Whether you’re looking to plan your next adventure or you just want a rare collectible for your home, The Vault by Robb Report is here to help you out. The latest additions to the one-of-a-kind shop encompass an enviable range of experiences and collectibles. You could journey to Utah or Tasmania, where you’ll be immersed in two of the world’s most incredible natural landscapes; dine with one of the country’s best chefs in New York or enjoy a private tour of the city’s most flora-filled space; or take home modern jewelry and vintage objets d’art created by some of the world’s finest artisans. Whatever you decide, you can be sure that you’re acquiring something rare, unique, and singularly yours.
Below, explore the seven latest offerings available only at The Vault.
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Cartier Art Deco Carved Agate Bowl
Image Credit: Foundwell Price: $11,500
You may already have some Cartier jewelry or one of the brand’s iconic watches in your collection. But it’s unlikely that you own an objet like this one. The carved agate bowl was handmade in Paris in the 1930s, and it’s offered here in pristine condition, nestled in the original leather box that Cartier had custom-made for it. While the brand’s employees were skilled at cutting and shaping gems, this bowl would have proved a challenge for even the best stone cutter. The single piece of agate was shaped into a bowl with a delicate foot and a flattened rim. It’s a stunning conversation piece for any Cartier collector.
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Your Own Private Tented Camp Overlooking Monument Valley, Utah
Image Credit: Henry Cookson Price: $600,000
This Utah excursion is an adrenaline junkie’s dream. Up to 10 people will get to spend five nights in a posh tented camp overlooking Monument Valley, created exclusively for your use. To arrive at camp, you have the option of skydiving into Canyonlands National Park then rafting down the Colorado River. Your days will be filled with adventuring: rappelling down canyons, mountain biking, and jet-skiing among them. With 360-degree views of the area, you’ll have lunch atop the butte. And a Navajo medicine man will teach you about the indigenous population and its traditional practices. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime trip that very few will get to experience.
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Dinner for 8 at a New York City Loft Cooked by Tom Colicchio
Image Credit: Daniel Brennan Price: $110,000
Gourmands couldn’t ask for a more appealing evening. Tom Colicchio, the head judge on Top Chef and an eight-time James Beard Award winner, is giving you the chance to experience his cooking in the most exclusive of fashions. The acclaimed chef will cook a custom three-course meal for eight people in a Tribeca loft, where he’ll work with you to create the menu. (You may be remiss to not order his signature short ribs.) During the dinner, you’ll get to hear tales from Colicchio’s storied career, and he’ll send every guest home with a signed cookbook. It’s not every day that you get to have one of the world’s top chefs cook for you directly.
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A Week-Long Adventure Exploring Tasmania, Australia’s Only Island State, By Land and Sea
Image Credit: On Board Expeditions Price: $180,000
Few people get to see Tasmania like this. Over the course of a week, you and seven others will get to explore Australia’s only island state in style. For five nights, you’ll stay aboard a private 80-foot expedition catamaran that has a minimal environmental footprint and guides trained to protect Tasmania’s fragile environment. When on land, you’ll explore the rainforests, mountains, and beaches of the landscape, with a chance to see the rare orange-bellied parrot (only about 70 exist in the wild). A few of your meals will be cooked by the chef Analiese Gregory, who trained under Gordon Ramsay. And for two nights, you’ll enjoy the five-star Tasman hotel in the island’s capital of Hobart.
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A Unique Pair of Adam Neeley SpectraGold and Tennessee Pearl Earrings
Image Credit: Adam Neeley Price: $114,000
Most of the pearls used in high jewelry come from Asia. But for these one-of-a-kind earrings, the American jeweler Adam Neeley has sourced a dozen pearls from the Tennessee River. There, native mussels produce uniquely shaped pearls, with less than 1 percent being round. Neeley, though, has chosen 12 of those perfectly round specimens to adorn his Oceana earrings, one of fewer than 20 high-jewelry items he’ll create by hand this year. The shell-shaped earrings, made of his proprietary SpectraGold (a mix of white and yellow gold that’s hand-fused and forged over more than 80 hours), also feature canary and white diamonds. Your mother’s pearl earrings these are not.
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An ‘Alice in Wonderland’-Themed Tea Party at the New York Botanical Garden
Image Credit: New York Botanical Garden Price: $69,000
If you’ve always wanted to journey through the looking glass, the New York Botanical Garden can make that dream become a reality. The garden’s current exhibition, Wonderland: Curious Nature, brings Alice’s adventures to life, and you and 11 others can get an exclusive view. A private tour will take you through the exhibit and the NYBG’s 250 acres of flora, before you settle in for a tea party. Sandwiches and other gourmet treats will be accompanied by organic juices, Champagne, and specialty teas—and a sommelier will help you craft your own blend to take home. You’ll enjoy all of that while a horticulturalist talks you through the themes of the show, and kids can meet a couple of the costumed Alice in Wonderland characters. It’s a day befitting Alice, the Mad Hatter, and all of our inner children.
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Rare Gilt and Silver Bulgari Domino Set From the 1970s
Image Credit: Foundwell Price: $19,500
Next time you host a game night, you can really wow your guests with this Bulgari domino set. While the brand is perhaps best known for its jewelry, it was initially envisioned as an antiques creator as well. In the 1970s, Gianni, Paolo, and Nicola Bulgari hoped to renew that remit, and they started selling items that featured an increased sense of creativity. These dominos, likely one of no more than 10 sets produced, were part of that project. Made of solid silver with gold-plate dots, the set is in excellent condition and packaged in its own domino-shaped box.
Authors
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Tori Latham
