Jun 11 2007$1 Million Ice Cream Cone
Bruster's Real Ice Cream unveiled the world's first $1 million ice cream cone (left) at the JCK Las Vegas Show, based on their signature waffle cone (right). It was created by diamond manufacturer Lazare Kaplan International Inc. and consists of nearly 20 troy ounces of 18k white and yellow gold, 548 round Lazare Diamonds, 87 Lazare square emerald cut diamonds, and one 5.63 carat Fancy Intense Yellow radiant cut diamond. The total carat weight comes to 152.16 and the cone is on sale for $1 million. Although it seems like false advertising to call this thing an ice cream cone when there's not a single bit of ice cream in it. What if somebody buys this thing actually looking for ice cream? Man, I bet they'd be so pissed.
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Reader Comments
1. Mr_Awesome - June 11, 2007 2:46 PM
.......Why?
2. Ashninja - June 11, 2007 3:26 PM
Wow What will we waste money on next?
3. em - June 11, 2007 4:00 PM
how utterly pointless. the real one looks a milion times better.
4. BobTheMul - June 11, 2007 4:25 PM
Well I just read that George Michael is prepared to bid £50 million for the Hirst skull
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=461267&in_page_id=1773&ito=1490
But when he finds out about this ice cream baby you can bet he'll buy it, stick a vibrating function in it and put it to good use... I'm not implying anything here.. he just likes art that vibrates or is.... vibrant or... something.
5. Pastor Al - June 11, 2007 4:51 PM
What... do you do with it? At least a human skull covered in diamonds will make a good paperweight... but this won't even stand upright! Plus, you KNOW my kids will want to play with it! So, forget it... I'm not getting one.
6. Joe Mamma - June 11, 2007 6:01 PM
Yeah, your kids is the only thing keeping you from getting one Al. Why not just buy it then individually sell off the diamonds. Has to be worth more seperate than together. Like Cars parts!
7. GilbertZ - June 11, 2007 8:04 PM
Yes, their teeth will crack!
8. supercheese - June 11, 2007 10:09 PM
that ice cream must taste horrible, who would buy it?
9. zutalors - June 14, 2007 3:31 PM
I'd rather have the one on the right.