How much would you pay for a new car? Wrist Watch? Or even a figurine for home decoration? Hardly millions of dollars, like some "moneybags" willing 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 grand piano - $ 3.22 million
Before the grand piano was auctioned to an unknown buyer, it was played throughout the world at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
This musical instrument may look too pretty to make you want to play it. And now he makes crystal clear sounds in a private owner's house.
9. Tequila Passion Azteca - $ 3.5 million
This drink is made from six-year-old blue agave juice. But who needs the content 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 covered with almost 6,500 diamonds. But there are also 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 items, there may 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 were released. 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 priced at $ 110,000 - not too expensive compared to other most expensive items. However, the Neiman Marcus Limited Edition Fighter is one of those iron horses that only get more expensive over time.
Now it is a highly sought after, extremely rare and very expensive "street sci-fi dream", as Neiman Marcus described his creation.
7. Diamond "Wittelsbach-Graff" - $ 24 million
Found in India in the 17th century, this 35.36-carat deep blue diamond has seen many crowned heads in its lifetime. The first of these was the Spanish monarch Philip IV, who presented it to Infanta Margaret Teresa in honor of her engagement to Leopold I.
Subsequently, he came to the Elector Karl Albrecht of the House of Wittelsbach, who ruled Bavaria. And he remained in the Bavarian crown until the First World War. Hence the first name of the stone.
In 2008, London-based Christie's put the diamond up for auction and was acquired by jeweler Laurence Graff of Graff Diamonds. Unhappy with “25 flaws in the stone and multiple chips and scratches as a result of numerous changes over the past 360-plus years”, he turned it into a flawless 31.06 carat diamond.
6. Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch - $ 55 million
The most expensive wristwatch in the world 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, spent thousands of hours of work on this alluring Hallucination.
5. 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO - $ 70 million
June 2018 the most expensive car in the world acquired by David McNeill, founder and CEO of WeatherTech.
According to CNN, “owners very rarely part with it (a car) at any price,” because there are only 39 Ferraris in the world built between 1962 and 1964.
“The Ferrari 250 GTO is analogous to Van Gogh's Sunflowers in the automotive market,” said auction chairman James Knight.
4. Falcon Supernova iPhone 6 - $ 95.5 million
Those lucky few who managed to hold in their hands the most expensive smartphone in the world, 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, 1810 mAh battery, 1 GB of RAM and 128 GB for user content storage.
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 body of the device is made of yellow gold, rose gold or platinum - at the customer's choice.
3. Sculpture of Alberto Giacometti "The Pointing Man" - $ 141.3 million
In the photo of the most expensive things in the world, we usually see graceful, stylish items made of precious materials. And it takes years to create them. But the sculpture "The Pointing Man" is not one of those. She looks more like Slenderman than a work of art.
Yet 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 cm figurine symbolizes weakness, loneliness and a 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 they endured. That is why this and other sculptures by Giacometti are so thin and their appearance is clearly not joyful.
2. Painting by Leonardo da Vinci "Savior of the World" - $ 450 million
One of the most famous canvases by Leonardo da Vinci acquired in 2017 by the Saudi prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud.
According to Artnet.com sources, this buyer was only an intermediary, and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, became the true owner of the painting. A spokesman for the auction house Christie’s claimed that da Vinci's masterpiece was bought by the Abu Dhabi Department of Tourism.
However, the 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 former owners would have said when they learned how much they paid for the Savior of the World 59 years later?
1. Yacht Streets of Monaco - $ 1 billion
This 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 major attractions.
What are the attractions in Monaco? That's right, hotels and casinos. And more Formula 1 races on the Monaco Grand Prix track. It was not possible to place the track itself on the yacht, so the go-kart site is responsible for creating the atmosphere of the races.
Yacht Island Design is no stranger to creating themed yachts for the entertainment of multi-billionaires and their friends. However, such a large-scale project was probably the first time in her practice.
Let other ships surpass Streets of Monaco in speed, but this yacht is the most expensive in the world.