Ridiculous Items Purchased By Wealthy People
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The Million Dollar Fishing Lure: Made of three pounds of gold and platinum, and encrusted with 100 carats of diamonds and rubies, this fishing lure costs a whopping 1 million dollars.
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Gold Backpack / Rucksack: The Billionaire Boys Club released a limited golden rucksack, priced at $1,650.
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Golf Cart Hovercraft: Available at Hammacher for $58,000, the golf cart hovercraft is an ultimate vehicle capable of gliding over sand traps and water hazards on a cushion of air as easily as it does over fairways and the rough.
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Hand Written Albert Einstein Letter: This famous letter was written to philosopher Erik Gutkind and it contained Einstein´s views on ethics and religion. It was auctioned in 2012 for $3 million.
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Million Dollar Perfume: Containing almost 3,000 precious stones arranged to the shape of New York City skyline, this bottle of DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance costs exactly 1 million dollars.
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The Golden Bicycle: Manufactured by Goldgenie, this racing bike is covered with a lustrous layer of 24-karat gold. For the exquisite price of $500,000 you can own this equally exquisite bike.
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Lunch with Warren Buffet: To raise money for a charity, a lunch with Warren Buffet is auctioned on eBay every ear and it usually fetches a significant amount of money, but in 2010, the final bid exceeded all expectations as an unknown bidder paid a staggering $2.6 million for a lunch with this highly respected business magnate.
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Crystal covered computer mouseThe running price for this luxurious mouse which is decorated with white Austrian strass and Swarovski Crystal is $34,000.
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All Gold Shirt: Pankaj Parakh, an Indian textile businessman, had a custom-made pure gold shirt worth $213,000 for his 45th birthday. The shirt, made entirely out of 18-22 carat gold, weighed 9 pounds.
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The Golden Cell Phone: If you find the iPhone expensive, you have probably never heard of the iPhone 5 model recreated by Stuart Hughes, a British luxurious jeweler. Coming in at $16,764,000, the phone is made from 24-carat gold, 26-carat black diamond and 600 precious stones.If you are dumb enough to buy this phone, you probably deserve to get robbed.
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Guinea Pig Armor: An elaborately fashioned guinea pig suit of armor became the hit of e-Bay auctioning in 2013. The final bid was a stunning $24,300.
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Gold Monopoly Set: The 18-karat gold and jewel-encrusted Monopoly crafted by San Francisco jeweler Sidney Mobell in 1988 was estimated to be worth $2 million.
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A Small Town: In 2002, the town of Bridgeville, California was sold in an eBay auction for $1.77 million. Originally the new owner wanted to revamp the town, however, he sold it a few years later instead.
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Stone Encrusted Bathtub For Puppies: Available at a price of $39,000, the bathtub is encrusted with 45,000 Swarovski Crystals.
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Martian Rock: There are over 60,000 meteorite specimens known to scientists but only 132 of them come from Mars, which is why getting Martian rocks will cost you $450,000.
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Extinct Huia Bird Feather: In 2010, an anonymous family from Wellington, New Zealand bought a single extinct Huia Bird feather for $8,400 at the Webb’s Auction House in Auckland, making the item the most expensive feather ever.
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A Lock of Elvis Presley’s Hair: Elvis’ barber Homer Gilleland snipped several pieces of the famous singer’s hair and sold them. In 2002, one of the locks went for $115,000.
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Luxury Drink: The world’s most expensive cocktail with a price tag of almost $14,500. The Gigi’s cocktail was created for actress Grace Jones at the opening of Gigi’s restaurant in London. The cocktail was made from a mix of 1990 Vintage Cristal and an extremely rare 1888 Samalens Vieille Relique Vintage brandy, topped with Angostura Bitters and “lashings” of gold leaf.
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Diamond Dog Collar: Wealthy dog owners can get their pets these diamond collars created by I Love Dogs Diamonds. At a price of $3.2 million, the most expensive model features 3 tiers of diamonds.
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