25 Most Expensive Things In The World

If you won the lottery tomorrow…how would you spend the money? Buying fancy cars? Going on ridiculous vacations? Having $1 million worth of diamonds attached to your cellphone? As you read through this list keep in mind that every day an estimated 16,000 kids die of hunger. That amounts to 1 child every 5 seconds, and as ridiculous as some of the items on this list of the 25 most expensive things in the world are, it’s hard not to feel a profound sadness on behalf of humanity by the time you get to the end.

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Chess Set: Charles Hollander

Charles Hollander chess setPrice: $600,000

With 320 carats of black and white diamonds only seven of these luxury chess sets have ever been created. Although another set known as the Jewel Royale has been rumored by some websites to be the most expensive in the world at $9.8 million it was never actually created and remains little more than a concept.

24

Burger: Le Burger Extravagant

Le Burger ExtravagantPrice: $295

Sold at Serendipity 3 in New York City this deliciously expensive hamburger is held together with a solid gold, diamond-encrusted toothpick.

23

Car: 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO

1962 Ferrari 250 GTOPrice: $35 million

Not long ago this 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car ever when it was sold in the United Kingdom to a private collector.

22

Camera: Susse Freres daguerreotype camera

Susse Freres daguerreotype cameraPrice: $775,000

Dating back to 1839, this daguerreotype camera sold at auction in 2007 is believed to be the oldest commercially manufactured camera in the world.

21

City: Tokyo

Tokyo, JapanPrice: $1,200 per square meter (Business real estate)

Although London and Paris were the previous contenders for this position, today three of the most expensive cities in the world are all found in Japan.

20

Hotel Room: Royal Penthouse Suite, Hotel President Wilson in Geneva

Royal Penthouse Suite, Hotel President Wilson in GenevaPrice: $65,000 per night

With 10 rooms and 7 bathrooms the pricetag should come as no surprise.

19

Television: PrestigeHD Supreme Rose Edition

PrestigeHD Supreme Rose EditionPrice: $2.3 million

Covered in hand sewn alligator skin studded with an obnoxious amount of diamonds this television is supposedly designed to make viewing a pleasure whether it’s on or off.

18

Piano: Heintzman Crystal

Heintzman CrystalPrice: $3.22 million

Made in Beijing this 9 foot piano was recently purchased at auction by a private bidder.

17

Cigar: Gurkha Black Dragon

Gurkha Black DragonPrice: $1,150 each

Introduced in 2006, these Honduran cigars arrive on your doorstep in a chest constructed out of camel bone. Unfortunately we regret to inform the cigar enthusiasts among you that only 5 chests were ever produced.

16

Motorcycle: Dodge Tomahawk V10 Superbike

Dodge Tomahawk V10 SuperbikePrice: $700,000

This four wheeled 1,500 lb monster goes from 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds with a top speed above 300 mph.

15

Watch: Haute Joaillerie from Chopard

Haute Joaillerie from ChopardPrice: $25 million

While it looks more like a glittery mess than anything useful for telling time, this diamond studded watch apparently struck somebody’s fancy…and wallet.

14

Champagne: Heidsieck Monopole 1907

Heidsieck Monopole 1907Price: $25,000

In the late 90′s an underwater search party stumbled across a century old shipwreck containing 2,000 bottles of this French champagne.

13

Speakers: Transmission Audio Ultimate System

Transmission Audio Ultimate SystemPrice: $2 million

Weighing in at over 5 tons these units are made out of aircraft aluminum and spans nearly 40ft.

12

Painting: Number 5, 1948

Number 5, 1948Price: $140 million

While Jackson Pollock’s work has certainly drawn its share of criticism for obvious reasons, any person that can shower a canvas with blobs of paint and then sell it for 7 figures probably doesn’t care very much about what other people think.

11

House: Antillia Mumbai

Antillia MumbaiPrice: $2 billion

Named after the mythical Atlantic island of Antillia, this house in downtown Mumbai, India has over 600 full time staff.

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Comments

  1. fukkk says:

    apart the parking, people with no culture buy stupid things

  2. Dave says:

    ok. you didn’t have any of the most expensive items in the world. For example, the international space station cost $150B. there are many bombs that cost more than almost all the items in this list. There are battleships that cost many times more than the most expensive item on this list. There are multi-billion dollar jet fighters.

    if you are going to have a list that calls itself “the 25 most expensive things in the world,” you have to go by shear numbers, not categories. you may call this list something like “some very expensive versions of misc things,” but you can’t call something worth only a thousand dollars like those cigars “the most expensive THING”… maybe the most expensive CIGAR… i’ll at least give you that, perhaps.

    • Farthammer says:

      Space station’s in space
      It’s not really part of our world anymore
      I’d say that point is invalid, but it is a hefty price for something we just sort of put loads of money into because we got excited and then like fired it into space with no return plan. I mean, I don’t even know really.
      I like space

  3. ok..... says:

    wow…

  4. joe says:

    In the video it said the Rhine II was 2 billion but on the list it said 4 million

  5. 9nmyg75t6rd not my real name lololololl says:

    if you guys like donating so much, why dont you get rich yourselves and donate? You’re just complaining about other people while you yourselves aren’t even trying to donate lots of money.

  6. larry foster says:

    Wonder how many starving children were taking there last breath from a lack of food when these high dollar items were being bought. With this kinda money think about all the food that could be sent all over the world to help so many helpless inocent children. How could one even enjoy such a high dollar item with that in mind

    • Raymond Steve says:

      C’mon Lar, if you had serious amounts of kiss my arse money you wouldn’t splash out on the odd gift to yourself?
      I’m all about that boat, T-Rex bones and meteorites!
      METEORITES LARRY!
      You could have them all…..

  7. Tony Smith says:

    I HAVE LOST FAITH IN ALL HUMANITY!!!

  8. Oluwakemi says:

    Dis is absolutely ridiculous, I can’t believe my eyes. I pray one day God will open the eyes of our understanding.
    Hey! SNOBBYRICHKID301, pls learn how to be more reasonable and polite

  9. y.govardhan reddy says:

    it is awesom but madness,nothing will come come with you in after life,if we do any good thing’s
    the name of the person or a company will remain’s.sorry to tell this,totally everybody are
    in colers of dream.

  10. Andrew Tanner says:

    Anti- matter is more expensive up to 5 Billion per gram -__-

  11. Chris says:

    Guys think about it if you had billions of dollars you wouldnt be giving charity most of your money -_-
    and im pretty sure most of the people do donate some of there money to charity then buy expensive shit xD

  12. Stephon Norbury says:

    These item`s are so bloody ridiculous,as are the morons that buy them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. ted speaks says:

    quack people just quack ¤

  14. Bill Gates says:

    The rich get richer and the poor get poorer,hopefully humanity will wake up one day.

  15. anon says:

    most these people have nothing else to spend their money on, its not likely there going to give millions away to charity…so what else can they spend it on but over priced novelty items?

  16. maria says:

    that painting OMG !! those Levis pants AND the PARKING SPOT !!! people are staaving out there ,this is ridiculous and waay too Unfair ! even if i had all the money in the world i wouldve never considered buying these stupid stuff !!

  17. Chuck Norris says:

    I hate everyone and everything

  18. A.J. says:

    I think that the painting is way too ridiculous. A five year old boy could’ve done that! Heck, if paintings like that are sold for over a million dollars, then I could be rich! Look out kindergarteners, you got a lot coming for you.

  19. Cmore weiner says:

    Load of trololololololololololololololololololololololololo

    • derp says:

      Piano made out of crystal cant produce the best voice…stupid expensive thing. Tv with golden frame is not good as well…as the bling is distraction from the program itself. Well, actually everything is not that worth it if you think about it.

  20. Dominic says:

    These items are bloody ridiculous

  21. mathew omavuanore says:

    incredible

  22. Marlo says:

    The Rhine II photograph is not even close to being worth $2 billion. Try $2 million.

    Still not cheap.

  23. EssDee says:

    Love your comments!! Most other similar lists would have “wow!”, you have “yuck”!!!
    Say I take a 10-dollar widget, use a few cents’ worth of superglue to stick the Kohinoor, Cullinan, and Hope diamonds (just for a moment assume that Her Majesty the Queen lends me these baubles). Voila!! It becomes the most expensive widget!!! Funny, isn’t it, how you can obscenely inflate the cost of something with comparatively very little intrinsic value? Like the watch, the telly, the yatch, and the phone above!
    Or tragic, when you think of the starving kids.

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