Platinum Hello Kitty Sells For $102,000

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From reuters.co.uk

A platinum, diamond-studded figurine of Hello Kitty, the hugely popular feline character, has been sold for the equivalent of $102,000 by a department store in the Japanese city of Osaka.

The 4.1 cm (1.6 in.) tall figurine, dressed in a queen's outfit and studded with 250 diamonds, was produced to celebrate the 30th birthday of the famous white cat with no mouth.

"It was sold to a customer from Osaka," said a spokesman at the Mitsukoshi department store, declining to give details... Entire Story Here