2011 Holiday Gift Guide: The Gift You Buy After a Successful IPO

Your old car was great when you were trying to get someplace. The Maserati GranTurismo Convertible is for when you’ve arrived. Sure, you might consider an Aston Martin or a Rolls Royce, but those are best left for English gentlemen in tweed. The Maserati GranTurismo will fit you like a hand-stitched Italian suit and carry you from 0 to 60 mph in five seconds with its newly engineered V8 engine. Customize your sleek new toy with a bourdeaux pontevecchio (deep red) exterior, hard or soft wood dashboard, chrome moldings, leather seats, racing pedals, and Pirelli tires. Cost: Starting at $143,000

As the manufacturer of the world’s most expensive motorcycles, it’s quite hard to go wrong with a machine from Ecosse. The Heretic is its flagship model. While the motorcycle’s name may imbue its rider with a devil-may-care attitude, you may rest assured that Ecosse has taken great care with construction of this impressive bike. Built with light but strong carbon fiber and aluminum, engineers hand weld each bolt and screw. Ecosse boasts that no two Heretics are the same. Engines are custom built to your specifications, and the bike is available in any color. Then there’s that perfect final touch—engrave up to 21 characters on the handlebar clamp. Cost: Starts at $74,800

Luxury knows no bounds when you set foot at the Emirates Palace hotel in the United Arab Emirates city of Abu Dhabi. The hotel is the second most expensive ever built, only surpassed by Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, ringing in at over $3 billion. Arrive via the helipad or private marina, settle into a suite outfitted with marble and gold, and then relax at one of two pools or spas or the mile-long stretch of private beach. Butler service is free. Twenty-two of the 92 suites are reserved for hosting Heads of State or Government. Cost: Starts at $585 per night

Whether you plan to watch Avatar or Casablanca, movie night is bound to better while lounging in a personally designed home theater. Meridian Electronics has several video and audio systems that produce studio-quality results, including some projectors that offer up to 10 megapixels of definition. Furnish your cinema with overstuffed recliners from Stargate Cinemas. And no home theater is complete without a Antique Deluxe Silver Popcorn Machine, which pops 90 1-ounce servings every hour. Cost: Westchester Audio Video Design Group can design and build your theater for $100,000 to $450,000

If you long to feel the ocean spray on your face and the salty wind whip through your hair, then the Viking 42c yacht with an open cockpit will suit your fancy. Its 122 square feet of space can easily accommodate your business clients or your family on your next trip down the coast. The spacious vessel has two staterooms and two bathrooms, along with a skylight and plenty of seating. Control the 42-foot long craft’s two powerful engines from the fly bridge, reaching up to 600 mph. Cost: Starts at $985,000

When it comes time to pop the cork and celebrate, no vintage beats Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 1990, Millenium 2000, Methuselah. Cristal created the exclusive champagne to celebrate the new millennium and produced only 2,000 of the six-liter bottles. Amber in color and sweet as light honey, the bubbly was initially sold at $2,000 each. Now, the champagne regularly fetches more than $17,000 at auction. In 2005, it became the world’s most expensive bottle ever sold, when an auction-goer paid $17,625. Cost: Christie’s auction house has several lots currently for sale, and it estimates the price range between $8,000 and $12,000

— Abe Brown