Ridiculous Items Purchased By Wealthy People
Crazy purchases made by wealthy people just because they can.
Published 9 years ago in Facepalm
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Golf Cart Hovercraft: Available at Hammacher for $58,000, the golf cart hovercraft is an ultimate vehicle capable of gliding over sand traps and water hazards on a cushion of air as easily as it does over fairways and the rough.
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Lunch with Warren Buffet: To raise money for a charity, a lunch with Warren Buffet is auctioned on eBay every ear and it usually fetches a significant amount of money, but in 2010, the final bid exceeded all expectations as an unknown bidder paid a staggering $2.6 million for a lunch with this highly respected business magnate.
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The Golden Cell Phone: If you find the iPhone expensive, you have probably never heard of the iPhone 5 model recreated by Stuart Hughes, a British luxurious jeweler. Coming in at $16,764,000, the phone is made from 24-carat gold, 26-carat black diamond and 600 precious stones.If you are dumb enough to buy this phone, you probably deserve to get robbed.
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Luxury Drink: The world’s most expensive cocktail with a price tag of almost $14,500. The Gigi’s cocktail was created for actress Grace Jones at the opening of Gigi’s restaurant in London. The cocktail was made from a mix of 1990 Vintage Cristal and an extremely rare 1888 Samalens Vieille Relique Vintage brandy, topped with Angostura Bitters and “lashings” of gold leaf.