Steel Tiger
Senior Master
I just came across a few interesting things people have spent big money on and thought I would share.
A giant stag beetle was purchased for £57000
The most expensive sports shoes for £13600 (they mink-lined golf shoes with 18-carat gold embellishments and ruby-tipped spikes.
A biscuit from Sir Ernest Shakleton's failed expedition to the South Pole in 1907 was purchased for £4935 in 2000.
The ball that Mark McGwire broke the home-run record with was purchased for $3,054,000.
Steven Speilberg bought the script that Clark Gable used in Gone With the Wind for $244,500 in 1996.
A poster from the 1932 The Mummy movie sold for $453,500.
The oldest known pair of jeans were sold at auction for $46,532.
A 1904 Steiff bear named 'Teddy Girl' was purchased for £110,000.
The world's most expensive Post-It not sold for £640. It had a small charcoal drawing by artist RB Kitaj on it.
A 1963 prototype GI Joe was purchased for $14,000 in 1999.
A programme from the 1908 soccer match between Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers was purchased for £8050.
A football shirt worn by Pele was purchased for £157,750.
Ahh, the weird world of the collector. Isn't it beautiful what some people will geta second mortgage for.
A giant stag beetle was purchased for £57000
The most expensive sports shoes for £13600 (they mink-lined golf shoes with 18-carat gold embellishments and ruby-tipped spikes.
A biscuit from Sir Ernest Shakleton's failed expedition to the South Pole in 1907 was purchased for £4935 in 2000.
The ball that Mark McGwire broke the home-run record with was purchased for $3,054,000.
Steven Speilberg bought the script that Clark Gable used in Gone With the Wind for $244,500 in 1996.
A poster from the 1932 The Mummy movie sold for $453,500.
The oldest known pair of jeans were sold at auction for $46,532.
A 1904 Steiff bear named 'Teddy Girl' was purchased for £110,000.
The world's most expensive Post-It not sold for £640. It had a small charcoal drawing by artist RB Kitaj on it.
A 1963 prototype GI Joe was purchased for $14,000 in 1999.
A programme from the 1908 soccer match between Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers was purchased for £8050.
A football shirt worn by Pele was purchased for £157,750.
Ahh, the weird world of the collector. Isn't it beautiful what some people will geta second mortgage for.
