1. Most expensive car
1963 Ferrari 250 GTO racer for $52 million (340 Crore), making it the most expensive car. The car was earlier owned by Paul Pappalardo, a collector in Connecticut, USA.
2. Most expensive pizza commercially available
The pizza with white truffle is sold at a price of US $150 (£100 or ₹10 Thousand) at Gordon Ramsey's Maze restaurant in London. The thin-crust pizza has a topping of onion puree, fontina cheese, baby mozzarella, pancetta, cep mushrooms, wild mizuna lettuce and a rare Italian white truffle.
3. Most expensive soup
In London, Kai Mayfair restaurant sells “Buddha Jumps Over the Wall” soup for the US $190 (£108 or 14 Thousand). The soup contains numerous ingredients such as shark’s fin, abalone, Japanese flower mushroom, sea cucumber, dried scallops, chicken, huan ham, pork and ginseng
4. Most expensive postage stamp
David Feldman auctioneers from Geneva, Switzerland, sold the Swedish "Treskilling" Yellow stamp for the US $2,255,403 (145 Crore) on November 8, 1996. The 3 skilling-banco "yellow" stamp was later resold in 2010 at a higher, undisclosed price.
4. Most expensive costume from a film
The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's was auctioned for the US $924,347(6 Crore) in London on December 5, 2006. The dress was designed by Hubert de Givenchy
5. Most expensive musical instrument sold at auction
Tarisio Auctions sold a Stradivarius violin, named Lady Blunt, for US $15,875,800 (£9,808,000 or 102 Crore) in London on June 20, 2011.
6. Most expensive skateboard video-game
Tony Hawk: RIDE (Activision, 2009) was launched at a price of US $151 (£151 or 10 Thousand). The game features motion-sensing skateboard peripheral for a dynamic gaming experience.
7. Most expensive glove sold at auction
A glove owned by "King of Pop" Michael Jackson was sold at an auction for the US $420,000(m3 Crore) in Manhattan, USA, on November 21, 2009. The glove was bought by Ponte 16 Resort in New York, USA.
8. Most expensive sushi
Chef Angelito Araneta Jr. of Philippines prepared the most expensive sushi in 2010 priced at the US $1,978.15 (91,800 Philippine Pesos or 13 lakes ). The Nigerien sushi was garnished with diamonds and wrapped in 24-karat gold leaf.
9.The most expensive painting sold at auction
The Massacre of the Innocents, an Old Master art by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, was sold to Kenneth Thomson, chairman of the Thomson newspaper empire, for the US $76.7 million (£49.5 million or 493 Crore) on July 10, 2002.
10. Most expensive tuna fish
A bluefin tuna fish caught in Aomori, Japan, was auctioned for the US $1,767,370 (¥155,400,000 or 12 Crore) at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan, on January 5, 2013. The fish weigh 222kg.
11. Most expensive perfume
Clive Christian No. 1 perfume for men or No. 1 for women was launched in London in November 2005. The limited collection was sold for $205,000 (£115,000 or ₹1.3 Crore) per 500 ml. Delivered in a Bentley, the perfume was packed in a Baccarat crystal flacon, which is decorated with a five-carat white diamond and an 18-carat gold collar.
12. Most expensive car – veteran
The world's oldest surviving Rolls-Royce was sold for the US $7,242,916 (£3,521,500 or 47 Crore ) at an auction in London on December 3, 2007. Numbered 20154, the two-seater car was manufactured in 1904.
13. Rolls Royce
Numbered 20154, the two-seater car was manufactured in 1904 sold at $141,315,024 ( 95 Crore).
14. Most expensive cocktail
The Club 23 in Melbourne, Australia, sold the most expensive cocktail for the US $12,970 ( 83 Lakh )on February 7, 2013. Made by Joel Heffernan, the cocktail was made of Croizet's 1858 'Cuvee Leonie' cognac.
15. Most expensive kiss sold at auction
Joni Rimm of USA paid the US $50,000 ( 33 Lakh) for a kiss with Hollywood actress Sharon Stone. The kiss was auctioned in Los Angeles, USA, in August 2003.
16. Most expensive sculpture sold at auction
L'Homme Qui Marche I, a 1.8-metre-tall bronze was sold for US $103,676,000 (£65,000,000 or 665 Crore) at an auction in London on February 3, 2010. The sculpture was made by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti in 1960.
17. Most expensive white wine
The Antique Wine Company in London sold a bottle of Chateau d'Yquem (1811) for the US $117,000 (£75,000 or 74 Lakh) on January 18, 2011. The wine was bought by Christian Vanneque of Indonesia.
18. Most expensive telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), launched by NASA in 1990, is the most expensive telescope, costing the US $2.1 billion( 1.4 thousand Crore). India lunch 106 Telescopes at the same price.
19. Most expensive bathroom
The most expensive bathroom was built by jeweller Lam Sai-wing in Hong Kong in January 2001. Made out of gold, sapphire, ruby and amber, the bathroom cost Sai-wing US $3.5 million (HK$27 million or 23 Crore).
20. Most expensive caviar
Almas, caviar from the Iranian Beluga fish, costs US $34,500 (£20,000 or 23 Lakh ) per kg. Also called “back gold,” the caviar is produced from the eggs of a rare albino sturgeon between 60-100 years old.
21. Most expensive home
Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence Antilia is the most expensive home in the world with a construction cost of US $1 billion( 1 Thousand Crore). The twenty-seven storey house has an area of 37,161 square meters and is managed by a staff of 600 people.
22. Antilia
Named after a mythical island in the Atlantic, Antilia is a twenty-seven story house has an area of 37,161 square meters and is managed by a staff of 600 people.
23. Most expensive autograph
A signed photo by the rock band 'The Beatles' is the most valuable autograph in the world. According to Paul Fraser Collectibles, it’s worth the staggering US $43,758(or 28 Lakh)
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