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LifestyleSanlorenzo Booked 18.3% More Orders on 3.8% More Revenue
Sanlorenzo took EUR 496.4 million of orders in the first half of 2026, up 18.3%, while revenue rose only 3.8%. The Superyacht Division grew 12.4% and boats under 24 metres went flat. A builder's order book is the cleanest forward evidence of where the money is going.
LifestyleHalf a Billion Dollars of Brokerage Stock Opens the Yacht Season
The brokerage fleet at the Cannes Yachting Festival is worth about half a billion dollars, with more than 45 boats over 25 metres on offer. At Monaco two weeks later, 71 of the 116 yachts examined are listed for sale. The autumn selling season opens with an unusually deep book of large tonnage.
LifestyleAround 150 Artworks Made Nearly 60% of Global Auction Sales
Around 150 works accounted for nearly 60% of global auction sales in the first half of 2026, while the three big houses took $6.8 billion between them, up 70% year on year. Collector cars, superyachts and preowned business jets are concentrating value in exactly the same shape.
LifestyleFifteen Percent of Billionaires Own an Aircraft, Three Times the Share That Owns a Yacht
Altrata's Billionaire Census 2026 counts 3,795 billionaires worth a combined $15.1 trillion, and puts aircraft ownership at 15 percent against about 5 percent for yachts. What the demand-side census says about the buyer behind business aviation, and about the $6.6 trillion due to change hands within a decade.
LifestyleOne Market Took a Quarter of Swiss Watch Exports in July
Switzerland shipped CHF 2.63 billion of watches in July 2026 and the United States took CHF 701.3 million of it, 26.7 percent of global output against a 17 percent share for all of 2025. What one market absorbing a quarter of the industry says about where hard money is sitting.
LifestyleFewer Superyachts Sold in 2026, for a Lot More Money
326 preowned superyachts sold in the first half of 2026, down 8% year on year, yet buyers spent $3.51 billion, up 15%. Business aviation is concentrating value the same way, but its transaction volumes are moving the opposite direction.
LifestyleCollector Cars Set a $756M Record at Monterey While the Blue Chips Stalled
The Monterey Car Week auctions sold $755.6 million of collector cars in mid-August 2026, lapping the previous record of $471.2 million. Volume was flat. Price did all the work, and only for a narrow band of cars.
LifestyleDubai's Trophy Market Set a Record While the City Cooled
Buyers closed 296 Dubai home sales above $10 million in the first half of 2026, worth $5.1 billion, up 16 percent by count on a year earlier. Over the same six months the wider residential market fell 14 percent by volume and 15.7 percent by value, with mainstream prices softening 5 to 20 percent depending on location.
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