There is no limit on how costly a thing can be. This is the exact reason why even the richest people will never have enough money to buy the most expensive things in the world. Hence, the greed to be richer never ends in human beings.
The richer you get, the more you think that you do not have enough money to buy some highly expensive things. Here are the top ten most expensive things in the world that will leave you completely stunned.
10. Pink Star
Pink Star is the largest known pink diamond in the world. The estimated price of the diamond at present is around 83 million dollars. The diamond has changed hands a couple of times through auctioned. It was found in a mine in South Africa and weighs around 12 grams.
9. 1962 Ferrari GTO
The most expensive car was sold through a private transaction in an auction and the deal went through for a mega 38 million dollars. The price of the car has increased thereafter to 52 million dollars.
8. Interchange
It is the most expensive painting ever sold. It is made by the famous abstract painter William de Kooning. It was sold for a whopping price tag of 300 million dollars. It is present in the Art Institute of Chicago on loan for the buyer.
7. Antilia
It is the most expensive house in the world and it is owned by the richest person in India – Mukesh Ambani. It is 34-storey and equipped to stand strong against earthquakes. It has parking space for nearly 150 cars and there are three helipads and the estimated price is 1 billion dollars only.
6. History Supreme
It is the most expensive yacht in the world. It is priced to be around 4.8 billion dollars. It belongs to a Malaysian businessman. The high cost is due to the fact that it is made of tiny meteorites, 1 lakh kg of gold and platinum. Some reports also suggest that it is also made up of bones of dinosaurs.
5. Queen Elizabeth Crown
There are nearly 2800 diamonds on the crown and the biggest of them all is the famous Kohinoor diamond which weighs around 21 grams. It originally belonged to an Indian ruler but the British attacked India and looted it. They presented it to Queen Victoria and the crown is valued to be in the range of 10 to 12 billion dollars.
4. Northrop Grumman B2 Spirit
This is the world expensive aircraft in the world which is owned by the United States. It took around 14 billion dollars to construct it. It has the best mileage as well as the power to travel at the highest altitude which is around 15,000 meters and launch attack. It is difficult to shoot it down from such high height range and this property makes it the most powerful war aircraft in the world.
3. Abraj Al-bait
This is the most expensive building in the world. The location of the building is in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The construction cost of the building was whopping 15 billion dollars. It is also the 4th tallest building in the world with 120 floors and a height of nearly 600 meters. It has the capacity to accommodate 1 lakh person.
2. The Interstate Highway System
This is the most expensive project in the world. The aim of the project is to make the entire U.S. accessible through highways and the project was sanctioned in 1955 when it began its work. The estimated budget of the project is 459 billion dollars to cover 46,876 miles at a stretch.
1. Antimatter
This is the most shocking and expensive thing of them all. To produce one gram of antimatter, one has to spend 62.5 trillion dollars. The reason behind that is the construction cost of apparatus to produce it. It uses the most advanced technologies and scientists have actually produced it in a very small amount for study and experimental purposes. It can destroy anything with which it is mixed.