The most expensive dog

$580 000

The most expensive dog in the world was purchased by a millionaire from under heaven. She bought a puppy for 4 million yuan, or about 580,000 dollars. The breed is so valuable acquisitions – the Tibetan mastiff. This is an ancient breed that originated among the nomads of northern India and Central Asia. According to a contented housewife, she was looking for a very long time pet of this breed. Success of her quest culminated in Tibet.

The woman already has a representative of this breed – namely, a female Tibetan Mastiff. Now, winner of the million the state plans to get the thoroughbred breed. So rare dogs are valued for their extraordinary endurance and considerable force. They are excellent guards.

One is “the most expensive dog in the world copes with the leopard, and two – the strength to overcome the tiger.

The most expensive postage stamp

$2,970,000

The most expensive postage stamp in the world – the “holy grail” or “Z Grill“. The title of this she acquired as a result of exchange. A little background: a collector from America, Bill Gross, is the owner of the complete collection of stamps (4 pieces) under the name “Jenny.” He bought them for $ 2.97 million, which was the largest sum ever paid for the stamps. Collection value stamps issued in the U.S. in 1918, gives an inverted image of an airplane, which is a mistake made in print. He then exchanged all 4 stamps for one rare and, in consequence, has become the most expensive postage stamp in the world – odnotsentovuyu brand called the “holy grail”, released in 1868. The stamp depicts Franklin. Have survived only 2 copies of the “Z Grill”, one of which is located in the New York Public Library. Assistant Gross said that Bill was trying to get a rare blue mark in a few years. In the far in 1998 only available to collectors of stamps “Holy Grail” was put up for auction. Then Bill Gross was trying to catch her, but the buyer ended up Donald Sandmill. It is noteworthy that Sandmill bought “Holy Grail” for only $ 935,000. Because exchange has been mutually beneficial and Grosso, and Sandmenu to complete their collections lacked precisely those rarities, the most expensive postage stamp in the world has become “Z Grill”. Previous record belonged to the Swedish brand in 1857, bought at auction in 1996 for 2.2 million dollars.

The most expensive coin

$7,590,020

The first place for quite a while is a coin called the “Double Gold Eagle” or “Double Gold Eagle”. The currency denomination of $ 20 came from America. The most expensive coin was minted from 1850 to 1933. Most of them were melted into gold bars, but smaller still remained in its original form. Two coins have been transferred to national numismatic collection of the Institute of Smithsonian. 30 July 2002 coin was sold at auction for $ 7,590,020

The most expensive treasure

$3,000,000,000

Off the coast of Guyana found the treasure – three billion dollars. Vessel with platinum, gold and diamonds in the holds sank during the Second World War. It seems that the owners of the cargo were Britain and the Soviet Union, but now all the claims the American company that found the treasure and immediately classify all the information, but it declassified.
Gold, platinum and diamonds payments to allies of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army for weapons, clothes and foodstuffs. The American company marine hunters officially announced that they had found a flooded ship values​​, which was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1942.

Most expensive fighter jet

Most expensive fighter jet

$146 million USD

F-22 “Raptor” – the fifth generation multipurpose fighter developed by Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Dynamics to replace the F-15 Eagle .

F-22 today is the only fifth-generation armed fighter and the most expensive fighter in the world.

As the main basis of aircraft design was taken the principle of high survivability due to the principle «First look – first kill». For this widely used technology to reduce the visibility («Stealth»). An important characteristic of 5th generation fighter design, that reduces the visibility of the aircraft, is the placement of standard weapons in the inner compartments. F-22 has external fixtures also, but its using affects the low-level-visibility and, in fact, is a compromise step to increase the fighter versatility.

F-22 is equipped with two turbojet bypass engines with Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 afterburners.

As of May 2010 there were 139 USAF armed F-22.

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Most expensive dog

Most expensive dog

$600,000

According to local media, the Tibetan mastiff joined the list of expensive acquisitions wealthy Chinese elite.

Girl paid $ 600,000 for the Tibetan mastiff and a convoy of luxury cars to meet her and her new friend at the airport.

“We have gold price, but the same Tibetan mastiff she is not” – she told reporters.

Dog in China the average is $ 2,000, say breeders.

Miss Wong and her dog were found in Xi’an airport on their return from the province Chzhinhay in the north-eastern China, the place of residence of a large number of ethnic Tibetans.

Most Expensive Sports Contracts Ever Signed

Most Expensive Sports Contracts Ever Signed

Sports contracts over the years have gotten so extreme that they make even wealthy people envious. It wasn’t always like this, this era of contracts started in the late 80’s with Kirby Puckett being the first player to receive a $3 million dollar contract in 1989 according to the Sporting News. That might not seem like a lot, but for MLB, it was a great deal at that time. And it did not stop there. That was just what opened the flood gates.
Here’s a detailed breakdown of the 25 biggest and most expensive sports contracts ever signed (in descending order).

1 – Jason Giambi – New York Yankees – Baseball – $120,000,000

These days, Jason Giambi seems more of a DH than a power hitting first baseman. That said, he was once the power hitting first baseman for the Oakland Athletics, but when Mark McQuire was traded in 1997, Jason became the first baseman.
In 2003, Giambi was named in the Balco investigation, blemishing his otherwise promising career. Since then, he apologized to the organization as well as the fans and promised to return to his previous form.

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Most expensive tree

Most expensive tree

£750,000 (1,462,500 USD)

This is the most expensive tree in Britain – worth more than three times the average price of a home. The Victorian plane, which has a 1.8m (6ft) wide trunk and stands in Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, is valued at £750,000 (1,462,500 USD).
It may seem like a lot of money but there are dozens of other trees worth more than £500,000 in London’s richest boroughs, such as Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
When all the street trees in the capital are added together they are worth about £6.4billion, according to the Capital Asset Value for Amenity Trees system.
The new guide assesses a tree’s worth by its size, health, historical significance and how many people live nearby to enjoy it.
Tree experts say it will end the ‘chainsaw massacre’ of trees blamed for subsidence in homes. In the past five years, London councils have chopped down nearly 40,000 street trees, some more than 100 years old.
But with the new system, the higher the value of a tree, the more proof insurers would need to show it has caused damage and have it felled.
Cavat, developed by the London Tree Officers Association, will be used across the capital later this year and go nationwide next year.
Andy Tipping, who chairs the association, said: ‘People are still not understanding that subsidence is a problem with buildings, not trees.
In many cases it’s other reasons such as drains, poorly installed double-glazing or climate change.
This is going to revolutionise the way in which subsidence claims are managed for the better of all – including householders, insuerers and local authorities.