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World’s Most Expensive: From Jewelry to Car to Flower

In a world as vast and materialistic as ours, it is only obvious that every category has that one piece that is the most expensive. But what makes something expensive? There are several factors; the thing could be extremely rare, extremely old, extremely important, or all of the above. With that, let's know more about the world's most expensive...

Updated on: 20 January, 2023 5:10 PM IST By: Binita Kumari
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Before we start with the categories, let’s just first state the most expensive thing in the world (drumrolls, please): The History Supreme Yacht, which is 100 feet long and costs $4.5 billion, has been confirmed as the world’s most expensive thing right now after extensive research across a variety of sources.

World’s Most Expensive Person

Bernard Arnault, the owner of LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) with a net worth of $198.4 billion is the world’s most expensive person.

World’s Most Expensive Car

The 1963 Ferrari 250 Gran Turismo Omologato (GTO) is the world’s most expensive car.

World’s Most Expensive Place

New York and Singapore are the most expensive places in the world.

World’s Most Expensive Watch

World’s most expensive watch is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300A-01.

World’s Most Expensive Hotel

The Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas is the most expensive hotel charging an eye-watering $100,000 per night.

World’s Most Expensive Phone

Apple’s Falcon Supernova iPhone 6 Pink Diamond is the world’s most expensive phone costing a whopping $48.5 Million.

World’s Most Expensive Pen

Costing $2 million, the Montblanc Taj Mahal Limited Edition pen is the most expensive pen in the world.

World’s Most Expensive Currency

Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) is the most expensive currency in the world. One Kuwaiti Dinar is equal to Rs 265.56.

World’s Most Expensive Shoes

At $2 million, the Stuart Weitzman Tanzanite Heels are the world’s most expensive shoes.

World’s Most Expensive Pizza

The Louis XIII pizza costs $9,250 making it the world’s most expensive pizza.

World’s Most Expensive Plant

The Shenzhen Nongke Orchid was sold at $224,000 at an auction in 2005, making it the world’s most expensive plant.

World’s Most Expensive Fish

The Atlantic Bluefin Tuna is the world’s most expensive fish costing Rs 23 crore.

World’s Most Expensive Dish

Priced at $14,500, the Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence is the world’s most expensive dish.

World’s Most Expensive House

The world’s most expensive house is King Charles III’s Buckingham Palace with an estimated value of $4.9 billion.

World’s Most Expensive Bike

The Neiman Marcus Limited Edition Fighter is the world’s most expensive bike with a price tag of $11 million, which translates to Rs 91 crore in Indian currency.

World’s Most Expensive Dress

The Nightingale of Kuala Lumpur designed by Faisal Abdullah is the world’s most expensive dree valued at $30 million.

World’s Most Expensive Company

Walmart, with a $600 billion revenue is the most expensive company in the world.

World’s Most Expensive Drink

The Isabella Islay Whisky with a price tag of $6.2 million is the world’s most expensive drink.

World’s Most Expensive Flower

The Kadulup Flower is the world’s most expensive flower only because it has never been bought It is so rare and so frail that it only blooms once a year at night for a few hours and dies before dawn.

World’s Most Expensive Trees

Sandalwood trees are the world’s most expensive trees priced at $20,000 per tree.

World’s Most Expensive Document

The 72-page-long Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Codex Leicester’, also known as the ‘Codex Hammer’, is the most expensive document.

World’s Most Expensive Painting

Leonardo da Vinci makes it in the list of the world’s most expensive but this time with his painting, the infamous Mona Lisa which costs $900 million.

World’s Most Expensive Wine

The Chateau Margaux grand vin, a red wine, is the world’s most expensive wine and costs a whopping $225,000.

World’s Most Expensive Book

Currently priced at $35 million, the Book of Mormon is the world’s most expensive book.

World’s Most Expensive Jewellery

The infamous Hope Diamond from the Heart of the Ocean necklace in Titanic (1997) costs $350 million, making it the most expensive piece of jewellery.

World’s Most Expensive Scent

The Shumukh by Nabeel, costing $1.5 million is the world’s most expensive scent.

Some would contest that breathable air and water are the most expensive things in the world and they won’t be wrong because that dystopian thought will soon turn real. And I hope that is the takeaway from my article on the world’s most expensive…

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