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crystaldecanter.

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GET SMART ABOUT ART

A 2006 landscape of walnut trees,

for sale at an auction at Christie’s

in London on Feb. 12, is trademark

David Hockney—colorful,

ebullient, and dreamily figurative.

Price: Estimated from $3.3 million

Future value: Hockney, who

turns 83 this year, has been

famous since the 1960s, but in the

past couple of years his art has

commanded some of the highest

prices in his career.

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Designed around 1990, the Cartier

Panthère gold bangle bracelet,

available at FD Gallery in New York,

includes three different colors of gold.

The open spiral ends in two sculpted

gold panther heads.

Price: $8,800

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FIND A BEST FRIEND G

Second Chance Animal

Rescue of Puerto Rico isa

501(c)(3) nonprofit establis

in 2000 in Villalba. The organization rescues,

rehabilitates, and secures permanent homes for

theisland’s abandoned dogs.

$400 (adoption fee includes vaccinations

ndspaying or neutering)

Future value: Your heart will grow bigger

than you even thought possible.

TERYOURBODY

Men,it seems, are coming around to the minimally

invasive liposculpting procedure at Ryan Neinstein’s

plastic surgery center. By using Renuvion’s ionized

helium (aka plasma technology), skin tightening

complements the removal of stubborn fat.

Price: $7,500 (downtime is three days off work

and three weeks out of the gym)

Future value: You can’t add 10 years to your life,

but you can knock them off your body.

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sidehandbag investment

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VISIT AN AT-RISK LOCALE,

SUSTAINABLY

AdventureSmith Explorations

offers a land tour through

Ecuador from Napo Wildlife

Center, an ecotourism project

that’s conserved more than

82 square miles of the most

pristine rainforest in Yasunì

National Park.

Price: From $1,332 per person

for five nights

Future value: You’ll be doing

your part to support a local

economy in a considerate way.

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onthewayup.A bottle

of 2016 ChâteauLes

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for$169;finewine

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it initsPower 100 for

thefirsttimein2019.

Priceperformance,

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overthepastyear—

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UPGRADE YOUR CULTURE

A membership to the Metropolitan

Museum of Art’s Friends of European

Paintings Circle is not your typical

museum benefit. Along with advance

previews and private access, members

at this level get tours with department

curators and take trips to see like-

minded collectors’ private collections.

Price: $10,000

Future value: It’s taking

art appreciation to the next

level. Knowledge, after

all, is power; what you

choose to do with it

(collect, impress friends

at cocktail parties)

is up to you.

Formoreskills-basedpersonal

improvement:Consider

CourseHorse,whichofferslessons

oncooking,pottery,computer

programming,andforeignlanguages,

amongmanyotherclasses.Options

canrangefromabout$80(howto

makehandmadepasta)to$12,000

(high-impactleadershiptraining).

If youthinktheHockney

markethaspeaked:There’s

a 1974paintingbytheFrench

modernistJeanDubuffet

(above)atanauctionat

Sotheby’sLondononFeb. 11

thatcarriesa lowestimate

of£900,000($1.17million).

It’sa primeexampleofhis

latestyle;hisworksfromthis

periodhavesoldwellsince

theirpaintwasstillwet.

Thenstoreallthosepictures:

The$299TimeCapsulefrom

AppleInc.is a wirelessharddrive

thatworksasa masterbackup

hub.It’llallowyoutosecureall

theMacproductsinyourhome

inoneplace—andit’salsoa full-

featuredWi-Fibasestation.

If you’remoreofa sneakerhead:Unknwnreleaseda limited-

edition$120pinkNikeAirMaxVeronaduringtheSuperBowl.

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