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« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2010, 04:48:58 AM » |
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Most Expensive Drawing
Raphael’s Head of a Muse
Price: $47.9 million The most expensive work on paper was sold at auction in December 2009
by Christie’s London. Raphael’s Head of a Muse, a black chalk drawing on paper,
sold for $47,941,095, handily beating the estimate, which ranged from $19.7 million
to $26.3 million.
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« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2010, 04:49:27 AM » |
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Most Expensive Sculpture
L’Homme qui marche I (Walking Man I), Alberto Giacometti (1961)
Price: $104.3 million
After only eight minutes of bidding at a Sotheby’s auction in London in
February, this life-size bronze sculpture sold for three times its asking price
to an anonymous telephone bidder, reported the Daily Telegraph. The work not
only set a record price for a Giacometti; it is also the most expensive piece
of art ever to sell at auction. The previous record was held by Picasso’s Boy
with a Pipe, a painting that sold for $104 million.
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« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2010, 04:49:59 AM » |
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Most Expensive Painting
Number 5, 1948, Jackson Pollock (1948)
Price: $140 million Billionaire record and film producer David Geffen reportedly sold the
4-ft. by 8-ft. painting to financier David Martínez in 2006, although neither
commented on the deal, according to an article in The New York Times.
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« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2010, 04:50:34 AM » |
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Most Expensive Private Jet
Boeing 747-8 VIP
Price: $295 million*
This jet, which has 4,786 square feet of cabin space, is the newest member
of the 747 family and replaces the 747-400. Boeing has sold seven
747-8 VIPs since May 2006 and will start delivering them next year.
While the interior is intended to look less like a plane and more like home,
Boeing does not furnish the jets—customers must hire interior designers,
which can easily add millions of dollars in additional cost, says Boeing
spokesman Bernard Choi. He says the jet probably will not enter service
until after 2012, because the interior has to be put in.
*Price does not include the interior.
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« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2010, 04:51:12 AM » |
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Most Expensive House
Antilla
Price: $1 billion According to a February report by Property Magazine Property Magazine ,
the most expensive house in the world, named Antilla (in picture above at left),
is in downtown Mumbai, India, and will be the residence of Reliance
Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani. The 27-story, 570-foot-tall tower
has a helipad, a health club, and a six-floor garage that can hold 168 cars.
Each level has gardens. It will be serviced by a staff of 600 people.
Some reports list the price of the house at $2 billion. The architecture
and design firms working on this project, Perkins+Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates,
declined comment.
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« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2010, 04:51:40 AM » |
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Most Expensive Yacht
Eclipse
Price: $1.2 billion
This 560-foot-long yacht has two helipads, 11 guest cabins, two swimming pools,
three launch boats, an aquarium, and a minisubmarine that can dive to 50
meters below the ocean surface, according to London’s Daily Mail.
The master bedroom and bridge have bulletproof glass, and the security
system includes missile detection systems that warn of incoming rockets.
The owner Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire who also owns
Britain’s Chelsea Football Club, reportedly fitted the yacht with a laser
system that prevents paparazzi from taking photos.
It was built by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg, Germany
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