How much would you pay for a new car? Wrist Watch? Or even a statuette for decorating a house? It is unlikely that millions of dollars, like some “money bags”, are ready to pay insane amounts for the best or rarest items.
We present to you the most expensive things in the world, a selection of items that will ruin most people on Earth.
10. Heintzman crystal piano - $ 3.22 million
Before this piano was auctioned to an unknown buyer, it sounded to the whole world at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
This musical instrument may look too beautiful to make you want to play it. And now he makes crystal clear sounds in the house of a private owner.
9. Tequila Passion Azteca - $ 3.5 million
This drink is made from six-year-old blue agave juice. But who needs the contents when the vessel in which it is located is much more interesting?
The most expensive tequila in the world is so expensive because its bottle is made of platinum and white gold and is covered with almost 6,500 diamonds. But there are cheaper options - tequila without a diamond frame in a bottle of gold or platinum will cost 250 thousand dollars.
8. Neiman Marcus Limited Edition Fighter - $ 11 million
Among the most expensive things can be more exotic and compact specimens. But as fast as the most expensive motorcycle in the world - no.
Only 45 copies of the Neiman Marcus Limited Edition Fighter saw the light. With its powerful 2 liter turbo engine, this monster of roads weighing 195 kg can accelerate to 300 kilometers per hour.
In 2000, it was worth $ 110,000 - not too expensive compared to the other most expensive things. However, the Neiman Marcus Limited Edition Fighter is one of those iron horses that only rises in price over time.
Now this is a very popular, extremely rare and very expensive "street science fiction dream," as Neiman Marcus described his creation.
7. The Wittelsbach-Graff diamond - $ 24 million
Found in India in the 17th century, this dark blue diamond weighing 35.36 carats has seen many crowned people in its lifetime. The first of them was the Spanish monarch Philip IV, who presented it to the Infanta Margarita Teresa in honor of her engagement to Leopold I.
Subsequently, he came to the Elector Karl Albrecht from the house of Wittelsbach, who ruled Bavaria. And remained in the Bavarian crown until the First World War. Hence the first name of the stone.
In 2008, the London house of Christie’s put up a diamond for sale, and was acquired by jeweler Lawrence Graff from Graff Diamonds. Dissatisfied with “25 stone defects and multiple chips and scratches as a result of numerous changes over the past 360-odd years”, he turned it into an impeccable quality diamond weighing 31.06 carats.
6. Watches Graff Diamonds Hallucination - $ 55 million
The most expensive watches in the world are inlaid with yellow, pink, blue, gray and orange diamonds in different shapes. Their total weight reaches 110 carats. Graff Diamonds, a London-based jewelry company, has spent several thousand hours working on this alluring Hallucination.
5. 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO - $ 70 million
In June 2018, David McNeill, founder and CEO of WeatherTech, acquired the most expensive car in the world.
According to CNN, “owners very rarely part with it (the car) for any price,” because there are only 39 Ferraris in the world that were released between 1962 and 1964.
“The Ferrari 250 GTO is an analogue of Van Gogh's Sunflowers in the automotive market,” said auction chairman James Knight.
4. Falcon Supernova iPhone 6 - $ 95.5 million
Those few lucky ones who managed to hold the most expensive smartphone in the world in their hands laid out almost $ 100 million not for its “stuffing”. It is no different from the regular version of the iPhone 6 - the Apple A8 processor, already far from the most powerful, 4.7-inch screen, an 1810 mAh battery with 1 GB of RAM and 128 GB for storage of user content.
Of interest is the unique pink diamond under the Apple logo.
For those who are not ready to part with such an amount, there are cheaper options - with blue or orange diamonds. The case of the device is made of yellow gold, rose gold or platinum - at the choice of the customer.
3. The sculpture of Alberto Giacometti "Pointing Man" - 141.3 million dollars.
In the photo of the most expensive things in the world, we usually see graceful, stylish objects made of precious materials. And their creation takes years. But the “Pointing Man” sculpture is not one of those. She is more reminiscent of Slenderman than a work of art.
Nevertheless, art lovers are ready to shell out millions of dollars for it. After all, its creator is the famous Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti. He created The Pointing Man in just one night.
The 180-centimeter figure symbolizes weakness, loneliness and the desire to escape from the fear generated by the Second World War. Even in the post-war period, people could not recover from the horror. That is why this and other Giacometti sculptures are so thin and their appearance is clearly not joyful.
2. Leonardo da Vinci's painting “Savior of the World” - $ 450 million
One of the most famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci was acquired in 2017 by the Saudi prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud.
According to sources of Artnet.com, this buyer was only an intermediary, and the hereditary prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, became the true owner of the painting. A spokeswoman for Christie’s auction house claimed that da Vinci’s masterpiece was bought by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Department.
Be that as it may, “Savior of the world” is the most expensive piece of art in the world ever put up for auction.
The painting was first sold for $ 60 in 1958. I wonder what the previous owners would say if they knew how much they paid for the “Savior of the world” 59 years later?
1. Yacht Streets of Monaco - $ 1 billion
Here is the answer to the question of what is the most expensive thing in the world. This huge yacht-city is a miniature principality of Monaco, with all its most important attractions.
And what are the attractions in Monaco? That's right, hotels and casinos. And another Formula 1 race on the Monaco Grand Prix circuit. The track itself on the yacht could not be placed, so the go-kart site is responsible for creating the atmosphere of the races.
Yacht Island Design is not the first to create themed yachts designed to entertain multi-billionaires and their friends. However, such a large-scale project in her practice was probably the first time.
Although other vessels surpass the Streets of Monaco in speed, this yacht is the most expensive in the world.
