Your private haven of tranquility awaits! Magnificent brick-front Colonial in picturesque & prestigious Avenshire in Ashton. Professionally landscaped and tastefully planned outdoor living space with wrap-around Trex deck, heated pool & Jacuzzi, brick coined patio, maintenance-free fencing & lush lawns backing to protected parkland. Almost 3.5 acres of privacy. This 6000+ sq. ft. home is simply immaculate throughout with fresh paint, neutral carpeting, hardwoods on the main level, decorative trim & molding and custom window treatments. Features include a stunning 2-story family room with soaring custom brick gas fireplace. Formal living & dining rooms, study with built-ins, & ceramic-tiled conservatory with cathedral ceilings. The spacious kitchen offers newly appointed stainless steel GE profile appliances, a center island, built-in desk, abundant cabinet and counter space and a breakfast area with door leading to the deck. A convenient side-entry foyer offers access to the 2-car side-load garage and the laundry room with 1yr old Whirlpool Duet front-load washer/dryer. An open landing overlooking the foyer and family room leads to the 4 bedrooms on the upper level including the luxurious Owner’s Suite with sitting room, dramatic cathedral ceilings, two dormer windows and his & her’s walk in closets. The Owner’s Bath features a corner soaking tub & separate shower, two sky lights and double sinks with a vanity. Thoughtfully laid out, the expansive lower level offers endless possibilities! A built-in speaker system for your home theater conveys with the home and has built-in cabinets for all your components. The lower level also provides a pool table space (table conveys), exercise room, 5th bedroom, full bathroom, walkout to the rear patio & a storage room. This home comes with a FREE home warranty which will also cover the pool. Estimated property taxes and other non-tax charges a new owner will pay in the 1st full fiscal year of ownership is $12,284.10.

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In our previous post, we speculated whether the Warren Buffett power lunch would go over a million dollars this year. Well, the result is in and it is way over a $1 million. The winning bid is $2,110,100 , which is almost 4 times of what was paid last year for the same auction ($650,000) According to Bloomberg, Zhao Danyang, the hedge-fund manager of Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund (Shenzhen, China) had the winning bid.

100% of proceeds from the auction benefits the Glide Foundation, one of the most effective institutions working to alleviate human suffering and poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Buffett has described Glide as “maybe the most effective organization I’ve seen for people down on their luck.” - source: eBay auction page.

The dinner will take place at Smith & Wollensky in New York City. According to their website: “Smith & Wollensky is one of the most trafficked restaurants in New York and among the most celebrated steakhouses in the world. Specializing in fresh seafood and lobster and assorted steaks and chops, Smith & Wollensky is well recognized for its healthy portions, seasoned service staff and pop Americana ambience. The surnames, Smith and Wollensky, were chosen from the local telephone directory by the restaurant’s founder Alan Stillman, of T.G.I. Friday’s fame. Wollensky’s Grill, a smaller but spirited bar room installed in the side of the famed midtown restaurant, is open until 2 a.m. Catering to night owls, Wollensky Grill offers a late night bill of fare featuring lighter supper versions of items from the grander Smith & Wollensky steakhouse menu and plenty of high-end red wines by the glass to choose from.” See more reviews about the steakhouse on Yelp

As we wrote about it before, both Christie’s and Sotheby’s have large, multi-day modern art sale events this week in London. New results are in from the latest auctions and many masterpieces went for around a million dollars. Below is the selection of some of the recent sales:

“Idylle” by Henri Martin - 541,250 GBP ($1,064,098)

“Les deux fusils” by Fernand Léger - 481,250 GBP ($946,138)

“La dame en rose” by Raoul Dufy - 577,250 GBP ($1,134,874)

“MARCHÉ À LA VOLAILLE À GISORS” by Camille Pissarro - 577,250 GBP ($1,146,245)

“JEUNE FEMME À L’OMBRELLE” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - 505,250 GBP ($1,003,274)

“L’ARAIGNÉE VERTE” by Fernand Léger - 481,250 GBP ($955,618)

The highest prices at Christie’s and Sotheby’s were paid for the paintings below, respectively.

“Nu sur fond rouge” by Marc Chagall - 881,250 GBP ($1,732,538)

“Danseuse” by Gina Severini - 15,049,250 GBP ($29,910,384)

Several amazing paintings were sold today in the million dollar price range in London, during the “Impressionists and modern art” auction at Christie’s.

“Nature morte. Poissons et poêle” by Pablo Picasso - sold for £577,250 ($1,134,874)

“Chaumières au flanc de la Montagne Sainte-Marguerite” by Paul Gauguin
- sold for £577,250 ($1,134,874)

“Frau mit erhobenem Bein und lila Strümpfen” by Egon Schiele - sold for £481,250 ($946,138)

“Gladiolen” by Leo Gestel - sold for £505,250 ($993,322)

The record price was paid for Claude Monet’s “Le bassin aux nymphéas”. “Le bassin aux nymphéas is one of the great rarities of Impressionist and Modern art: a painting of Monet’s beloved water lilies, forming part of his final painting campaign, that was signed, dated and sold by the artist soon after its execution.”

A record price of £40,921,250 ($80,451,178) was paid for this masterpiece. Twice the pre-auction estimate.

The total sale price for all items in this lot was £144,440,500 ($284,258,904) - Unbelievable. See the evening results at Christie’s. The auction continues tomorrow. This is one of the most amazing set of paintings on the block I’ve ever seen.

Sotheby’s has its own Impressionists auction tomorrow so we will be covering that as well. Tune in through our RSS feed

Will this auction reach $1,000,000 this year? Last year the winning bid was $650,000.

Currently it is pretty low, but I guess bidders wait till the end of the auction to jump in.

Track the eBay auction below:

Well, not really - there is more to it than the salary and bonus of course - but nevertheless below is the list of six chief executive officers with a yearly salary (sometime including bonus) of around one million dollars in 2007.

Bobby Johnson Jr. ($977,122)
Foundry Networks, Inc.
“CEO and President
Mr. Johnson’s career in the networking industry spans over 30-years. His career includes 15 years of leadership as CEO for three enterprises and 14 years as Chairman of the Board for two enterprises. Mr. Johnson’s entrepreneurial and management success has received recognition from distinguished publications like Forbes, Fortune, Network World, Nikkei and notable organizations such as Ernst & Young. Additionally, under Mr. Johnson’s leadership Foundry has successfully earned more than 50 corporate and product awards, including “Top Technology IPO of 1999″ and numerous “Best of Show” product awards at Networld+Interop Las Vegas and Tokyo. Mr. Johnson has been active as a keynote speaker and panelist at Networld+Interop, NexGen Networks, and other leading industry events. Additionally, Mr. Johnson has been a guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship at Stanford University’s MBA School. Mr. Johnson received an Honor’s Computer Science B.S. degree from North Carolina State University in 1977.” - Source: Corporate website

Guy Gecht ($1,070,714)
Electronics For Imaging Inc.
“Mr. Gecht was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 1, 2000. From July 1999 to January 2000, he served as President of the Company. From January 1999 to July 1999, he was Vice President and General Manager of Controllers Products of the Company. From October 1995 through January 1999, he served as Director of Software Engineering. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gecht was Director of Engineering at Interro Systems, Inc., a technology company, from 1993 to 1995. From 1991 to 1993, he served as Software Manager of ASP Computer Products, a networking company and from 1990 to 1991 he served as Manager of Networking Systems for Apple Israel, a technology company. From 1985 to 1990, he served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, managing an engineering development team, and later was an acting manager of one of the IDF high-tech departments. Mr. Gecht currently serves as a member of the board of directors, audit committee and compensation committee of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a global information technology security company. Mr. Gecht holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.” - Source

A. Thomas Bender ($958,810)
The Cooper Companies, Inc.
“Mr. Bender was elected Chairman of the Board in July 2002. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from May 1995 through his retirement in October 2007. He also served as President of CooperVision, the Company’s contact lens subsidiary, from June 1991 to December 2004. He previously served in various operating roles beginning in October 1992. Between 1966 and June 1991, Mr. Bender held a variety of positions at Allergan, Inc. (a manufacturer of eye and skin care products), including Corporate Senior Vice President, and President and Chief Operating Officer of Herbert Laboratories, Allergan’s dermatology division. Mr. Bender also serves on the Board of Directors of iScience Interventional, Inc. and their compensation committee, as well as the Board of Directors for Mission Hospital Foundation in Mission Viejo, CA.” - Source: Company website

Barry Feld ($994,062)
Cost Plus Inc.
“Mr. Feld was appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Cost Plus, Inc. in October 2005. From August 1999 until October 2005, Mr. Feld was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of PCA International, Inc., the largest North American operator of portrait studios focused on serving the discount retail market. From November 1998 to June 1999, Mr. Feld was President and Chief Operating Officer of Vista Eyecare, Inc., a specialty eyecare retailer. He joined Vista Eyecare as a result of its acquisition of New West Eyeworks, Inc., where he had been serving as President and a director since May 1991 and as Chief Executive Officer and a Director since February 1994. From 1987 to May 1991, Mr. Feld was with Frame-n-Lens Optical, Inc., where he served as its president prior to joining New West. Prior to that, he served in various senior management positions at Pearle Health Services for 10 years and, for a number of years, he served as an acquisition and turnaround specialist for optical retail groups acquired by Pearle. PCA International filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code in August 2006″ - Source

John Ambroseo ($1,017,666)
Coherent Inc.
“President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. John Ambroseo was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Coherent Inc. on October 1, 2002.  He was also appointed to its Board of Directors at this time.  He has served as Coherent’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since June 2001.  Since September 2000, he served as Executive Vice President and President and General Manager of the Coherent Photonics Group.  From September 1997 to September 2000, Dr. Ambroseo served as Executive Vice President and as President and General Manager of the Coherent Laser Group.  From March 1997 to September 1997, he served as Coherent’s Scientific Business Unit Manager.  From August 1988, when Dr. Ambroseo joined Coherent, until March 1997, he served as Product Marketing Manager, National Sales Manager, and Director of European Operations.  Dr. Ambroseo received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania.” - source: company’s website

Michael Willis ($1,016,888)
Westaff Inc.

In terms of total compensation (base, bonus, option awards, stock awards and other compensations), #1 is Larry Ellison of Oracle received $61,180,524 as of 5/31/07, followed by Glenn Murphy of Gap with $39,812,956 as of 2/2/08 and Mark Hurd of HP with $26,033,126 as of 10/31/07

Source: San Francisco Business Times

While the Ferrari F50 we wrote about earlier is still listed on eBay, there is another beauty - a rare red, black Ferrari Enzo - listed for $1,400,000

See the eBay auction listing for more details

Specs at Wikipedia

Eclipse Aviation announced a few weeks ago that it will start taking orders for the Eclipse 400 single-engine jet, a production version of the Eclipse Concept Jet. Eclipse also claims that the new 400 model will be world’s most fuel-efficient jet aircraft with less than one pound of fuel per nautical mile consumed at 330 knots.

At current economics, it is priced at $1.35 million and the production version is expected to start deliveries at the first quarter of 2011.

The Eclipse 400 seats four and can cruise at 41,000 feet. The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F engine is said to produce exceptional thrust and great fuel economy.

See more specs at Eclipse Aviation’s website

Other single engine very-light-jets (VLJs) are:
Cirrus Design The-Jet
Diamond D-Jet
Epic Victory
PiperJet

Paintings from impressionists and modern artists will hit the auction scene in London next week. Among them are Monet, Picasso, Degas, Schiele,Matisse, Miro, Goncharova, Kandinsky and many others. This is expected to be a major event with pre-auction estimates of $10M-$40M in some cases.

We’ll be covering the million-dollar sales as soon as the hammer prices are in and also the record breakers. Tune in through our RSS feed.

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The Chopard Super Ice Cube timepiece exhibits 60 carat of diamonds and retails for approximately GBP 639 320 ($1,259,000)

Chopard, a Swiss jewelry and watch maker founded by Louis-Ulysse Chopard in 1860, is now owned by the Scheufele family. Besides their 100+ years of producing high quality and beautiful time pieces and jewelry, Chopard is also known for the current design of the Goldan Palm award of the Cannes film festival and being one of the ongoing sponsor of the event. 

See also our post about the Humblot Big Bang

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