All kinds of hobbies make our life brighter, promote self-expression and sometimes even bring income. Moreover, the availability of money clearly affects the interests. So, few of the billionaires collect maple leaves for herbarium or collect stamps. More often cars, art objects, jewelry are the objects of desire.
Most expensive hobbies we have collected in the current Top 10.
10. Yachts and ships
As a rule, not only buying a yacht, but also its maintenance costs a pretty penny. After all, the luxury ships presented in the collections of billionaires need to be kept clean and serviceable. Don't forget about insurance. So, one of Roman Abramovich's yachts costs a businessman about $ 2.5 million annually.
9. Aviation
Most wealthy people are limited to a single private jet for comfortable travel. However, for some, aircraft get into the soul. So the famous actor John Travolta in childhood collected models, but having achieved fame and money, he began to acquire real planes.
8. Ancient artifacts
Almost every dollar billionaire can afford a statue of the ancient period. But the artifacts of the pre-Sumerian period are the lot of connoisseurs, enthusiastic natures and fabulously rich collectors. It is almost impossible to find out the real price of such exhibits, because artifacts are usually traded illegally.
7. Rare books
There are several hundred book collections in the world, which in their value are not inferior to the famous Vatican library, which contains true rarities. Most expensive from the famous collections belongs to Bill Gates. This is Leonardo da Vinci's Code of Leicester. The cost of the treatise is estimated at $ 24 million.
6. Objects of art
In addition to the fact that the purchase of an expensive painting or statue will cost millions of dollars, the values should be constantly insured, because these exhibits are always in high demand among criminals. It is officially believed that the most expensive painting in the world became Paul Cézanne's The Card Players, which withdrew from the auction for $ 250 million.
5. Autographs
So, the autograph of John Lennon can cost $ 850 thousand, the hand-painted paintings of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio - about $ 200 thousand. Well, the most expensive in the world is the autograph of William Shakespeare, because it exists in only 6 copies.
4. Baseball cards
These pieces of cardboard are not cheap for keen collectors. For example, in 2007 the T206 Honus Wagner Baseball Card was sold for $ 2.8 million. The card was issued in 1906 with a circulation of 70 copies.
3. Things of celebrities
So, "Rolls-Royce" by John Lennon was sold for $ 2.2 million, and the famous white "flying" dress of Marilyn Monroe "left" for $ 4.6 million. It is even more expensive to purchase jewelry in which the stars sported. Elizabeth Taylor's necklace went to a suffering collector for $ 11.9 million.
2. Military equipment
The hobby is not cheap, since the cost of a T-72M tank on the black market will start at $ 1 million. There are, however, enthusiastic collectors who buy decommissioned equipment and restore machines and tools literally piece by piece. So, the British married couple Andrew and Sally Baker collect such dilapidated tanks, self-propelled guns, etc., having already restored about 80 vehicles.
1. Ancient castles
Perhaps this hobby is the most expensive of all. The bottom line is to acquire an old castle, and then, having received the necessary permits, move it closer to the house in parts and rebuild it. By the way, an abandoned dilapidated castle of the 12-14 century can be purchased at a ridiculous price of $ 50 thousand. Its dismantling and transportation will be more expensive. Arab sheikhs were the first to start collecting castles, who gradually introduced this unusual hobby into fashion among multibillionaires.