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« on: September 24, 2010, 04:34:51 AM » |
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Most Expensive Cigar
Gurkha Black Dragon
Price: $1,150 each Gurkha Cigars’ Black Dragon cigars were introduced in 2006, according to cigar.com.
The cigars are hand-crafted in Honduras and come in a box made of carved
camel bone and brass. Gurkha Cigars produced only five chests of 100 cigars,
each chest priced at $115,000, and only one chest remains. A new and less
expensive version of the Black Dragon was released in 2007.
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Amitkumar
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2010, 04:35:34 AM » |
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Most Expensive Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole Champagne 1907
Price: $35,000* In 1997, a search team uncovered a ship that sank in the Baltic Sea containing
valuable cargo, including 2,000 bottles of Heidsieck Monopole Champagne.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow claimed 10 of the bottles and made them
available for sale in 2008. According to the hotel’s spokesperson,
Sergey Logvinov, the first bottle sold within the first month to a Russian collector.
A few bottles are still available for purchase.
*Converted from 880,000 rubles
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Amitkumar
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2010, 04:35:59 AM » |
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Most Expensive Hotel Room
Royal Penthouse Suite, Hotel President Wilson in Geneva
Price: $65,000 per night This palatial suite, which occupies an entire floor of the hotel and measures
18,083 square feet, has 10 rooms and seven bathrooms. It was renovated in
January 2009 to add a new private fitness area, according to a spokesperson.
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Amitkumar
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2010, 04:36:23 AM » |
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Most Expensive Bicycle
Aurumania Gold Bike Crystal Edition
Price: $114,464* Scandinavian design company Aurumania made only 10 of these
hand-crafted, 24-carat gold-plated bicycles. Each is decorated with
600 Swarovski crystals. According to Chief Executive Bo Franch-Mærkedahl,
this bike was originally conceived as a show piece but quickly attracted
interest from buyers. The firm, founded in September 2008, has sold five
units to buyers in the U.K., Dubai, Russia, Italy, and most recently, Australia.
He adds that four of the clients also bought a matching gold-plated wall rack.
*Price converted from €80,000
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Amitkumar
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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2010, 04:36:48 AM » |
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Most Expensive Golf Club
Long-Nose Putter Stamped “A.D.,” attributed to Andrew Dickson
Price: $181,000 An “A.D.” stamp on this circa 18th century, long-nose putter is attributed
to Andrew Dickson, the oldest known clubmaker to mark his clubs.
He is said to have served as a caddy to the Duke of York as a young
boy, according to Sotheby’s. This item was estimated to sell for
$200,000 to $300,000 but fetched $181,000 in a Sotheby’s auction
in New York in 2007.
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Amitkumar
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« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2010, 04:37:23 AM » |
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Most Expensive Wine
Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1992
Price: $500,000 This sale is left off many lists because the proceeds went to charity,
but Screaming Eagle’s $500,000, six-liter bottle of cab holds the top
spot for the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. It was purchased
at the Napa Valley Wine Auction in 2000 by Chase Bailey, a former
Cisco Systems executive, reported Time magazine.Go to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>>
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