Neiman Marcus issues its annual holiday catalog on October 9, and as usual it includes some over-the-top fantasy gifts. The most expensive is a pair of "his and hers" timepieces for just over $1 million from Van Cleef & Arpels that depict a love story. One face shows a woman on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower, gazing toward Notre Dame. The other watch features a man on top of Notre Dame looking toward the Eiffel Tower. The figures on both watches move, and the faces are surrounded by diamonds. The woman’s watch strap is silk, the men’s strap is alligator. The watches come with a romantic trip to Paris and Geneva, with a tour the Van Cleef & Arpels watchmaking workshops.
There's also a walk-on role in Broadway’s Annie: The Musical for $30,000, a hen house inspired by France’s Versailles palace for $100,000, a $354,000 red, special edition McLaren 12C Spider sports car, a $250,000 dinner for 10 featuring four famous chefs, a $150,000 wood-paneled trailer designed for tailgating with a sound system and bar stocked with bourbon and rye, a $99,500 water-propelled jetpack, a $90,000 gaming machine, and a $70,000 video portrait of an owl by artist Robert Wilson.
Some of the proceeds from the fantasy gifts will benefit certain charities.
For the rest of us who can't afford the fantasy gifts, almost 40 percent of the items in the catalog cost less than $250, with the least expensive item being the $10 monogrammed mug.
If I had the money, I would go for the dinner for 10. I would prefer an experience over a tangible thing. Plus if I had that watch, I would never wear it for fear of it being stolen. I would take the trip to Paris and Geneva, though.
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