Got Extra Money to Spend?
Actually, got a LOT of extra money to spend? While looking for the most exclusive and expensive things money can buy, one thing became really clear to me. All you need to do is add gold, platinum, silver, diamonds and other precious stones to anything and you have earned yourself the ‘most expensive’ tag for that particular item category. So while it wasn’t surprising to see the most expensive, dresses, lingerie, shoes, watches and of course pieces of jewelry full of the above, some other items were quite shocking to say the least. Precious metals and stones were added to the most unthinkable items. So here you have it, all the bling and baubles in the most unlikely places.
The Most Expensive Computer Mouse
Price tag: USD 24,180
Pat Says Now, a Swiss manufacturer has made the most expensive computer mouse in the world. It is cast from 18 carat white gold and set with 59 brilliant cut diamonds. There are two designs to choose from, the beautiful “Diamond Flower” design and the “Scattered Diamond” design. You can choose your mouse in yellow, white or red gold with black or white trim. How much for the mouse pad to keep this on?
The Most Expensive iPhone Case
Price Tag: USD 20,000
iPhone CaseCase-mate’s ingeniously named “Diamond Case” for the iPhone is made with 42 nuggets of expensive stones, totaling 3.5 carats, and is embedded in 18k gold. Wouldn’t I just buy 50 iPhones instead?
The Most Expensive Corkscrew
Price tag: USD 71,000
Frank Sveid’s corkscrew is the most expensive one in the world. The fifty-two pieces of this corkscrew are made from aviation titanium and the fingertip level is made of eighteen carat platinum or yellow gold. One also has the option of the hinges being cast in gold. The box that the corkscrew sits in can also be customized with many different options for types of wood and color of lining. The presentation box and the corkscrew can both be engraved. When not in use, the corkscrew can be folded compactly.
The Most Expensive TV
Price tag: USD 130,000
The Yalos Diamond LCD TV is plated in white gold and encrusted with 20 carats worth of diamonds. Just what everyone needs! Hope they gave enough thought to the picture and sound quality as well.
The Most Expensive Tea Bag
Price tag: $14,000
PG Tips is a British company that makes tea. They celebrated their 75th birthday by getting Boodles jewelers, an exclusive jeweler based in the UK, to make a diamond teabag. The tea bag was hand-crafted using 280 diamonds.
The Most Expensive Cricket Ball
Price tag: $68,000
This diamond studded cricket ball was presented to the Best Indian and Best International players at the 2007 Cricket World Cup tournament. The diamond cricket ball was created by Gitanjali Gems Limited, India. Each diamond ball is studded with 5,728 pieces of diamonds. Boy that should give them more than enough incentive to win!
