearly ten inche tall 33 pounds statue is being sold by Ginza Tanaka for 150 million yen (US$1.47 million). 

The gold movie icon will be on display this month and next month in Tokyo and Osaka.

Source: Fashion Press News

Bastille Day

A piece of post revolution French history since it is Bastille Day.
The pear-shaped diamond and blue sapphire “toi et moi” engagement ring that Napoleon Bonaparte presented to his first wife, Josephine, whom he married in 1796. The piece sold at an auction in France in 2013 for nearly a million dollars. 
Napoleon and Josephine divorced after 14 years due to Josephine’s inability to produce an heir, however Josephine saved the ring, and it was passed on to future generations.