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Dec 31

Most Expensive Things in the World that You Can’t Afford

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1. Most Expensive Diamond in the World

Kohinoor: Unestimated

Kohinoor which means “Mountain of Light” from the Persian, also spelled Koh-e Noor or Koh-i-Nur is 105 carats (21.6 g) diamond that was once the largest known diamondin the world . The Kohinoor originated at Golconda in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

It is owned by various Sikh, Mughal and Persian rulers who fought bitterly over it at various points in history and win the war damage time and again. After completely ignoring the Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s will was eventually confiscated by the East India Company and became part of the British Crown Jewels when British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli declared Empress of India Queen Victoria in 1877.

This is the legend that anyone who has a Koh-i-Noor ruled the world. Possible condemnation associated with ownership of the diamond dates back to the Hindu texts relating to the first confirmed appearance of the diamond in 1306.

2. Most Expensive Engagement Ring in the World

Most Expensive Engagement rings De Beers Platinum picture

De Beers Platinum: $1.83 million

Diamond in this ring is very luxurious and has a perfect sparkle. A diamond stone weighing 9 carats make this ring the most expensive engagement ring in the world. With the perfection of this ring. It’s worth if sold at fantastic prices $ 1.83 million.

3. Most Expensive Car in the World 2010

Koenigsegg Trevita: $2.21 Millions

Just three units to be produced. Koenigsegg Trevita is designed based on Koenigsegg CCXR and added with new shimmering diamond carbon fiber, named “Trevita” in Swedish means “three whites”.

Those three cars fully equipped with Koenigsegg Shimmering Diamond Weave bodywork, using double carbon wing, paddle-shift, inconell exhaust system, carbon ceramic brakes with ABS, hydraulic lifting system, infotainment system, tyre monitoring system, chrono instrument cluster and special airbags.The navigation system is also developed custom just for this model

For the Machine Koenigsegg placed the same 1018bhp engine. Special for this model, the exterior paint fully developed in Sweden, at Koenigsegg headquarters.

4. Most Expensive Handbag in the World


Ginza Tanaka Platinum Handbag: $2,000,000 or €1,422,122

This Diamond Studded Platinum Handbag is designed by a Japanese jewelry maker, Ginza Tanaka. It made of 2,182 diamonds (total of 208 carats) and platinum. The strap can be taken off and worn as necklace or bracelet.

It also features an eight carat pear-shaped diamond that can be worn separately as a brooch. This diamond encrusted platinum handbag was on display at the jewelry shops in London to mark the inaugural London Jewelry Week.

Details:

  • Diamonds
  • Platinum
  • Removable strap can be worn as necklace or bracelet
  • Eight cart pear-shaped diamond that can be worn as a brooch

5. Most Expensive Yacht in the World

Eclipse: $1.2 billion

Russian billionaire and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich’s super yachts is 560 feet monster that requires a minimum of 70 crew members with eleven guests. Abramovich and his guests will be protected by security systems that use laser bursts to thwart paparazzi digital photography when activated, anti wiretapping, anti intruder systems and missile detection systems.

They will also enjoy the swimming pool which can be dried and used as a dance floor, an additional swimming pool and an aquarium. Yacht has two helicopters, three boats and submarines. This most expensive yacht in the world will remain the most expensive one since it’s very expensive compared with second most expensive one.

6. Most Expensive Jeans in the World


Secret Circus $1.3 million

The most expensive jeans is unusual pair that is designed by a new company called Secret Circus. The creators are banking on the idea that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, no matter whether you wear them around your neck or on your back pocket instead.

That’s why they included a design made from a large collection of high-quality (and substantially-sized) diamonds on their pants. Rumor has it that the first pair was sold for a shocking $1.3 million.

7. Most Expensive Shoes in the World

Stuart Weitzman’s Rita Hayworth Heels: $3,000,000

Stuart Weitzman designed the satin open toe stilettos around a pair of earrings owned by movie legend Rita Hayworth. The earrings are laden with rubies, sapphires and diamonds.

The shoes “centerpieces” were diamond and precious gemstone earrings from the estate of late 40′s movie siren Rita Hayworth, and now belong to Hayworth’s daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan.

8. Most Expensive Movie Ever Made

World's Most Expensive Movies - James Cameron's Avatar

James Cameron’s Avatar: $500 million

James Cameron, the director who brought us “Titanic and the Terminator franchise, may have outdone himself with his latest endeavor. He’s certainly outbudgeted himself—and everyone else in Hollywood—with Avatar.

Not to be confused with The Last Airbender, the movie follows humanity’s attempts to exploit the resources of an alien planet through hybrid human-alien “avatars.” It features a far less celebrated cast than its budget might suggest—aside from Cameron himself, the biggest names attached to it are Giovanni Ribisi and Sigourney Weaver.

9. Most Expensive Perfumes in the World

Clive Christian Perfume: $215,000

This expensive perfume has a top-class quality to its credit, the reason why there is no dearth of buyers in spite of its high price. Its unique scent has made perfume aficionado rate it as a heady mixture of jasmine, cardamom, carnation, lemon, bergamot and benzoin.

However, skeptics attribute its highprice to the dazzling white diamond affixed to the bottle that alone could be worth USD215,000. Because of this price factor, Imperial Majesty is available in very small amounts; 10 bottles for Clive Christian No 1 for Men or No 1 for Women fragrances are all what you get.

10. Most Expensive Watch in the World

Joaillerie 101 Manchette: Priceless

Joaillerie 101 Manchette Manufactured by Jaeger-LeCoultre is the most expensive watch in the world. At first glance, It looks like a bracelet. But the fact, It is of course a watch too. It is made up of a series of polish and diamond-set squares. This watch uses the mechanical manually wound Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 101 movement.

It’s an unsystematic series of polished or gem-set links (a jewelry puzzle) hides the exalted Calibre 101. The watch also featured with with 576 diamonds or with 400 diamonds and 11 onyx cabochons. Really impressive watch. It has a silver-colored dial with a sapphire crystal and a winding crown on the case back.

Oct 29

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Most expensive cocktail: 15,250 pounds a pop

Most expensive cocktail

The world’s most expensive cocktail contains a diamond ring instead of an olive! The drink, created by Harvey Nichols in Manchester, has to be escorted to diner’s tables flanked by security guards. The dazzle cocktail contains a six and a half carrot pink tourmaline and diamond ring set in 18-carrot white gold. The drink was the brainchild of senior bartender Jay Malik, 24, who was asked to devise a drink to fit with the restaurant’s Pink Dinners month. A special safe has been brought in for the bar to keep the rings in and customers can choose any ring they want from the range – the most expensive being a 27,000 pounds sterling two-carrot engagement ring.

Most expensive shoes: 1 million pounds

Most expensive shoes

Would you feel like a princess or what when you wear something worth 1m pounds? The most expensive shoes in the world were on sale at Harrods in London. After a photo-call for the press, the shoes were locked away in a bullet-proof case where they will be guarded round-the-clock. The shoes, inspired by the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, were woven from platinum thread and set with 642 rubies. They were designed by Stuart Weitzman.

Most expensive hair cut: 1,925 pounds

Most expensive hair cut

If you want London stylist Lee Stafford to cut your hair, make sure you are extra loaded. He calls it a “couture cut”. And the only place where you can get one is his house. Champagne, hors d’oeuvres and a follow-up trim as part of the package.

Most expensive house: 70 million pounds

Most expensive house

This one is hardly a secret: The infamously lavish new estate in England known as Updown Court in Windlesham, north Surrey. 103 rooms, 58 acres, a private helipad, five swimming pools. Forbes.com put the mansion at the top of its list of “the priciest residences on the planet” which are for sale.

Most expensive tea bag: 7,500 pounds

Most expensive tea bag

To celebrate PG Tips 75th birthday, Boodles jewelers produced this tea bag. It took three months to make and has been hand-crafted using 280 diamonds. Pete Harbour, spokesman for PG Tips has been quoted: “As it’s our 75th birthday, we wanted to do something special to remind people just how much they love the great British cup of tea.”

Most expensive jeans: Over $ 4,000

Most expensive jeans

They wanted to be “the Mercedes-Benz, the Maybach of the denim industry”. And APO jeans have done just that with a pair costing as much as $ 4,000 or more. They offer mens and ladies jeans with Silver Buttons and Rivets at $1,000, 14k White or Yellow Gold Button and Rivets at $1,500, Platinum Button and Rivets at $3,250, and the Diamond Button and Rivets start at $4,000. All Jeans will come with Authenticity Number as well as an Appraisal Sheet from a top Jeweler in the NY diamond district. Of course, you could buy the economy version: they run only $1,000 a pair. APO jeans are constructed from denim woven in India that costs $40 a yard, compared with the $2- to $3-per-yard cost of materials for most designer denim. Buttons and rivets are made with precious metals or, if a customer is willing to shell out $4,000 or more, up to a dozen white diamonds on the main button.

Most expensive watch: $11 million

Most expensive watch

One of the most complicated watches ever made, it also became the most expensive watch ever sold when it was hammered down for $11 million at Sotheby’s.

The gold pocket watch features 24 complications, (Complications are mechanical functions of the watch other than the hours, minutes and seconds.)

Most expensive phone: 28, 000 pounds

Most expensive phone

Peter Aloisson, who makes phones covered in gold and diamonds for affluent clients, is the man responsible for making the most expensive phone ever. It costs more than a BMW 3-series convertible, or a Jaguar S-Type. A Motorola covered in 1200 diamonds and featuring a keyboard soaked in 18-carat gold, the phone is priced at 28, 000 pound sterling. The new phone beat the previous record held by another Aloisson ‘Diamante’ phone – an identical model featuring a paltry 950 diamonds laid into the gold bodywork. That phone retailed for 23, 000 pound sterling. “The people who buy my phones don’t have to worry about security – they all have bodyguards,” he told UK tabloid The Sun.

Most expensive nail polish: $250

Most expensive nail polish

How special could you feel by wearing sheer nail polish that has platinum dust in it? And how many people would be mad enough to do that? Many! The ‘I Do’ polish, the most expensive in the world, is a collaboration by Allure magazine, platinum supplier Johnson Matthey, PGI and Essie Cosmetics. The polish costs $250 per bottle. However, the first bottle was displayed in special bottle made with a platinum top and base that is valued at $55,000.

Most expensive tie: 1 crore

Most expensive tie

When fully dressed Salman Khan paraded on a red ramp displaying the most expensive tie in the world, the picture was splashed all over the globe. The tie, studded with 261 diamonds of 77 carat each and made of pure silk with 150 grams of gold, is priced at a whopping Rs 1 crore. It is designed by Satya Paul and the Suashish Diamond group.

Most expensive perfume: 47,500 pounds

Most expensive perfume

At 47,500 pound sterling, it is the world’s most expensive perfume. Indeed, the best things come in small packages. The fragrance, created by renowned British perfumer Arthur Burnham, is held in a 4 in bottle made with platinum, 24 carat gold, rubies and diamonds.

At 47,500 pound sterling, it is the world’s most expensive perfume. Indeed, the best things come in small packages. The fragrance, created by renowned British perfumer Arthur Burnham, is held in a 4 in bottle made with platinum, 24 carat gold, rubies and diamonds.

Most expensive pen: $265,000

Most expensive pen

Swiss company Caran d’Ache made ‘La Modernista Diamonds’ a pen that was sold in Harrods, London, for $265,000. Created in memory of architect Antonio Gaudi, the rhodium-coated solid silver pen has an 18-karat gold pen point and is pave-set with 5,072 diamonds and 96 half-cut rubies.

Most expensive work of art: $104 million

Most expensive work of art

A masterpiece by Pablo Picasso, painted in 1905 when he was just 24 years old, became the most expensive piece of art ever sold when it went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York for $104m. The painting, Garcon a la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe) is one of the most important early works by the artist ever to appear on the market.

Most expensive truffle: 28,000 pounds for 1.88 lbs

Most expensive truffle

An expensive little Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge, Zafferano bought the most expensive truffle in the world. For how much? Just take a deep breath! Zefferano paid 28,000 for just 1.88 lbs of Italian white truffle during a charity auction in Tuscany.

Most expensive teddy bear: Price on request

Most expensive teddy bear

Silk and find mohair give the 125 Karat Teddy bear a unique sheen. Golden threads are hand-knotted in the fur. Eyes are set in yellow gold and are made of sapphire cabochons, surrounded by diamonds. The ear button is 24 karat gold. The Teddy is 50 cm tall and has a growler. The teddy bear was made to pay homage to Margarete Steiff, 125 years after her start with a fabric elephant pin cushion so many years ago.M