The point of Gavel & Grand, a new auction site from the fellows who brought us Paddle8, which itself is an auction site for art and design, is to offer "access to extraordinary experiences and luxury items." One would assume these will be the kind of …

The store, which also sells online, showcases more than 5,000 square feet of luxury items. Michael Mack, the executive producer of Pawn Talk Live, Live in Las Vegas and Pawn Talk en Espanol, opened Max Pawn in 2009, at the height of the recession.

(It's more when calculated for luxury tax.) — Matt Gelb … Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay were both big-ticket items, and they have paid top dollar to re-sign their own as well, giving lucrative deals to Hamels, Howard, Jimmy Rollins, and Chase Utley …

The Big Easy may be known for menu items like beignets and jambalaya, but peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are what visitors look forward to at this historic property known affectionately as the Belle of New Orleans. Ever since 1988, when a hungry …

It said: 'Tiger skins are still in demand as luxury items in some countries, and tiger parts coveted for their "medicinal" properties. Endangered: There are only around 3,200 wild tigers left – and about 50 in China. 'The tigers' forest habitat is …

The first tribe to score four knock-downs would get to raid the other tribe's camp and take luxury items. Despite trading points for most of the challenge, Tony and Woo managed to break a 2-2 tie by knocking down Morgan and Spencer's idols …

Amid a decline in spending on luxury products by mainland shoppers in Hong Kong, Ng said the firm would look to attract visitors from neighbouring countries to its shopping centres. "But these emerging markets from Southeast Asia are still small," he said.

A wealthy man has come forward to claim a luxury boat that has been floating in a Swedish harbour for at least two years, after he apparently forgot all about it. The boat's Norwegian owner says he intended to sell the vessel in … The appeal was …

… but nowadays even they're more likely to scale it back a notch, devoting more dollars to what could be called the "affordable" luxury space. Simply put, wealthier shoppers are still looking for high-quality, fashionable items. But maybe they're no …