Martin Shkrelis of the world rejoice! There’s a new very exclusive and (presumably very expensive) piece of Wu-Tang Clan merch on the market: Wu-Tang Clan: Legacy: a massive (21-inch by 21-inch) glossy, leather-bound, 300-page photo book limited to 36 copies—one per Chamber. What the Wu dub the “rarest book in hip-hop history” they also consider a “coffee table book,” though A) I’m not so sure those dimensions will easily fit under your standard coffee table, and B) the book comes complete with its own piece of furniture for storage: a 400-pound steel and bronze futuristic orb (a “chamber,” they call it) with a pair of butterfly doors that open to reveal the Holy Bible of pictures of RZA, Method Man, ODB, and all those other guys.
Designed by Gethin Jones and inspired by “the ancient past and the bronze ritual bowls of the Zhou Dynasty whose first ruler was King Wu-Wang,” the, um, elaborate encasing for the book is a must-have for a very specific type of person. If that type of person is you—or if you simply need proof of its existence—you can learn more about the item here, and preview some of the pics here.
