The most expensive work of art

$104,000,000

A masterpiece by Pablo Picasso brush, written in 1905, when he was only 24 years old, became the most expensive ever sold the product in the history of the auction “Sotheby’s, where he was bought for $ 104 million painting”Garcon a la pipe” (« Boy with a pipe “) is considered one of the most important early works by the artist, and therefore its value is twice the amount that someone paid for it.

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The most expensive car number

$14,000,000

The most expensive car number – a number with a single image on it with “1″. Happy owner of expressive number was a 25-year-old resident of Abu Dhabi Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Hawera. He bought it for $ 14 million. Auction for sale of car numbers held in the United Arab Emirates. The owner of the lot called “the most expensive car number, ” said that he was ready to give up the $ 30 million just to get it. Although Said is not an investment at all, nevertheless, he hoped that after a couple of years the price of license plate “1″ double. Which car will travel about with this number, Mr. Hoyer has not yet been decided. Amount received during the auction, will seek to build a hospital. Interest in car license plates in the UAE due to the possibility of acquiring facilities in perpetuity. The future owner has the right to transfer the car number by inheritance or sell. Recall that in 2007 his brother became number “5 ” and “7″ for $ 10 million

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

Most expensive truffle

Most expensive white truffle.

$330,000

One of the biggest truffles found in decades has fetched $330,000 (£165,000) at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, London and Florence.
A Macau casino owner, Stanley Ho, made the record-breaking bid for the white truffle, which weighed 1.5kg (3.3lb).
Luciano Savini and his son found the highly-prized fungus after it was dug up by his truffle dog near Pisa, northern Italy, last week.
He said he was overwhelmed by the high price paid for his discovery.
He said: “I thought we were going to beat the record, but not to really get to this amount.
“The biggest truffle of the century and the most expensive truffle of the century. There are no more words to say – it is all very beautiful.”
Mr Ho outbid British artist Damien Hirst and Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed of Abu Dhabi to the prize, according to the South China Morning Post.
All proceeds from the auction were donated to charities.

Wild truffles are harvested all over the world, from the western United States to China, but France and Italy, where they grow in open meadows and dense forests, respectively, are the best-known sources. These highly coveted fungi germinate 10 to 35 inches underground on the roots of any of a dozen varieties of trees. When uncovered, they look like balls of soil and range in size from a pea to a potato.

The global market for this sought-after specialty food is more than $2 billion, Lima estimates. Global gourmands, especially those in New York City, the largest consumer of truffles after Italy, pay through the nose for the delicacies thanks to their earthy, rich, mushroomy essence.

Each of the four commercially available truffles has a distinct growing season and is only available fresh at that time. White truffles (which have never been successfully domesticated) are in season between late September and December. Black winter truffles are available from November through February. Black summer truffles, the most bountiful kind, are in season between June and October. Bianchetti, or Tuscan truffles, are in season from January through April.

To cook a white truffle is to commit a culinary crime: Heat spoils the pungent taste. White truffles are generally shaved thinly over the top of a simple pasta dish to preserve their intoxicating scent. Black truffles (with a subtler smell and a texture that lends itself to cooking) and black summer truffles (known for their nutty flavor) can be shaved and eaten raw or cooked. Tuscan truffles are almost always cooked because heat doesn’t diminish their pronounced flavor.

Most expensive picture

Most expensive picture

1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt ($135,000,000)

This record breaking sale was enabled by a court order by the Austrian government to return the painting to the Artist’s rightful heir. The entire dispute lasted over a year and was necessary to return the painting that was looted by the Nazis during World War II. Skillfully painted in 1907 by the art nouveau master Gustav Klimt, the painting was purchased by Ronald S. Lauder, the cosmetics heir, in 2006. Read the rest of this entry »