Below is a summary of the most expensive things in the world, including cars, clothes, food and even... parking.
25. Most Expensive Chess Board : Charles Hollander - $600,000
Only 7 of the world's most expensive chess sets are created with 320 carats of white and black diamonds. |
24. Most Expensive Hamburger : Le Burger Extravagant - $295
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Sold at Serendipity 3, New York City, this Hamburger comes with a diamond-encrusted gold toothpick. |
23. Most expensive sports car : Ferrari 250 GTO 1962 - $35 million
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Recently the Ferrari 250 GTO1962 became the most expensive sports car in history and was sold in the UK to an unnamed collector. |
22. Most expensive camera : Susse Freres daguerreotype - $775,000
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This camera sold at auction in 2007 dates from 1839 and is the oldest surviving camera. |
21. Most expensive city : Tokyo - $1,200 /m2
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Recently Tokyo, Japan surpassed London and Paris to become the most expensive city in the world. |
20. Most expensive hotel room: Royal Penthouse Suite at President Wilson Hotel in Geneva - $65,000 /night
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With 10 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, the price of this hotel is not surprising. |
19. Most Expensive TV: PrestigeHD Supreme Rose Edition - $2.3 million
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The television is wrapped in alligator skin, hand-stitched and studded with an astonishing number of diamonds. |
18. Most Expensive Piano: Heintzman Crystal - $3.22 million
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This Beijing-made guitar was recently sold at an auction. |
17. Most Expensive Cigar: Gurkha Black Dragon - $1,150 /cigarette
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Introduced in 2006, Honduran cigars are made from the breastbone of a camel. But unfortunately for cigar enthusiasts as only 5 boxes of these cigars have ever been produced. |
16. Most Expensive Motorcycle: Dodge Tomahawk V10 Superbike - $700,000
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This 4-wheel motorcycle accelerates from 0 to 100km/h in just 2.5 seconds and reaches a top speed of 500km/h. |
15. Most Expensive Watch: Haute Joaillerie from Chopard - $25 million
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This watch is like a sparkling jewelry. |
14. Most Expensive Champagne Bottle: Heidsieck Monopole 1907 - $25,000
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An undersea exploration from the late 90s found a shipwreck containing 2,000 bottles of this French Champagne. |
13. Most expensive speaker set: Transmission Audio Ultimate System - $2 million
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This speaker set weighs more than 5 tons, is more than 12m long and is made from aircraft aluminum. |
12. Most expensive painting: Number 5, 1948 - 140 million USD
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This painting by artist Jackson Pollock met with many criticisms from everyone. |
11. Most Expensive Building: Antillia in Mumbai - $1 billion
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Named after a mythical island in the Atlantic, this building needs 600 people to service. |
10. Most expensive photo: Rhein II - $4 million
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Although photographer Andreas Gursky is known for his colorful scenes, this shot of Germany's Rhein River is only blue and gray. |
9. Most Expensive Sculpture: L'Homme qui marche - $104.3 million
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L'Homme qui marche has become the highest-paid sculpture ever. |
8. Most Expensive Ring: Chopard Blue Diamond - $16.26 million
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The expensive ring is set with a large oval blue diamond and around the ring is 18 carat white gold and diamonds. |
7. Most Expensive Yacht: History Supreme - $4.8 billion
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Made of 100,000kg of gold and decorated with the bones of a T-Rex, the yacht is owned by Malaysian businessman Robert Kuok. |
6. Most Expensive Feather: Huia's Feather - $8,000
10,000 USD in New Zealand." |
Just one feather from an extinct Huia bird is auctioned for up to nearly 10,000 USD in New Zealand. |
5. Most Expensive Jeans: Spin Jean by Damien Hirst - $27,000
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There are only 8 pairs of pants like this in the world. |
4. Most Expensive Phone: iPhone 4S Elite Gold by Stuart Hughes - $9.4 million
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The back of this phone is made entirely of gold and the Apple logo is encrusted with 53 diamonds. |
3. Most Expensive Domain Name: Insure.com - $16 million
The Quinstreet Marketing Group purchased the domain in 2009 and was included in the world records list. |
2. Most expensive pencil drawing: Raphael's Head of a Muse - $47.9 million
20 million USD but the official selling price doubled at auction in 2009." |
1. Most expensive parking space: Manhattan - $1 million
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Located in an eight-story luxury apartment building at 66 E. 11th Street in downtown Manhattan, this million-dollar parking lot is worth more than six times the average family's income. |
