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World’s Most Expensive Watches

July 16, 2008

Watch collecting may be one of the most expensive hobbies in the world, but it’s also one of the most rewarding. Many antique timepieces are a testament to the brilliance of early and modern innovators. Vacherin Constantin’s Tour de l’Ile – $1.5 million Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin marked its 250th anniversary in 2005 with the [...]

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Most Expensive Record

July 14, 2008

Have you ever heard of The Quarrymen? No? Well, it may shock you to find out that that a vanity record pressed by this group is worth something like £100,000 ($200,000 USD). Even more surprising, the world’s most expensive record is a single—a cover of Buddy Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day.” If you’re wondering how [...]

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Most Expensive License Plate

July 11, 2008

Talal Khouri, a Dubai-based stockbroker, made history recently when he became the owner of the world’s most expensive license plate. He won the expensive license plate after placing the winning bid during an auction to benefit individuals with special needs. Oddly, the expensive license plate displayed the number five. You would think the most expensive [...]

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Most Expensive Toy Car

July 8, 2008

Audi’s Auto Union Type C pedal car just took a back seat as Hot Wheels unveiled the world’s most expensive toy car. What makes this car more expensive than any other toy car? Well, it could be all the diamonds. To commemorate their 40th anniversary, as well as their 4 billionth car, Hot Wheels commissioned [...]

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Most Expensive Newspaper

June 30, 2008

You probably know that the advent of the web has caused a steady decline in newspaper circulation. Eventually, printed broadsheets may become a thing of the past entirely, relegated to museums and rare book libraries. In that case, certain newspaper copies may command exceedingly high prices for their historical value. For now, though, it’s the [...]

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Most Expensive Sweaters

June 2, 2008

How would you like to gain a piece of television and fashion history while helping out children with learning difficulties? Bid on one of the most expensive sweaters and you may be able to do just that. Erinn Cosby, one of Bill Cosby’s four daughters, is auctioning off three of her famous father’s notorious sweaters [...]

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Most Expensive Candy Bar

May 28, 2008

In 1981, select English consumers were introduced to Cadbury’s Wispa bar. In 1983, it was released nationally in the UK. Twelve years later, Cadbury launched the caramel-filled Wispa Gold. In 2003, the Wispa brand was discontinued due to declining sales. In 2009, a special edition of Wispa Gold—covered in actual gold—is being sold for £961.48 [...]

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Most Expensive Guitar Picks

May 20, 2008

If you’re looking for a guitar pick, there’s no shortage of different shapes, styles and materials available for you to choose from. Customized picks have been prevalent since the days when Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick would throw hundreds of them out into the audience. In fact, most famous guitarists have their own custom guitar [...]

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Most Expensive Autograph

April 1, 2008

Getting the autograph of your favorite celebrity can be a thrilling experience for most. For serious philographers—autograph collectors—living celebrities’ John Hancocks are just the tip of the iceberg. For these collectors, the most valuable autographs are those of deceased historical figures. Still more valuable are those same signatures decorating handwritten documents and, especially, personal letters. [...]

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Most Expensive Magic: The Gathering Card

March 17, 2008

Ever wonder what someone does with a mathematics degree other than teaching math? Richard Garfield, while studying combinatorial mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, decided to apply his arithmetic skills to game design. He earned his PhD in 1993, the same year role-playing game publisher Wizards of the Coast first published a card game of [...]

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Most Expensive Monopoly Set

March 16, 2008

Parker Brothers’ famous game of economics, Monopoly, has been called “the most played board game in the world.” It’s certainly a believable title when you consider that, according to Hasbro, the game has been played by over 750 million people since Parker Brothers originally published it in 1935. Monopoly is actually based on a game [...]

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Most Expensive Toy Robot

February 21, 2008

If you balk at dropping $40 on a Transformers toy for your kid this Christmas, then you’ll be happy to know that the world’s most expensive toy robot wasn’t made for retail. In order to bring more exposure to one of their flagship toy lines, Japanese toymakers Bandai teamed up with well-known jewelers Ginza Tanaka. [...]

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Most Expensive Handgun

February 19, 2008

The Luger, more correctly known as the Parabellum-Pistole, is a semi-automatic pistol design patented by Georg Luger in 1898 and manufactured by DWM (Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktien-Gesellschaft) in 1900. Originally designed for 7.65x22mm Parabellum cartridges, US Army trials in 1906 demanded a semi-automatic pistol with a larger caliber. DWM’s submission, a Luger adapted to [...]

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Most Expensive Beanie Baby

February 17, 2008

Beanie Babies may have dropped out of the spotlight since their heyday in the late 90s, but that doesn’t mean they’ve disappeared entirely. While he nearly discontinued the line in 1999, Ty Warner was persuaded by popular demand to continue producing Beanie Babies. The formula that made Beanie Babies so popular was that each doll [...]

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Most Expensive Dice

December 27, 2007

Dice have come in many different shapes and sizes over the year, particularly those used in war games and the role-playing games that followed them. From the gold-plated six-sided die to the colossal and somewhat awkward 100-sided die, there have always been special dice for gaming enthusiasts to drool over. The smallest and most expensive [...]

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Most Expensive PEZ Dispenser

December 24, 2007

PEZ may be one of the most iconic candies of the modern era. Invented in 1927 by Viennese confectioner Eduard Hass III, the first PEZ flavor was peppermint. In fact, the name PEZ is derived from the German word Pfefferminze, meaning “peppermint.” The most remarkable aspect of PEZ candy, though, is the PEZ dispenser. These [...]

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Most Expensive Dime

October 23, 2007

Rarity usually determines the value of a collectors’ item, but that’s not always the case. Sometimes the story behind the item sets its price. Such is the case with the 1894-S Barber Dime. Recently sold for $1.9 million, this Barber Dime is the most expensive dime in US history. Barber, or “Liberty Head”, coinage was [...]

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Most Expensive Penny

October 19, 2007

Bearing Liberty’s head on one side and a circular chain on the other, the most expensive US penny is the 1793 Sheldon NC-1 Chain cent. The chain’s fifteen links surrounding the words “ONE CENT” represent the unity of the fifteen colonies extant in the US at the time. The design was simple enough to allow [...]

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Audi’s Auto Union Type C

October 15, 2007

Audi’s Auto Union Type C pedal car may just be the world’s most expensive toy car. At an unofficial price of over $14,000 USD, the pedal car hearkens back to the days when Audi was known as Auto Union, a joint venture of four German auto manufacturers. The original Auto Union Type C dominated the [...]

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Most Expensive Golf Ball Marker

October 12, 2007

The ball marker may be one of the most insignificant pieces of golfing equipment. It’s simply used to mark the position of your ball when it needs to be cleaned or if it’s in an opponent’s putting line. Who would want to mark the location of their ball with some cheap piece of plastic, though? [...]

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Most Expensive M&M

August 2, 2007

Space travel buffs have been collecting items that were flown into space for years. The demand for items that have been to outer space increased with the sale of the world’s most expensive M&M candy. Strangely enough, it was not a package or several pieces. It was one single brown M&M flown on board Paul [...]

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Most Expensive Trivial Pursuit Game

August 1, 2007

The game Trivial Pursuit® has been a favorite of board game enthusiasts since its official introduction in 1982. The game was invented back in 1979 when two Canadian friends decided to test each other’s knowledge of trivia, which led to the creation of their very own board game. A few years later in 1988, Parker [...]

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Most Expensive Teddy Bear

April 11, 2007

The German teddy bear company, Steiff is responsible for the production many expensive collectible bears and also the most expensive teddy bear ever made. The Steiff company claims to have made the world’s first teddy bear and is has made this golden bear to commemorate its 125th anniversary. The expensive bear has a mouth made [...]

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Most Expensive Drum Kit

March 26, 2007

by Hunter Davis Becoming popular in the late 1800′s, drum kits were revolutionized by the invention of the bass drum pedal that allowed a drummer to play on several percussion instruments at once like the snare, bass, and cymbals. Drum kits were popularized in the roaring twenties when their deep sounds and bright tones became [...]

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Most Expensive Backgammon Set

March 24, 2007

Artist Bernard Maquin has crafted a backgammon set resembling the exotic traditions of the Middle East. More of a luxurious work of art than a board-game, the inspiration for the design of this expensive Backgammon board and game pieces came from fusing geometric patterns with eastern art and architectural designs. Created for the Charles Hollander [...]

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