Over the years, I have poked fun at the Hammacher Schlemmer gift catalog. On the cover, they boast that they have “the best, the unique, and the unexpected.” This is evidenced by the following items ...

Over the years, I have poked fun at the Hammacher Schlemmer gift catalog. On the cover, they boast they have “the best, the ...

In terms of sales volume, the autumn auction at Ketterer Kunst on December 8/9 is Germany’s biggest art auction. With some 130 exhibits by over 100 artists from Europe and the USA, the exhibition ...

Neiman Marcus is famous for its outrageous annual Christmas Book catalog, where money is often no object, and the gifts offer the ultimate bragging rights. Every year, the classic store offers ...

Lawrie Schlemmer was born into what he always said was "a fairly boring" Afrikaans family (though half of it was English-speaking) in Pretoria, but once, on a long trip into Zululand, I got him to ...