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e ab
le t
o bu
y yo
u lo
ve, b
ut it
can
cer
tain
ly b
uy a
lot
of o
ther
thi
ngs.
Fro
m p
olis
hed
diam
onds
to
pric
eles
s w
orks
of
art,
tow
erin
g fe
ats
of a
rchi
tect
ure
to a
n ex
trem
ely
expe
nsiv
e ch
eese
sa
ndw
ich,
her
e ar
e so
me
of t
he c
ostl
iest
obj
ects
on
Eart
h...
and
beyo
nd.
$5
00
,00
0–$
100
m
In 2
00
4, V
anis
ha
Mit
tal a
nd
Am
it B
hat
ia w
ere
mar
ried
at
a si
x-da
y ev
ent
in V
ersa
illes
, Fr
ance
, at
a co
st o
f $5
5 m
(£
28.5
m) –
pai
d by
V
anis
ha’
s bi
llion
aire
fat
her
La
ksh
mi.
Per
form
ers
at
the
rece
ptio
n in
clud
ed
Sh
ah R
ukh
Kh
an a
nd
Kylie
Min
ogue
.
Wor
k by
a li
vin
g ar
tist
(au
ctio
n)
$5
8.4
m
On
12 N
ov 2
013
, Bal
loon
Dog
(O
ran
ge)
by
Jeff
Koo
ns
(US
A,
b. 2
1 J
an 1
955
) was
sol
d in
New
Yo
rk C
ity,
US
A, f
or $
58
.4 m
(£
36
.4 m
). T
he
12-f
t-h
igh
(3.6
-m) s
tain
less
-st
eel s
culp
ture
w
as b
oug
ht
anon
ymou
sly.
Wed
din
g$
55
m
$10
0 m
–$5
00
m
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
post
er: g
uinn
essw
orld
reco
rds.
com
/20
18
Car
(au
ctio
n)
$3
8.1
m
A 1
962
Ferr
ari 2
50
GTO
Ber
linet
ta s
old
for
$3
8,1
15,0
00
(£2
2.7
m),
incl
ud
ing
bu
yer’
s p
rem
ium
, on
14 A
ug
2014
at
the
Bon
ham
s Q
uai
l Lod
ge
Au
ctio
n in
Car
mel
, C
alif
orn
ia, U
SA
. Eig
ht
of t
he
10 m
ost
exp
ensi
ve a
uct
ion
ed c
ars
are
Ferr
aris
.
The
Itai
pu
hyd
roel
ectr
ic d
am o
n th
e P
aran
á R
iver
bet
wee
n B
razi
l an
d P
arag
uay
cos
t $
27 b
n (£
20.2
bn)
in
198
4. F
our
dam
s jo
ined
tog
eth
er,
its
tota
l len
gth
is 7
,23
5 m
(23
,73
7 ft
).
In 2
016
, it
gen
erat
ed 1
03
.1 t
erra
wat
t-h
ours
of
ener
gy.
Sch
edu
led
for
com
mis
sion
in
2017
, th
e U
SS
Ger
ald
R F
ord
cost
aro
un
d $
13 b
n (£
10.1
bn)
. Th
e su
per
carr
ier
can
lau
nch
up
to 2
20 a
irst
rike
s a
day
fro
m it
s tw
o ru
nway
s. It
will
hav
e 5
00
fe
wer
cre
w t
han
a N
imit
z-cl
ass
carr
ier,
savi
ng
$4
bn
(£3
.12
bn)
du
rin
g it
s lif
etim
e.
Air
craf
t$
1.3
bn
Man
-mad
e ob
ject
on
Ear
th$
27
bn
War
ship
$13
bn
$0
–$1,
00
0
Cin
ema
tick
et
$17
.91
In L
ond
on, U
K, t
he
aver
age
pri
ce o
f ci
nem
a ad
mis
sion
in 2
016
was
£12
.19
($17
.91)
, ac
cord
ing
to
Mer
cer’
s an
nu
al
Cos
t of L
ivin
g su
rvey
.
A 1
00
-yea
r-ol
d C
adb
ury
’s c
hoc
olat
e b
ar w
as
bou
gh
t fo
r £
470
($6
87)
at
auct
ion
on 2
5 S
ep
200
1. It
had
bee
n ta
ken
on C
apta
in R
ober
t S
cott
’s fi
rst
exp
edit
ion
to t
he
An
tarc
tic
in
190
1–0
4 an
d re
mai
ned
wra
pp
ed in
sid
e a
cig
aret
te t
in.
Ch
ocol
ate
bar
(au
ctio
n)
$6
87
Scu
lpte
d by
Alb
erto
G
iaco
met
ti (C
HE
), L
’hom
me
au d
oig
t (“
Poi
nti
ng
Man
”,
1947
) was
sol
d on
11
May
20
15 f
or $
141,
285
,00
0
(£9
1.4
m).
Th
e 1.
8-m
(5-f
t 10
-in)
bro
nze
sta
tue
is a
ta
ll an
d sp
ind
ly fi
gu
re –
in
trad
emar
k G
iaco
met
ti s
tyle
–
wit
h on
e ar
m e
xten
ded
.
On
9 A
ug
2016
, Man
ches
ter
Un
ited
(U
K) s
ign
ed F
ren
ch
mid
field
er P
aul P
ogb
a fr
om J
uve
ntu
s (I
TA) f
or
€10
5 m
(£8
9.1
m;
$11
6.4
m).
Pog
ba
had
pre
viou
sly
bee
n a
you
th p
laye
r at
Un
ited
, b
efor
e le
avin
g fo
r th
e Tu
rin
gia
nts
in 2
012
.
Soc
cer
pla
yer
$11
6.4
mS
culp
ture
(au
ctio
n)
$14
1.2
8 m
In D
ec 2
015
, Des
ign
er
Car
bon
Mat
eria
ls (
UK
) so
ld 2
00
mic
rog
ram
s of
nit
rog
en-a
tom
-b
ased
en
doh
edra
l fu
llere
nes
for
£
22
,00
0 ($
32
,611
) in
Oxf
ord
, UK
. At
this
p
rice
, a g
ram
wou
ld
hav
e co
st £
110
m
($16
3 m
). T
he
sub
stan
ce
can
be
use
d in
tin
y at
omic
clo
cks.
Su
bst
ance
$16
3 m
Pig
eon
(au
ctio
n)
$3
98
,49
3
On
18 M
ay 2
013
, pig
eon
bre
eder
Le
o H
erem
ans
(BEL
) sol
d h
is
raci
ng
pig
eon
Bol
t fo
r €
310
,00
0
($39
8,4
93; £
261,
696
) at
auct
ion
. Th
e b
ird
, nam
ed a
fter
mu
ltip
le
reco
rd-b
reak
ing
spri
nte
r U
sain
B
olt,
was
th
oug
ht
to h
ave
bee
n u
sed
for
bre
edin
g.
On
3 D
ec 2
012
, a
14-c
arat
-gol
d LE
GO
b
rick
was
sol
d by
co
llect
or w
ebsi
te B
rick
En
vy, I
nc
(US
A) t
o an
an
onym
ous
bu
yer
for
$12
,50
0 (£
7,75
2). T
he
25.6
-g (0
.9-o
z) b
rick
w
as a
gif
t g
iven
to
lon
g-se
rvin
g LE
GO
st
aff b
etw
een
1979
an
d 19
81.
LEG
O©
bri
ck$
12,5
00
The
Pin
k S
tar,
an o
val-
shap
ed
59.6
–car
at d
iam
ond
, was
sol
d fo
r $
71.2
m (£
56
.8 m
) at
a S
oth
eby’
s au
ctio
n in
Hon
g Ko
ng
on 4
Ap
r 20
17. F
oun
d in
an
Afr
ican
m
ine
in 1
99
9, it
is
th
e la
rges
t p
olis
hed
dia
mon
d in
its
clas
s to
b
e au
ctio
ned
.
Jew
el (a
uct
ion
)$
71.2
m
San
dwic
h$
214
The
“Qu
inte
ssen
tial
Gri
lled
Ch
eese
” w
as s
ellin
g fo
r $
214
(£13
2.6
4) a
t S
eren
dip
ity
3 in
New
Yor
k C
ity,
US
A,
as o
f 2
9 O
ct 2
014
. It
is s
erve
d on
Fr
ench
Pu
llman
ch
amp
agn
e b
read
w
ith
wh
ite
tru
ffle
bu
tter
an
d u
ltra
-rar
e C
acio
cava
llo
Pod
olic
o ch
eese
, an
d ac
com
pan
ied
by
a d
ipp
ing
sau
ce o
f lo
bst
er t
omat
o b
isq
ue.
Pos
t-it
not
e (a
uct
ion
)$
94
0
A P
ost-
it n
ote
feat
urin
g th
e p
aste
l-an
d-ch
arco
al w
ork
Aft
er R
embr
andt
by
R B
Kit
aj (U
SA
) sol
d fo
r £6
40
($94
0) a
t au
ctio
ns
on 1
3–20
Dec
20
00
. It
was
on
e of
a s
erie
s m
ade
by a
rtis
ts t
o ce
lebr
ate
the
Pos
t-it
not
e’s
20th
an
niv
ersa
ry.
Ham
bu
rger
$5
,00
0
A 7
77-l
b (3
52.
44
-kg
) ham
bu
rger
av
aila
ble
on
the
men
u at
J
uic
ys O
utl
aw G
rill
in C
orva
llis,
O
reg
on, U
SA
, was
sel
ling
for
$5
,00
0 (£
3,1
15.8
7) a
s of
2 J
ul 2
011
.
Gu
itar
(au
ctio
n)
$2
.7 m
A F
end
er S
trat
ocas
ter
sig
ned
by
a h
ost
of m
usi
c le
gen
ds
fetc
hed
$2.
7 m
(£1.
6 m
) at
a c
har
ity
auct
ion
on 1
7 N
ov 2
00
5.
Sta
rs w
ho
sig
ned
th
e g
uit
ar in
clu
ded
Er
ic C
lap
ton
, Kei
th R
ich
ard
s an
d B
rian
M
ay (a
ll U
K).
Ava
tar
(US
A, 2
00
9) h
ad a
n es
tim
ated
pro
du
ctio
n b
ud
get
of
$4
25 m
(£26
1.3
m),
acc
ord
ing
to
The
Nu
mb
ers.
Du
rin
g th
e m
akin
g of
his
sc
i-fi
epic
, dir
ecto
r J
ames
Cam
eron
(C
AN
) pio
nee
red
the
gro
un
db
reak
ing
“Rea
lity
Cam
era
Sys
tem
”. T
he
mon
ey p
rove
d to
be
a so
un
d in
vest
men
t –
as o
f 5
Ap
r 20
17, A
vata
r h
ad e
arn
ed t
he
hig
hes
t b
ox-o
ffice
gro
ss,
raki
ng
in a
col
ossa
l $2.
78 b
n (£
2.23
bn)
wor
ldw
ide.
Film
$4
25
m
Init
ial c
onst
ruct
ion
on t
he
Inte
rnat
ion
al S
pac
e S
tati
on
ran
from
19
98 t
o 20
11, w
ith
an e
stim
ated
fin
al c
ost
of
$15
0 b
n (£
93.8
bn
; €10
4.7
bn)
.
Man
-mad
e ob
ject
$15
0 b
n
The
US
-mad
e B
-2 S
pir
it
cost
in e
xces
s of
$
1.3
bn
(£78
0 m
) per
u
nit
. A lo
ng-
ran
ge
mu
lti-
role
bom
ber
, th
e B
-2 h
as s
pec
ial
coat
ing
s an
d a
flyi
ng-
win
g d
esig
n th
at
mak
e th
e cr
aft
alm
ost
invi
sib
le t
o ra
dar
.
Taxi
rid
e$
32
.10
Acc
ord
ing
to t
he
2015
UB
S P
rice
s &
Ear
nin
gs
rep
ort,
a 5
-km
(3
-mi)
tax
i rid
e in
th
e N
orw
egia
n ca
pit
al o
f O
slo
wou
ld c
ost
pas
sen
ger
s an
av
erag
e fa
re o
f $
32.
10 (£
21.
65
). T
he
sam
e ri
de
in
New
Del
hi,
Ind
ia, w
ould
cos
t ju
st $
1.5
4 (£
1.0
3).
Com
ple
ted
in 2
010
at
an
esti
mat
ed c
ost
of $
2 b
n (£
1.2
9 b
n),
An
tilia
is a
27-
stor
ey
per
son
al s
kysc
rap
er
and
the
hom
e of
In
dia
n b
usi
nes
sman
M
uke
sh A
mb
ani i
n M
um
bai
, In
dia
. It
has
a
tota
l liv
ing
floo
r ar
ea o
f 3
7,0
00
m2
(40
0,0
00
sq
ft) p
lus
thre
e h
elip
ads,
a h
ealt
h sp
a an
d a
thea
tre.
Hou
se b
uilt
$2
bn
Sh
eep
dog
(au
ctio
n)
$2
1,3
92
Ow
ned
by
Pad
raig
Doh
erty
(IR
L), C
ap t
he
bor
der
col
lie w
as b
oug
ht
aged
16
mon
ths
for
£14
,80
5 ($
21,
392)
at
auct
ion
in S
kip
ton
, N
orth
Yor
ksh
ire,
UK
, on
13 M
ay 2
016
. Far
m
dog
s th
at h
ave
bee
n tr
ain
ed f
or h
erd
ing
usua
lly s
ell f
or a
roun
d £
2,0
00
($2,
890
).
A w
hit
e p
eaco
ck
jum
psu
it c
omm
issi
oned
fo
r El
vis
Pre
sley
(U
SA
) in
197
3 an
d d
esig
ned
by
Bill
Bel
ew w
as
bou
gh
t fo
r $
30
0,0
00
(£
153
,56
0) b
y an
A
mer
ican
inve
stor
. Th
e 20
08
sale
was
hel
d by
on
line
auct
ion
eer
got
tah
avei
t.co
m.
Pop
-sta
r ou
tfit
(au
ctio
n) –
$3
00
,00
0
In F
eb 2
015
, Naf
ea F
aa Ip
oip
o (“
Wh
en W
ill Y
ou M
arry
?”,
189
2) b
y P
aul G
aug
uin
(FR
A)
rep
orte
dly
fet
ched
$3
00
m
(£19
7 m
) in
a p
riva
te s
ale.
Pai
nti
ng
(pri
vate
sal
e)$
30
0 m
> $
50
0 m