Wine bottles featuring labels painted by Britain's Prince Charles have been sold for $15,000 at an auction. The bottles went under the hammer at New York auction house Sotheby's on Thursday.

Chefs in Thailand have made a 10-course dinner that costs diners $25,000 to eat. Among the delicacies included were Perigord truffles that are worth about $350 each. Six three-star chefs were commissioned to cook the dinner. It was served at the Lebua luxury hotel in celebration of the "Epicurean Masters of the World" event.

This is a dream come true for wine lovers as the world's largest bottle of wine, from the land of Aussies, has come to made its way to United States. According to The New York Daily News, the 1,300 pound bottle contains nearly 64 gallons of wine, enough to relieve thirst of half of Long Island. Kim Bullock, the creator of wine said, "I've gotten lots of offers for it, and I've turned down one for $100 000. "

Manchester United and Real Madrid soccer players get sold for millions of dollars, often enough to run a small country. But things are a little different in Romania, where star players are being swapped for utilities to run their small country.

The mayor of the western town of Lupeni in Romania is offering the top player of his second division football team in exchange for a gas pipeline, ananova. com reports. The report said that mayor Cornel Rasmerita, who is also the head of the Minerul football team disclosed that he is willing to sell his key goalkeeper Christian Belgradean to first division team Jiul for something his town needs.