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Most Expensive Bullets
Bullet Forge,, an online retailer of custom bullets, may be offering the most expensive bullet in the world. The retailer sells gold bullets, platinum bullets and, of course, a whole lot of silver bullets. Their premier offering, however, is this 45 ACP hollow-point made of 14-karat white gold. Mounted within the hollow-point are ninety diamonds ...
World’s Most Expensive Harmonica
While reed instruments had been popular in Asia for centuries, the first harmonica wasn’t produced until 1821. Hohner Musikinstrumente, once the world’s most prominent manufacturer of harmonicas, was founded less than forty years later. In the 1930s, the company awarded Pope Pius XI with the most expensive harmonica in the world. Pius XI was a ...
World’s Most Expensive Soda Can
The subtitle on the website of Robin Antar’s Antar Studios inc. proclaims her work as “Realism in Stone.” Antar’s work consists mostly of mundane objects such as denim jackets, potato chip bags, tubes of toothpaste and even M&Ms bags rendered in stone. While you can’t drink from it, Antar’s “Soda Can” is likely the most ...
World’s Most Expensive Candle
People have been practicing chandlery for over 5,000 years, but a truly impressive candle still comes along every now and then. Such is the case with the “Ultimate Luxury Candle,” the most expensive candle in the world. The Ultimate Luxury Candle by Luxury Soy Candles lives up to its name with both its fragrance, Champagne ...
Most Expensive Piece of Furniture
The world’s most expensive piece of furniture isn’t a bed, a chair or even a couch—it’s a cabinet. Blurring the line between art and craft, the Badminton Cabinet is truly a unique item. The Badminton Cabinet (or Badminton Chest) was commissioned by Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, at the age of 19. It took ...
Most Expensive Pink Diamond in the world
A rare pink diamond sold for a record $10.8 million in a Hong Kong auction , proving the market for high-end goods in Asia hasn’t lost its luster. Demand exceeded Christie’s’ expectations. Last week the auction house’s department head for jewels, Vickie Sek, predicted the rock would fetch $8 million. “Vivid Pink,” as it’s called, ...
Most Expensive Chair
A chair belonging to late and great French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has just made history as the world’s most expensive chair. The founder of the eponymous YSL luxury brand, Saint Laurent died in June of 2008 just a few days after marrying his partner and co-founder, Pierre Bergé. The expensive armchair had belonged ...
Most Expensive Pianos
Have you ever tried to imagine what the world’s most expensive piano might be? Imagine no further. The most expensive piano in the world belonged to the Beatle’s John Lennon and was auctioned off to British pop-singer George Michael in 2000. When the topic of expensive pianos comes to mind you might think somewhere along ...
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