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 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 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

$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.

$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.

The cost of the aircraft

To date, F-22 is the most expensive fighter aircraft ever armed in the world. Production cost of one aircraft is estimated 146.2 million dollars, and the total price including all indirect costs and the expected production volume – 350 million.

Cost per hour of F-22 flight is 19,000 dollars, while for the F-15 FY08 this cost is 17,000 U.S. dollars per flying hour.

As of November 2010, there were four F-22 “Raptor” fighters that have been lost in flight accidents.