Most expensive items of 2010

Most expensive cocktail: 15,250 pounds a pop

The world’s most expensive cocktail contains a diamond ring instead of an olive! The drink, created by Harvey Nichols in Manchester, has to be escorted to diner’s tables flanked by security guards. The dazzle cocktail contains a six and a half carrot pink tourmaline and diamond ring set in 18-carrot white gold. The drink was the brainchild of senior bartender Jay Malik, 24, who was asked to devise a drink to fit with the restaurant’s Pink Dinners month. A special safe has been brought in for the bar to keep the rings in and customers can choose any ring they want from the range – the most expensive being a 27,000 pounds sterling two-carrot engagement ring.

Most expensive shoes: 1 million pounds
Would you feel like a princess or what when you wear something worth 1m pounds? The most expensive shoes in the world were on sale at Harrods in London. After a photo-call for the press, the shoes were locked away in a bullet-proof case where they will be guarded round-the-clock. The shoes, inspired by the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, were woven from platinum thread and set with 642 rubies. They were designed by Stuart Weitzman.

Most expensive hair cut: 1,925 pounds

If you want London stylist Lee Stafford to cut your hair, make sure you are extra loaded. He calls it a “couture cut”. And the only place where you can get one is his house. Champagne, hors d’oeuvres and a follow-up trim as part of the package.

Most expensive denim jeans: Over $ 4,000

They wanted to be “the Mercedes-Benz, the Maybach of the denim industry”. And APO jeans have done just that with a pair costing as much as $ 4,000 or more. They offer mens and ladies jeans with Silver Buttons and Rivets at $1,000, 14k White or Yellow Gold Button and Rivets at $1,500, Platinum Button and Rivets at $3,250, and the Diamond Button and Rivets start at $4,000. All Jeans will come with Authenticity Number as well as an Appraisal Sheet from a top Jeweler in the NY diamond district. Of course, you could buy the economy version: they run only $1,000 a pair. APO jeans are constructed from denim woven in India that costs $40 a yard, compared with the $2- to $3-per-yard cost of materials for most designer denim. Buttons and rivets are made with precious metals or, if a customer is willing to shell out $4,000 or more, up to a dozen white diamonds on the main button.

Most expensive watch: $11 million

One of the most complicated watches ever made, it also became the most expensive watch ever sold when it was hammered down for $11 million at Sotheby’s.

The gold pocket watch features 24 complications, (Complications are mechanical functions of the watch other than the hours, minutes and seconds.)



Most expensive Mobile phone: 28,000 pound

Peter Aloisson, who makes phones covered in gold and diamonds for affluent clients, is the man responsible for making the most expensive phone ever. It costs more than a BMW 3-series convertible, or a Jaguar S-Type. A Motorola covered in 1200 diamonds and featuring a keyboard soaked in 18-carat gold, the phone is priced at 28, 000 pound sterling. The new phone beat the previous record held by another Aloisson ‘Diamante’ phone – an identical model featuring a paltry 950 diamonds laid into the gold bodywork. That phone retailed for 23, 000 pound sterling. “The people who buy my phones don’t have to worry about security – they all have bodyguards,” he told UK tabloid The Sun.

Most expensive nail polish: $250
How special could you feel by wearing sheer nail polish that has platinum dust in it? And how many people would be mad enough to do that? Many! The ‘I Do’ polish, the most expensive in the world, is a collaboration by Allure magazine, platinum supplier Johnson Matthey, PGI and Essie Cosmetics. The polish costs $250 per bottle. However, the first bottle was displayed in special bottle made with a platinum top and base that is valued at $55,000.

Most expensive Tie: 1 crore

When fully dressed Salman Khan paraded on a red ramp displaying the most expensive tie in the world, the picture was splashed all over the globe. The tie, studded with 261 diamonds of 77 carat each and made of pure silk with 150 grams of gold, is priced at a whopping Rs 1 crore. It is designed by Satya Paul and the Suashish Diamond group.

Most expensive perfume: 47,500 pounds

At 47,500 pound sterling, it is the world’s most expensive perfume. Indeed, the best things come in small packages. The fragrance, created by renowned British perfumer Arthur Burnham, is held in a 4 in bottle made with platinum, 24 carat gold, rubies and diamonds.

Most expensive pen: $265,000

Swiss company Caran d’Ache made ‘La Modernista Diamonds’ a pen that was sold in Harrods, London, for $265,000. Created in memory of architect Antonio Gaudi, the rhodium-coated solid silver pen has an 18-karat gold pen point and is pave-set with 5,072 diamonds and 96 half-cut rubies.

Most Expensive Records

Have you ever heard of The Quarrymen? No? Well, it may shock you to find out that that a vanity record pressed by this group is worth something like £100,000 ($200,000 USD). Even more surprising, the world’s most expensive record is a single—a cover of Buddy Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day.”


If you’re wondering how a cover by a nobody band could be worth so much, perhaps it’d help to know that three of the band’s members went on to form three quarters of the legendary pop rock group, The Beatles. Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison are all featured on the most expensive record, along with fellow Quarrymen Colin Hanton and John “Duff” Lowe.

Most members of the band attended Quarry Banks grammar school, from which they derived the name. The band lasted until 1958, when Lowe and Hanton left the group. After that, the group went through several names before settling on The Beatles.

Sir Paul McCartney still owns the world’s most expensive record. Record Collector, a magazine, arrived at the £100,000 figure through information from experts, collectors and dealers.

The expensive single also contains an original B-side by McCartney and Harrison, “In Spite of All the Danger.”

Most expensive records on Ebay

Discogs Top 100 - Most Expensive Records

Being record collectors ourselves, we've paid our fair share of hefty sums for long sought after records that were pressed in shamefully low numbers. We were curious to see if anything we've purchased ranked amongst the highest priced items that have sold in the Discogs Marketplace since we launched in 2005. While we won't say whether or not our purchases made the cut, for the sake of our relationships, we thought you might be interested in seeing this list.


I've also added this as a list within Discogs. If you haven't checked out the recently added lists feature, here's a good example of how it might be used.

This list of 100 releases are items that were actually sold and paid for. All prices have been converted to $USD based on exchange rates at the time of sale.


1) $4143 Mistafide - Equidity Funk (12")
2) $2000 Mütiilation - Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood (2xLP, Ltd)
3) $1250 Concept Of AL.P.S., The* - Unknown (12", EP)
4) $1200 Ryvon D.J.* - I'm Gonna Dance (Take Me Tonight) (12")
5) $1200 Weldon Irvine - Time Capsule (LP)
6) $1125 Keefy Keef - Cause I'm Keefy Keef (12")
7) $1051 Les Joyaux De La Princesse - Exposition Internationale - Arts Et Techniques - Paris 1937 (Box, Ltd + 7", Blu + 2xCDr)
8) $1000 La Paris - One Night Lover (12")
9) $999 Cobra MCees - The M-Go / Blow This Town (12")
10) $982 La Monte Young - The Well-Tuned Piano 81 X 25 6:17:50 - 11:18:59 PM NYC (5xLP + Box)
11) $950 California (2) - Volerei (12", Maxi)
12) $885 Throbbing Gristle - Live From The Death Factory (LP, Pic)
13) $851 Phase N' Rhythm - Brainfood / Hyperactive (12")
14) $833 Various - Back To The Lab (LP)
15) $831 Jennifer Warnes - The Hunter (LP)
16) $831 Genocide Organ - Klan Kountry (7", Ltd, Spe)
17) $826 Clarence* - Hyperspace Sound Lab (12")
18) $814 Bill Brandon / Lorraine Johnson - We Fell In Love While Dancing / The More I Get, The More I Want (12", Promo)
19) $799 Pet Shop Boys - Yes (11x12" + Box, Ltd)
20) $796 Throbbing Gristle - Desertshore Installation (12xCDr, Ltd)
21) $754 Genocide Organ - Leichenlinie (LP, Album, Ltd, Han)
22) $750 Mystie - Have I Lost You? / Chains Of Passion / Deception (12")
23) $740 Boards Of Canada - Twoism (LP)
24) $733 Various - Equinox Chapter One (12")
25) $712 Cloud One Featuring Margo Williams - Don't Let My Rainbow Pass Me By (12")
26) $699 Intergalactic Orchestra, The - Super Nova (LP)
27) $697 Death In June / Les Joyaux De La Princesse - Östenbräun (LP + 7" + , Ltd, Bla)
28) $691 Tool (2) - Selections From Ænima (12", Pic, Promo)
29) $685 Stella Steevens - Butterfly (12")
30) $667 M.C. Price & D.J. Trouble* - My Life Story / The Price Is Right (12", Single)
31) $667 Concept Of Alps, The - Intensity (12", Blu)
32) $666 Proiekt Hat - Resolution 3379 (5xLP + 12" + Cass + VHS + Box)
33) $663 Kluster (3) - 1969-1972 (6xLP, Album + Box, Ltd)
34) $661 Pierce Brothers (2) / Starbirth - Party Person / Jammin (12")
35) $653 Ernie Ranglin and DXJ - Phantoms Of The Bass (12")
36) $652 Les Joyaux De La Princesse - Aux Petits Enfants De France (Cass, Ltd)
37) $650 Sensitive (2) - Driving (12")
38) $650 Indikator (2) - The Vision (12", EP)
39) $650 Phill Most Chill - On Tempo Jack (12")
40) $650 Keek & Qagee - Don't Say It Sing It (12")
41) $642 Genocide Organ - A Case Of Ortophedic Fetishism (Acetate, 7", Single, Ltd)
42) $641 Grand Wizard Theodore & Fantastic Romatic Five, The* - Can I Get A Soul Clapp "Fresh Out The Pack" (12")
43) $633 Various - MASK 100 (12", Ltd)
44) $620 Merzbow - Merzbox (50xCD + 2xCD-ROM + Box, Ltd)
45) $620 Gatsby - Love Sign (12")
46) $617 Various - The House Of Hits - The History Of House Music (11xCD, Comp, Ltd, P/Mixed + Box)
47) $609 Corner 2 Corner - Anyday / Corners 2 Corporations (12")
48) $605 Prodigy, The - Scienide (12")
49) $600 3'Da Hard Way - A Dirty Cop Named Harry (12")
50) $590 Various - Music (2xLP + Box)
51) $589 Jack Sass Band* - Save My Life (12")
52) $589 Kraftwerk - 12345678 (Box, Promo + 8xCD, Copy Prot.)
53) $587 Coil - The Restitution Of Decayed Intelligence (Acetate, 12", Ltd)
54) $584 Throbbing Gristle - TG24 (25xCD)
55) $583 Jean Tinguely - Méta (7")
56) $581 Hipnotic (2) - Are You Lonely? (12")
57) $577 Fugatives From Hell - Biz With The Skillz (12")
58) $575 Der Blutharsch - Der Sieg Des Lichtes Ist Des Lebens Heil! (Box, Ltd + 5x7")
59) $560 Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (LP, Album, Ltd)
60) $554 James "Jack Rabbit" Martin - There Are Dreams And There Is Escape (12", Album)
61) $553 Nurse With Wound - Flawed Existence (4xLP, Comp, Ltd + 10", Red + 5", Red + Box, Sou)
62) $550 Dope And A Gun - Who Got The Flava? / I Get Open (12")
63) $550 Coil - Astral Disaster (LP, Album, Ltd, Red)
64) $547 Ruthless Rod & M.C. Dollar - Loud As A Banshee (12", EP)
65) $540 Acen - Trip To The Moon (Omar Santana Remix) (10", Promo, Ltd, S/Sided)
66) $538 Various - 20' To 2000 (12xMinimax, Lim + 12xCD, Ltd, Com)
67) $533 Michael Jackson - Smile (12")
68) $525 Brothers, The - Brothers Theme (12", Promo)
69) $523 Various - Equinox Chapter One (12")
70) $520 Oasis (2) - Lp Box Set (Box, Ltd + 14xLP)
71) $520 New Sin - Black Fantasy (12")
72) $516 André Szigethy - André Szigethy (LP, Album)
73) $500 Coil - Absinthe Coil (CD, Ltd + Box, Ltd, Woo)
74) $500 Da Minds Of Sol - Blinded By Da Light / Holocaust Part II (12")
75) $500 Derrick May - In 87 (Acetate, 10")
76) $500 Carl Craig - Untitled (Acetate, 10")
77) $500 K-A-T-A - Fires In The Night (12", Maxi)
78) $500 Le Cop - Le Roc / Law (12")
79) $500 Full Body - You Got To Dance (12")
80) $500 Scratch Zone Symphony With M.C. Clock - So Smooth (12")
81) $500 Jackie Stoudemire - Invisible Wind (12")
82) $499 Lord Aaqil - Check It Out (12", EP)
83) $498 Dario Dell'Aere - Eagles In The Night (12")
84) $497 Die Tödliche Doris - Chöre & Soli (8x4", Col + Box)
85) $493 Grand Master Chilly-T & Stevie G (3) / Keeling Beckford Connection - Rock The Message Rap / Back To Back (12")
86) $492 Taj-Mahal Travellers, The - July 15, 1972 (LP, Quad)
87) $492 Phill Most Chill - The Be Intelligent E.P. (12", EP, Ltd)
88) $491 Limit Eccitation - In The Dark (12")
89) $491 Genocide Organ - Save Our Slaves (12" + 7" + , Ltd)
90) $491 Ronnie Love - Let's Make Love / Nothing To It (12", Promo)
91) $491 Jo.Boyer* - Isabelle And The Rain / Milady (12")
92) $491 James "Jack Rabbit" Martin - Only Want To Be (12", Ltd, W/Lbl, Promo)
93) $491 Carl Marshall & S.D.'S, The - I'll Give My Heart To You (LP)
94) $489 Isis (6) - Shades Of The Swarm (Box, Ltd + 12xVinyl, Album, RE, RM)
95) $485 Xymox - Subsequent Pleasures (12")
96) $475 D.J. Baby J & E. Rock Cometh - Tales From The Lite Side (12")
97) $474 SpeedyQ's & Armaguet Nad - Untitled (12", Ltd)
98) $470 High Fidelity (2) - High Fidelity (LP)
99) $469 Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel (LP, Album)
100) $461 M.C. Outloud* - Clean And Sober (12")