This Old Stamp Is the World’s Most Expensive Object by Weight
It’s hard to believe that a humble stamp could be considered exorbitantly expensive, but at $8.5 million, this 1856 postage stamp is considered the world’s most expensive object by weight. The world is full of valuable objects, from jewelry to rare artworks, but when it comes to value per gram, nothing even comes close to […]
World’s Most Expensive Drug Costs $3.5 Million Per Dose
Hemgenix, a single-dose cure for a form of the blood-clotting disorder hemophilia, recently set a new world record for the most expensive drug ever at a whopping $3.5 million per dose. On Tuesday, The US Food and Drug Administration approved Hemgenix, a cutting-edge gene therapy designed to treat adults with hemophilia B, a serious genetic […]
Rome’s Villa Aurora – The Most Expensive House in the World
Located on a hill in the heart of Rome and featuring the only ceiling mural ever painted by the Italian Baroque old master Caravaggio, Villa Aurora is widely regarded as the world’s most expensive house. The 30,000-square-foot, 16th-century villa is located a short walk from the famous Via Veneto, home to some of Rome’s best […]
The World’s Most Expensive Yacht Allegedly Costs $4.8 Billion, But No One Has Ever Seen It
History Supreme, a super-yacht commissioned by a mysterious Malaysian billionaire and designed by controversial artist Stuart Hughes, is considered the world’s most expensive yacht, but most don’t even believe it exists. The story of History Supreme is one of the weirdest we’ve ever covered here on Oddity Central. It originally made news headlines over a […]
Korean Bamboo Salt – Making the World’s Most Expensive Salt Can Take up to 50 Days
Korean Bamboo Salt is a luxury product that can cost over $100 per 8.5-ounce (240g) jar. The price is mostly dictated by the laborious process of making it, which involves roasting it 9 times in bamboo cylinders. If you thought pink Himalayan salt was expensive, you probably haven’t heard of actual luxury salt varieties. There […]
Institut Le Rosey – The World’s Most Expensive School
Institut Le Rosey is generally considered to be the most expensive school in the world, with the annual tuition per student surpassing $130,000. Switzerland is home to some of the world’s most expensive and exclusive schools. The European country is home to at least 10 schools with yearly tuition fees of over $75,000, but the […]
This Company Builds Fantastic Playhouses That Can Cost Up to $400,000
Most people can only dream of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on their dream home, but some are paying the same amounts, if not more, on intricate, fully-furnished playhouses for their kids. Charmed Playhouses, a family business based in Letherbridge, Canada, claims to build the world’s most fantastic, luxurious and quality playhouses, and looking […]
This “Ridiculous Butter” Is Flavored with Lobster and Crab, Costs a Whopping $130
‘Ridiculous No.55 Lobster and Crab Butter’ is a decadent handmade butter made by a family company in the UK. It has been voted one of the world’s finest foods by a panel of 355 judges. If you love food as much as I do, you probably know that there is nothing better than butter. But […]
Kynam – The World’s Rarest, Most Expensive Wood
When you think of the rarest, most precious materials on Earth, things like diamonds, platinum, or gold probably pop into your head, but did you know that a special type of wood is actually more expensive than any of those? Kynam, or “kyara” as it’s known in Japan, is an extremely rare type of agarwood […]
Would You Pay $21,500 to Run in the World’s First Premium Ultra Marathon?
Described as “the world’s first premium ultra,” the Highland Kings marathon requires participants to pay a £15,499 ($21,500) entrance fee. That makes it the most expensive ultramarathon on Earth.’ Ultramarathons aren’t usually associated with luxury, but Primal Adventure, an outdoor adventure business based in Scotland, is hoping to change that by organizing what many are […]
This Elite English College Trains the World’s Most Expensive Nannies
For over 120 years England’s Norland College has been known as the most prestigious nanny-training school in the world, with graduates landing jobs with wealthy families and earning upwards of $100,000 per year. Founded in the late 1800s by Emily Ward, who realized that there was no official childcare training at the time, Norland College […]
This Sea Duck Has the World’s Most Expensive Feathers
Every summer, around 400 hunters scour a small, remote island in Iceland’s Breizafjörzur Bay in search of an unusual treasure – the world’s most expensive feathers The hunt for the world’s most precious feathers has been held almost every year for over a millennia. People have known that Eiderdown, the feathers of the Eider polar […]
Quintessential Grilled Cheese – The World’s Most Expensive Sandwich
Priced at an eye-watering $214, Quintessential Grilled Cheese has held the the record for the world’s most expensive commercially-available sandwich for over seven years. You could say that New York-based restaurant Serendipity 3 is specialized in setting food-related Guinness records. It currently holds world records, most expensive desert, most expensive hamburger, most expensive hot dog, […]
The World’s Most Expensive Burger Costs a Whopping $6,000
The Golden Boy, a decadent delicacy made with 100 percent Wagyu A5, Beluga caviar, king crab, white truffle, among other premium ingredients, has just broken the record for world’s most expensive burger, with a price of 5,000 euros ($6,000). The Golden Boy burger was created by Robbert Jan de Veen, owner of Dutch restaurant De […]
Bugatti Now Sells Self-Leveling Pool Tables for $300,000
Bugatti, a company known for its exclusive sport cars, recently unveiled a $300,000 luxury pool table that relies on highly advanced gyroscopic technology to remain perfectly level in any conditions, making it usable on yachts. There are a few things in this world that money can’t buy, and until now, playing pool at sea was […]