Japan’s bullet trains may be famed for their speed but a ride on the Cruise Train Seven Stars in Kyushu, a luxury sleeper, is a more exclusive experience.

The perfect price for a watch is “very personal,” say experts Brynn Wallner and Vincent Brasesco, who break down the many things to consider when buying a watch - and what the sweetspot for a luxury timepiece actually is.

Birkin bags can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars and, even if you’re rich, it’s near impossible to get one. In July, the original Birkin bag by Hermès went for an eye-watering $10 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris. CNN spoke to its new owner, Japanese collector Shinsuke Sakimoto, to find out how and why he made his winning bid.

Britain’s King Charles has announced that his brother, Andrew, will be stripped of his “prince” title and ordered to leave Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion that has been his home since 2003, over the swirling Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Belgian watchmaker Col&MacArthur is selling not just time, but history itself.

Isidor and Ida Straus are remembered as two of the highest-profile victims of the Titanic disaster, and among the few first-class passengers to perish.

One of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands sold on Tuesday, breaking its own record as the most expensive work by the Russian jeweler ever to appear at auction.

A playground for the slow travel elite, starting at $80,000 a night, the “L’Observatoire” suite aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is train travel, but not as you know it.

From Rolls-Royce to Aston Martin, high-end carmakers are catering to their wealthiest clients through bespoke projects where no ask is too much.

Following a splashy move from Sotheby’s, Bonhams is the next auction house to upgrade to a museum-worthy space in New York. But despite new flagships and record-breaking sales, the art market is still showing distress signals.

What are the rich and famous buying in 2026? Just ask these personal shoppers who have built careers sourcing impossible-to-get items for the 1%.

The museum has released photos of the crown before it will be sent for repairs.