Most people want to have something that no one else has, and even more the most expensive things in the whole world. The pursuit of unique and expensive items has been going on since time immemorial, and this kind of a kind of competition will always be relevant.
It is impossible to give an unambiguous answer to the question of what is the most expensive thing in the world. For each person, a certain country and nationality, type of religion, there are values. For example, a person who adores cars will never understand the passion of a philatelist or a fan of painting and literature. For some, it is prestigious to have expensive accessories and jewelry, while others are ready to pay big money for a fragment of ancient dishes or mammoth bones. But still, there are things that are worth nothing more, if we talk about objects, and not about feelings and moral values.
The most expensive minerals
The cost of minerals and precious metals or stones, which are necessary for the normal existence of a person and the development of new technologies, is not so high, it constantly fluctuates and cannot serve as a measure for recognizing a person as a super-rich, but there are such gifts of the bowels of the earth, the price of which is simply amazing.
The most expensive mineral extracted from the bowels of the earth is painite, which was discovered in Burma back in 1956. At the moment, only 125 copies of this stone have been found, which are stored in the country where they were discovered. The cost of one such pebble is more than 9000 euros.
The most valuable objects of art and culture
If you do not mean paintings and sculptures, which are usually kept in museums, then the most expensive thing sold at auction and belonging to art objects can be called a porcelain vase, which was bought for $ 5 million. The case of the sale of a comic book about Spider-Man and denim trousers, which were sewn 115 years ago for big money, is also unique.
Luxuries
But the greatest financial costs are, of course, borne by fans of luxury goods. Moreover, their purchases may not always be justified from the point of view of rationality, because most of them cannot even be used for their intended purpose. It is unlikely that the owner of a car covered with diamonds will roll it on the highway or the owner of a crystal grand piano will perform classical music on it.
The most expensive accessory ever sold is a red crocodile bag from Hermes Birkin, which was bought for 250 thousand dollars. The most expensive piece of jewelry, a pink diamond ring, was bought by an anonymous person at an auction in Hong Kong for $ 23 million.
The most expensive real estate items for many years have been the Villa Leopolda in France and the 27-storey tower Antilia in Mumbai. The cost of the first of them exceeds half a billion euros, and the second costs more than a billion euros.
