Tuesday 1 July 2014

[www.keralites.net] The world!s most expensive things

 


 

 
The International Space Station is the most expensive object ever made by man. Cost: $150 billion approximately
 
 
 
 
The most expensive book in the world is the Codex Leicester of Leonardo da Vinci, a book of scientific writings. Price: $30.8 million
 
The most expensive watch in the world is the A. Lange Sohne Grand Complication. This immensely precise and complicated (876 hand wrought parts, 7 complications and 14 functions) watch can only be made by one man , and it t ak es him a whole year to m ak e one. Price: $2.5 million dollars.
 
The most expensive private jet in the world is the Airbus 318 Elite. Price: $ 62 million (gas money extra).
 
The most expensive Cognac in the world is  Henry IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne . Price: $2 million (ie approximately $50,000 per sip). 
 
The most expensive dog in the world is the rare and enormous Tibetan Mastiff puppy.  Price: $2 million dollars. 
 
The most expensive photograph ever sold was this deceptively plain photo of the Rhein II, created by German artist Andreas Gursky. Price: $4.3 million.
 
The most expensive sword in the world belonged to no other than Napoleon Bonaparte. Price: $6.4 million. 
 
The most expensive car in the world, currently, is the Lamborghini Veneno. Price: $4.6 million.
 
The most expensive champagne in the world is the Gout de Diamants Champagne . Price: $ 1.2 million. However, it is not merely the liquid that m ak es it so expensive: the bottle itself has an 18 carat white gold plate with a 19 carat diamond mounted on it. 
 
The most expensive mushroom in the world, an Italian White Alba truffle. Price: $160,406  (for 1.51 kg)
 
The most expensive computer in the world is the Milky Way 28243 Supercomputer in Guangzho , China . It would cost $400 million to recreate
 
The most expensive viola in the world, the Stradivarius MacDonald Viola, made in 1719 and one of only 10 surviving violas made by the famous master, Luthier. Recently sold for $45 million.
 
The most expensive beer in the world is the Antarctic Nail Ale. Price: $1,815 per bottle

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