June 2012 ~ The International Marbella Set

Friday, 29 June 2012

Glitterati flock to London luxury fair

The Masterpiece London art and luxury fair opened on Thursday showcasing jewellery, furniture and cars to throngs of the international super-rich seemingly immune to worries over a fragile global economy. The glitterati moved along the stands at an exclusive preview event in Chelsea on Wednesday night, sipping champagne as they admired rare sculptures, porcelain, classic cars, paintings, fine jewels and silverware. “There is a tremendous amount of wealth which needs somewhere to go,” Philip Hewat-Jaboor, chairman of Masterpiece, told Reuters at the fair. International dealers and galleries offered top tier goods to suit all tastes. Standouts at the event, which runs until July 4, included a 1952 Jaguar C-Type racing sports car once owned and raced by American driver Masten Gregory, and an aquamarine and ruby belt with buckle necklace, designed by Fulco, Duke of Verdura, for jeweller Paul Flato, New York, circa 1935, priced at $2.5 million. The Gagosian Gallery unveiled a gold plated silver statue by celebrated British artist Damien Hirst, called “Saint Bartholomew, Exquisite Pain 2008.” Visitors also viewed a 1959 Salford Street scene by British painter L.S. Lowry with a price of 495,000 pounds ($766,918) and works by Francis Bacon and Picasso. Antique tables and clocks, and a risquDe 18th Century German Meissen porcelain figure showing a young couple with a price tag of $320,000 were also on sale, along with a chess set featuring gilded birds created by luxury jeweller Theo Fennell for 95,000 pounds ($147,186), and vintage jewels from Faberge, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. London’s high-end art and luxury market appears to be oblivious to the recession in Britain and the weak global economy, gripped by the euro zone debt crisis and worries over Chinese growth. Organisers reported brisk orders from the start at Masterpiece London, and a number of orange stickers signifying sales quickly dotted the stands. Sycomore Ancient Art’s large wooden statue of a high-ranking Egyptian official dating from 2570-2350 BC sold almost immediately, to a German museum for well over one million pounds ($1.54 million). Referring to the influx of international visitors milling around the fair, Hewat-Jaboor said London had secured its position as a major international hub for luxury goods. “London is the great melting pot,” he said.

Expats were arrested in Marbella when attempting to rent a Rolls Royce that cost €6,000 a day.

They are accused of cloning credit cards belonging to US citizens, and in less than a week had reportedly spent around €330,000, it is estimated. Items bought on the cards included €1,000 bottles of Champagne, nights in suites at five-star hotels, a €60,000 exclusive party at an establishment in Mijas Costa, as well as large tabs in pubs and shops along the coast. The detainees would clone the credit cards, and use them in shops and hospitality establishments, according to investigators. It is believed that many of the luxury items were bought in order to later sell at a reduced price. Various bank cards and fake documents as well as the various luxury items bought on the cards along the Costa del Sol, mainly in Puerto Banus, were seized. The reason they chose North Americans is that there is a delay before the victims would realize money had been taken from their accounts and cancel their cards. Two of the detainees, who are aged between 19 and 45, were Dutch and a third French; they have all been remanded in prison. The fourth detainee was a Romanian woman, who has been released on charges.

Property owners fight back against burglars

Burglars in Palma de Mallorca were foiled when property owners fought back. An 18-year-old German man was arrested after he was reportedly caught trying to burgle a property in s’Arenal belonging to an 80 and 81-year-old couple. The elderly man managed to keep hold of the burglar until other family members arrived to help and the police arrived. In a separate case, a 40-year-old man was arrested after the owner of the property he was allegedly burgling managed to fend him off after he attacked him with a knife. The man was asleep with his wife and newborn son when he heard a noise. When he rose to find out what the noise was he came across the burglar in his kitchen. His wife called the National Police straight away. When officers arrived the two men were still wrestling. Officers managed to subdue the burglar and arrested him. The 40-year-old man had reportedly accessed the house through a window on the third floor by climbing on scaffolding on the adjacent property. The property owner received medical assistance to the cuts on his arms. A third man was arrested while trying to burgle a house on Calle Alvaro de Bazan. He too was surprised by the people living in the property who subdued him until police arrived.

Are there cameras around? I hadn't noticed! Danni Park-Dempsey strikes a pose on holiday in Marbella

Danni spent four hours soaking up the sunshine at La Sala Club in Marbella where she no doubt caught the attention of the male revellers as she pranced about in her peach bikini.

It is unlikely Park-Dempsey was unaware of the cameras catching her every move as she struck a variety of sexy poses.

However, when it all got too much for her, rather inelegantly dive-bombed into the pool to the amusement of a female friend.

Danni showed off her ample assets as she frolicked in the pool in Marbella

Cooling off! Danni cools down after sunning herself all day and puts on quite the show for onlookers

Following her antics in the water, the half-Irish Essex native changed into a plunging pink bikini, tiny cut-off shorts and skyscraper heels and decided to cool off with an ice-lolly.

In recent weeks, Danni has been romantically linked to TOWIE co-star Lil' Chris Brake.

Danni's friend couldn't help but laugh as the reality TV star jumped into the pool

Centre of attention! Danni made sure all eyes were on her as she struck a variety of poses in the pool

When asked who her favourite TOWIE male was, she replied: 'I have not got a fav but I amgood friends with lil chris @ChrisDrake87 x.'

The pair apparently grew close while filming TOWIE and the recent spin-off The Only Way Is Marbs.

A friend of the pair said: 'They started getting close towards the end of the last series. In Marbella, Chris told Danni he was keen to take things further.

'Danni really likes him - he is a lot of fun. Watch this space.'

Nothing to see here. Just a girl enjoying her ice-lolly completely oblivious to the paparazzi cameras nearby!

Spain to lift controls on tourists from outside the E.U.

Spain is to reduce the entry conditions for all non-European tourists. In tough times Spain cannot allow to miss out on tourists, or to have a foreign country against her. So Madrid has shown it has been receptive to the several complaints received from Brazil and Mexico. Until now any non-European tourist who wants to enter Spain or an unlimited time has to show, a visa if required, a return ticket and a hotel reservation as well enough money to cover the stay, put at 74 € per day. If they were staying in a friend’s house, they had to supply all the details about the person and the house they would be saying going as far as the escritura for the purchase or the rental agreement. The friend needed to supply the DNI residency card and details of his wage and a tax return. Now all those requirements are being removed and now the tourist only has to say who they are visiting and give the address.

American street artist Frank Shepard Fairey

.Photograph: Teri Pengilley

The natural territory of the street artist Shepard Fairey would seem to be as all-American as it gets. Emerging from the country's skateboarding scene he achieved global prominence with his much copied, much parodied Hope poster displaying a stylised Barack Obama in shades of blue and red.

He spent much of Friday assembling his latest street mural in a seemingly less likely locale – a suburban street in Turnpike Lane, one of north London's more economically mixed neighbourhoods.

Hoisted aloft by a rented cherry picker, the 42-year-old artist used stencils and paint to create Envision, an image of a giant, stylised eyeball design, set in the frame of a disused Victorian placard site on the wall of a local shop.

The unlikely public commission, carried out with any charge by the artist, was the almost accidental result of a wider community regeneration programme carried out by the local council, Haringey, and the green travel charity Sustrans.

In getting together to decide options for more pedestrian-friendly street layouts, locals pondered what to do with the crumbling and slightly tatty shop wall, and decided the existing frame left by the long-disappeared Victorian placard would be best filled by a mural.

James Straffon, a local who helped organise the project, went to a London art gallery specialising in graffiti artists to seek help.

He said: "The woman from the gallery asked: 'Ideally, who would you like?' I said: 'I know it would never happen, but Shepard Fairy.' She said: 'Shall I get in touch with him, then?' I stuck my neck out and said yes and sent them a diagram with the sizes, thinking nothing would happen. Literally a week later they said, he's interested and he's coming over."

Straffon says he remains unsure why such a celebrated artist would be interested in a relatively out-of-the-way location. He said: "I think what sold it was that it's an old Victorian billboard. I think they like the fact it's the old London thing."

Before Fairey arrived, Straffon and some neighbours spent a day preparing the wall, painting it in a specified shade of red for a background to the stencilled design.

The US artist and his team spent several hours in decidedly mixed weather putting the design in place. Straffon said: "He's come from west coast America to dreary, sodden London. He must be thinking: 'Great, I've got to do this.' It's quite windy, too."

Another oddity is that this is Turnpike Lane's second work by a globally-known street artist in a matter of months. Last month, a mural believed to be by Banksy, a rough UK equivalent to Fairey, appeared on the wall of the area's local Poundland shop, showing a child sweatshop worker sewing jubilee bunting.

Portrait of George Washington, whose personal copy of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights fetched $9.8m at auction. Photograph: Stock Montage/Getty Images

George Washington's personal copy of the US constitution and bill of rights sold for $9.8m (£6.3m) at auction on Friday, setting a record for any American book or historic document.

Bidders at Christie's New York salesroom and others on the telephone competed for the first US president's signed, gold-embossed volume dating to 1789, which had a pre-sale estimate of up to $3m.

The non-profit Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, which maintains the historic Mount Vernon estate in Virginia that was Washington's home and is now open to the public, was the successful bidder.

"The unique book had been in the Mount Vernon library until 1876, and will soon be returned to that library," said Chris Coover, senior specialist of books and manuscripts at Christie's.

The bound volume was Washington's personal copy of the Acts of Congress and is noteworthy for his bold signature marking it as his own.

The Acts of Congress include the Constitution, whose preamble promises to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," and the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the constitution, which establish such fundamental liberties as the right to free speech, press, assembly and religion.

Christie's described the book as being in near-pristine condition after 223 years. It was specially printed for Washington in 1789, his first year in office as president.

The margins include Washington's handwritten brackets and notations highlighting key passages concerning the president's responsibilities.

The Acts of Congress volume was sold from Washington's library at Mt Vernon in 1876 and eventually bought at auction by collector Richard Dietrich in the 1960s. It was being sold by the family's estate.

Similar volumes created for Thomas Jefferson, the first secretary of state and third US president, and attorney general John Jay, are in Indiana's Lilly Library and a private collection, respectively.

Rare books and manuscripts have achieved impressive prices in recent years.

An autographed manuscript of Lincoln's 1864 election victory speech sold for $3.4m in February 2009, which set a record for an American manuscript at the time. A 1787 letter written from Washington to his nephew on the subject of the ratification of the Constitution fetched $3.2m in December 2009.

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Assange seeks political asylum

On Tuesday night WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange applied for political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after failing in his bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations. The 40-year-old Australian is currently inside the building in Knightsbridge, having gone there on Tuesday afternoon to request asylum under the United Nations Human Rights Declaration. The country's foreign minister Ricardo Patino told a press conference in the South American country that it was considering his request. In a short statement last night, Mr Assange said: "I can confirm that today I arrived at the Ecuadorian Embassy and sought diplomatic sanctuary and political asylum. This application has been passed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital Quito. I am grateful to the Ecuadorian ambassador and the government of Ecuador for considering my application." The computer expert, who was on £200,000 bail after failing in several attempts to halt extradition, attracted several high-profile supporters including Ken Loach and socialite and charity fundraiser Jemima Khan, who each offered £20,000 as surety. Other supporters included Bianca Jagger and veteran left-winger Tony Benn. The Swedish authorities want him to answer accusations of raping a woman and sexually molesting and coercing another in Stockholm in August 2010 while on a visit to give a lecture. Assange, whose WikiLeaks website has published a mass of leaked diplomatic cables that embarrassed several governments and international businesses, says the sex was consensual and the allegations against him are politically motivated. The Supreme Court last month ruled in favour of a High Court ruling that his extradition was legal. Last week the Supreme Court refused an attempt by him to reopen his appeal against extradition, saying it was "without merit". He had until June 28 to ask European judges in Strasbourg to consider his case and postpone extradition on the basis that he has not had a fair hearing from the UK courts. A statement issued on behalf of the Ecuadorian Embassy said Mr Assange would remain at the embassy while his request was considered.

MALIBU is a 50m motor yacht delivered by the world renowned Amels Shipyard in Holland

21-5 Million.

BUILDER Amels LOA 50.00m / 164’

YEAR 2001 BEAM 9.00m / 29’1’’

FLAG Cayman Islands DRAFT 3.10m / 10’

NAVAL ARCH Terence Disdale SPEED 12 knots cruising

HULL Steel ACCOM 12 guests

LYING Genoa ENGINES 2 x 1,200hp Cummins

MALIBU is a 50m motor yacht delivered by the world renowned Amels Shipyard in Holland with an original interior design by Terence Disdale and a complete refit in 2006 including new interiors by Reymond Langton. The yacht was built to Lloyds +100 A1 SSC G6 LMC, MCA.

This yacht has to be seen to experience the exceptional level of quality craftsmanship onboard.

MALIBU’S placement of the tenders on the bow leaves every deck clear for enjoying a lifestyle oriented by the sea. Alfresco dining options abound with cocktail tables on the main deck, and dining for 12 offered on both the bridge and sun decks. The sun deck has a built in sun pad and bar. For serious sun bathing, the forward area of the sun deck furnishes privacy, full sun and a sensational Jacuzzi.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

Type: Displacement Hull

Builder: Amels Shipyard (Holland)

Hull no.: 437

Naval Architect: Amels Shipyard (Holland)/ Terence Disdale

Interior Designer: Reymond Langton

Construction Year: 2001

Refitted: 2006

Classification: Lloyds +100 A1 55C G6 LMC, MCA

Construction: Welded Steel

Crew: 12

Flag: George Town – Cayman Islands

Engines: 2 x Cummins 1200 hp

Transmission: 2 x Reintjes WAF 541

GRT: 610 tons

DIMENSIONS

LOA 50.00 m / 164’

Beam 9.00 m / 29’7”

Draft 3.10m / 10

SPEED & RANGE UNDER POWER

Maximum Speed (knots) 15 knots

Cruising Speed (knots) 13 knots

Economical Speed (knots) 12 knots

Fuel Consumption 448 litres per hour @ 15 knots 1800 rpm

370 litres per hour @ 13 knots, 1400 rpm

206 litres per hour @ 12 knots, 1400 rpm

Range 2955 nm @ 15 knots

3185 nm @ 13 knots

5016 nm @ 12 knots

CAPACITIES

Accommodation 12 in 1 x Master, 2 x Double, 2 x Twin, 2 x Pullman

Crew 11-12 Crew members in 5 cabins + Captain

Fuel 95,000 litres/25,096 US gallons

Fresh Water 17,400 litres/4,596 US gallons

Lube Oil 2,200 litres/581 US gallons

Dirty Oil 2,000 litres/528 US gallons

Grey/Black Water 5,300 litres/1,400 US gallons

Waste Water 21,400 litres/5,653 US gallons

Jacuzzi 3,200 litres/845 US gallons

ACCOMMODATION

Master Stateroom

On Main Deck the full width owner’s stateroom with en-suite bathroom, private office and salon. It is awash in natural light streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows port and starboard. Enhancing the suite’s contemporary style is the Reymond Langton designed furniture finished in high-gloss macassar ebony.

VIP Cabin

On Lower Deck 2 x VIP double cabins wit en-suite bathrooms accommodate 4 guests. The contemporary theme of the whole interior of the yacht is evident in these staterooms

Guest Staterooms

On Lower Deck 2 x Twin cabins with 2x Pullmans with en-suite shower accommodating up to 6 guests. The contemporary theme of the whole interior of the yacht is evident in these staterooms.

Captain’s Cabin

Captain’s double bedded cabin with shower on the upper deck aft of the wheelhouse.

Crew

The Crew are accommodated in 5 twin cabins with en suite shower rooms on the lower deck forward.

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

Engines 2 x Cummins 1200 hp @ 1,600rpm

Engine hours Port: 8,301hrs; Starboard: 8,301hrs (Apr 2012)

Generators & Electricity 2 x 170 Kw Cummins @ 1500 rpm each

1 x 33kw Cummins @ 1500 rpm

Generator hours Port: 17,993 hours; Starboard: 18,326 hours (Apr 2012)

Electricity 380V volt/3-phase/50Hz

Stabilisers 1 x Vosper / Naiad, Zero Speed

Bowthruster 1 x HRP 200-60 Electric @ 140 hp

Air Conditioning 1 x Heinman/Hopman 3 zones +chiller plant

Water Maker 2 x Idromar reverse osmosis

Fuel Centrifuge/Separator 1 x Alfa Laval MAB 103 B-24

Passerelle 1 x Electric Hydraulic AI 50

INTERIOR / GALLEY / LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT

Galley

1 x Lohberger Oven

1 x Lohberger grill

1 x Lohberger deep fryer

1 x Lohberger stove (4 x induction)

1 x foster Refrigerator

1 x foster freezer

1 x Scotsman AC 45 Icemaker

1 x Metro Dishwasher

1 x miele microwave - oven

1 x Lohberger Grill

1 x Foster Walk-ins on tank deck

Crew Quarters/Mess

1 x Panasonic combination oven Microwave

1 x Liebherr pro line Refrigerator

1 x GEC Domestic Dishwasher

3 x Miele Professional WS5425 Washing Machines

3 x Miele Professional T5205C Clothes Dryers

1 x Miele Rotating HM 21-100 Irons

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

Magnetic Compass 1 x Cassens & Plath

Gyro Compass 1 x C Plath Mk1

Automatic Pilot 1 x C Plath Navi Pilot V hsc

Echo Sounder 1 x Furuno FCV 582 L

Radar 1 x Decca

Radar 1 x Furuno RCV 013

Transponder 1 x Furuno

DGPS 2 x Litton Marine

Charts 1 x Transas

Navtex 1 x ICS nav 5

AIS GPS 1 x Saab

Log 1 x Seaplath Naviknot III

Wind Instruments 1 x Walker P310

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

SATCOM 1 x Sat TV Seatel

1 x Sat C Thrane & Thrane

1 x Sat Fleet 33

1 x Sat Fleet 77

1 x VSAT Seatel

VHF 2 x Sailor RT 4822

MF/HF 1 x Sailor HC 4500

Landline/Intercom 1 x Panasonic System

Miscellaneous 1 x Wi-Fi

DECK EQUIPMENT

1 x Anchor Windless System Steen

2 x Anchors 19-2-50

2 x Aft Capstans

1 x Marquipt Both, Port and Starboard

ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT

Main Saloon

1 x Surround sound plasma television

2 x Denon DVD player

1 x Denon amplifier

1 x Sat decoder

1 x Ipad

Sky lounge

1 x Surround sound plasma TV

1 x DVD Players

1 x Denon amplifier

1 x Sat decoder

1 x Ipad

Sundeck

1 x CD player

1 x Marrantz amplifier

Master Stateroom

1 x Surround sound 50’’Plasma TV

1 x DVD Players

1 x Denon amplifier

1 x Sat decoder

1 x Ipad

VIP Cabin

2 x 23’’HD

2 x DVD Players

2 x Denon amplifier

2 x Sat decoder

Guest Cabins

2 x 23’’HD

2 x DVD Players

2 x Denon amplifier

2 x Sat decoder

Crew & Captain’s Cabin

1 x 27” Plasma TVs

6 x 20” Plasma TVs

7 x DVD Players

2 x Sat decoders

General

1 x Crestron Multi Media System

1 x X-boxes in the guest suites for the kids on board

1 x LINN Audi throughout yacht

IPod docking stations throughout the yacht

OFFICE EQUIPMENT

PC/Printer: 1 x Asus , 1x Canon

Fax/Copier: 1 x Panasonic

Monitors: 1 x Samsung

TENDERS & WATERSPORTS EQUIPMENT

Tenders

1 x Custom 22ft. Tender with FNM HTLP 250 hp

1 x Novurania 22ft. 660XL Equator with 250 hp Yanmar

1 x Rescue tender Canguro 420 gs

Water Sports

1 x Yamaha Waverunner XL700

1 x Yamaha Jet Ski SL 700A

Snorkel gear & fishing gear, water skis, towable toys

Diving Compressor

1 x BAUER

Crane

1 x 2000 kg Yacht Tec JA01001

1 x 2000 kg Yacht Tec JA00379

SECURITY & SAFETY EQUIPMENT

1 x Panasonic closed circuit television (CCTV) system with

4x Cameras and motion detectors (main deck) + 4 cameras in the engine room

3 x CCTV Monitor screens in wheelhouse, crew mess room and engine room

4 x Door alarms: stern /aft escape, engine room escape, fire escape.

44 x Fire / heat / smoke detectors throughout yacht

2 x Fixed C) 2 Systems locates in Engine room and Galley

28 x Fire extinguishers in all places necessary

COMMENTS

This yacht has to be seen to experience the exceptional level of quality craftsmanship onboard.

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