Cartier

Under the suggestive title Stadioane de cartier, Romanian for "neighbourhood stadiums", a series of tours around Bucharest organised by the online publication CORNER football+society take participants to the vestiges of a bygone era in which football was a key part of the lives of millions under the iron-fisted rule of the Communist Party.

The friendship and professional relationship between the acclaimed Lesvos-born art collector Teriade (Stratis Eleftheriadis) and celebrated French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson is the focus of "The Decisive Moment," an exhibition on display through September 5 at the Teriade Museum in the village of Varia on the southeast Aegean island.

Vangelis Kassotakis would observe the hustle and bustle of daily life in one London's most expensive locations from the window of his second-floor Bond Street office. Having worked for French luxury goods brand Cartier for 11 years - the last two as marketing director - he found that he wanted something different out of life.

A sapphire known as the Blue Belle of Asia has set a new world record after selling for more than 17 million dollars at a rare jewellery auction in Geneva, Christie's said.
     
The 392.52-carat gem was snapped up by a private collector Tuesday night for 16.965 million Swiss Francs ($17.29 million, 13.87 million euros), the highest ever for a sapphire at auction.