America's Cup. Marc Newson Art Edition

Let's be clear: America's Cup. Marc Newson Art Edition is not a book, it's a broadside. A glorified trophy disguised as a publication. Yours for £12,500 - that's a year's rent, a used van, or about 3,000 issues of AP. Full disclosure - I didn't receive a press review copy.

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Published by TASCHEN, a house not unfamiliar with artistic audacity, the 7.65kg book comes sheathed in cotton sailcloth, fastened by a custom Louis Vuitton clasp, and hoisted onto a 9.8kg carbon-fibre stand designed by Newson that resembles the keel of a sailboat. Limited to 175 signed copies, it's less coffee-table book and more ode to privilege with a press release - ideal for displaying somewhere between the wine cellar and helipad.