Archive for the ‘Collectibles’ Category
Most expensive Matchbox toy truck
Matchbox toys have been a favorite with the young and old alike for generations, which explain their collectible status. Recently, a model car enthusiast spent approx. $15,000 on a rare 1955 prototype of a Matchbox Lesney dumper truck, which was intended to follow with the up-scale versions, but later remained as a miniature model. The ...
Most expensive Cuban cigar Cohiba Behike
Cuban cigars are a favorite with cigar aficionados across the world. The land that even boasts of its very own Cigar festival is known to produce some of the best cigars the world has ever tasted. At this unique festival was launched the Cohiba Behike cigar which is reportedly the finest cigar ever produced. Launched ...
Most expensive paper mâché nun in the world is worth $1.2m
The 6 emerging Canadian talents profiled by Edmonton Journal .Designer Daniela Masellis is a theatre geek who spent 2007 in Milan at Teatro alla Scala as a backstage apprentice and worked on the new Luca Ronconi 2008 Puccini Il Trittico. She envisioned the Suor Angelica (a gigantic papier-mâché nun that served as a catwalk for ...
World’s most expensive bouquet
The modern girl expects to be pampered with luxurious gifts and surprises. So if you too have been smitten by one such material girl, then you can forget about gifting her a bunch of red roses this V-day! Unless of course, you give her the most expensive bouquet in the world! And no, this bouquet ...
Most Expensive Water bottle “Acqua di Cristallo” set Guinness Record
Designer Fernando Altamirano, who previously dressed the most expensive cognac bottle in the world-Cognac Dudognon Heritage Henri IV, has made yet another record with his newly designed water bottle for $60,000. This is his second Guinness world record for the highest priced bottle sold at an auction. What made it achieve the accolade is water ...
Buyer of the world’s most expensive sculpture named
The record-breaking auctioning of a Giacometti sculpture at a staggering £65 million had obviously made everybody think, who on earth could afford to make such a statement. But it’s time to remove your thinking caps and sit tight as the dealers familiar with the record-breaking sale reveal the collector’s name. It’s the London-based billionaire Lily ...
World’s most expensive wallpaper adorns Russian billionaire’s décor
Unlike changing the wallpaper on your computer, changing the wallpaper in your house can be an expensive affair. At $23,700 per sq meter, it definitely is, but not for a Russian billionaire who has asked the well known Artist Mark Evans to create what will be the world’s most expensive wallpaper. The total project is ...
Most Expensive Coin in the World
In 1933, 445,000 gold Double Eagle coins were struck. Franklin Roosevelt the president decided to take the U.S off the gold standard. The price for the world’s most expensive and beautiful gold coin $7,590,020.
Navigation
