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The world has witnessed a lot of things overtime that have been either
expensive or cheap. There are so many things in the world which have
highest price value. Amongst them, here we have listed top 8 of the high
priced things from around the world.
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Suss Freres Camera
This antique camera is of the year 1839 and it was sold for $775,000 in
an auction in the year 2007. It is the only existing Susse Frères
daguerreotype camera. It is considered to be the most vintage camera of
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Magnetic Floating Bed
This floating bed came into existence in the year 2006, and definitely
was the coolest kind of the beds all around the world. The bed levitates
1.3 feet off from the surface and has the capacity to hold the weight of
2000 pounds. It costs $1.6 million. |
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Wallis Simpson Bracelet
In the year 2010, the diamond panther and onyx bracelet was once in the
possession by Wallis Simpson was auctioned at the price of $12.4 million
at Sotheby’s in London. It is amongst the most expensive bracelets all
around the world representing elegance and beauty to the fullest.
According to BBC (1 December 2010). “A bracelet owned by Wallis Simpson,
whose affair with Edward VIII led to his abdication, has sold for a
world record-breaking £4.5m ($7m) at auction.” |
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Garcon a la Pipe
In the year 2004, there was a painting named as “Garcon a la pipe” that
was crowned as the most expensive Picasso painting sold for $104.2
million in an auction in New York. This painting was painted in 1905
when Picasso was 24 years old, during his Rose Period. |
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The Card Players
A painting named as the Card players by the painter Paul Cezanne was
sold in some auction in the year 2011 for the price variously estimated
at between $250 million and $300 million. The buyer belonged to a royal
family of the city Qatar. The painting was obtained via private sale.
It’s considered one of the most expensive work of art ever sold.
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Villa La Leopolda
It is the second most expensive house on the French Rivera is worth $506
million. The current structure of the villa was made between the years
1929 and 1931. It was done on an estate that was once under the rule of
King Leopald of Belgium. It was also used in the film by Alfred
Hitchcock named “to catch a thief”.
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The Perfect Pink
In 2010, a rare pink diamond has sold at Christie’s auction for more
than $23 millio in Hong Kong, making it the most expensive jewel ever
sold in Asia. According to auction house, the rare 14.23 carat diamond,
named The Perfect Pink, sold for $23,165,968 on Monday in Hong Kong to
an anonymous buyer after an intense bidding war with four others. |
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The Chopard 201-Carat Watch
This watch by Chopard features three heart-shaped diamonds, the pink
weighs 15 carats, the blue weighs 12 carats and the white weighs 11
carats. This is the world’s most expensive watch, In 2000, it was sold
for $25 million.
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