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$80,000 Gold Basins

The World's Most Expensive Sink is Covered in 24 Karat Gold

— August 21, 2012 — Art & Design
Luxury designers Luxury Edition & Gallery now offer the world's most expensive sink made out of an aluminium casting coated with 24-karat gold and diamond accents.

This sink comes from a company for those who appreciate the finer things in life and don't mind flaunting it. This gold encrusted basin could be yours for $80,000. Owner and designer Bo Karisson has a wide selection of luxury home decor that all come with an expensive price tag. Specializing in furniture, showers, washbasins and other products that you would find in some of the world's most lavished abodes.

Luxury Edition & Gallery also sells a $1.5 million crystal bathtub and a $21,000 crystal sink to its name, so open up that check book and start living the high life.
Trend Themes
1. Luxury Home Decor - The trend of high-end, luxurious home decor products, such as gold basins and crystal sinks, provides an opportunity for designers and manufacturers to cater to affluent consumers who value opulence and prestige.
2. Extreme Luxury Prices - The trend of offering outrageously expensive products, like an $80,000 gold sink, presents an opportunity for luxury brands to target wealthy individuals who yearn for exclusive, one-of-a-kind items that amplify their social status.
3. Extravagant Bathroom Fixtures - The trend of creating extravagant and luxurious bathroom fixtures, such as gold basins and crystal bathtubs, offers businesses in the home decor industry a chance to tap into the niche market of affluent customers who seek to create a lavish and indulgent spa-like experience in their bathrooms.
Industry Implications
1. Luxury Furniture - The luxury furniture industry can capitalize on the trend of creating high-end, opulent home decor products, including gold basins, by offering unique and extravagant designs that cater to the tastes and preferences of affluent customers.
2. Home Decor - The home decor industry can seize the opportunity presented by the trend of extreme luxury prices in products like gold basins by creating exclusive and high-end collections that cater to the desires of wealthy individuals looking to showcase their wealth and sophistication in their homes.
3. Interior Design - The interior design industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by embracing the trend of extravagant bathroom fixtures, like gold basins and crystal bathtubs, and incorporating them into luxurious and opulent design concepts for high-end residential and commercial spaces.
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