While most of us are looking for affordable options for our needs, there are some who splurge on food and cocktails worth thousands of dollars, or vehicles worth millions. In fact, recently a painting by Pablo Picasso was sold for $179.3 million and a sculpture by Alberto Giacomett was sold for over $141 million. Here's a look at some of the most expensive things available in the world.

*All the figures are in US $.


22. Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence Antilia in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, is the most expensive home in the world with a construction cost of $1 billion. The twenty-seven story house has an area of 37,161 square meter and is managed by a staff of 600 people.
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21. Almas, a caviar from the Iranian Beluga fish, costs $34,500 (£20,000) per kg. Also called “black gold,” the caviar is produced from the eggs of a rare albino sturgeon between 60-100 years old.
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20. The most expensive bathroom was built by jeweller Lam Sai-wing in Hong Kong in January 2001. Made out of gold, sapphire, ruby and amber, the bathroom cost Sai-wing $3.5 million (HK$27 million).

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19. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST), launched by NASA in 1990, is the most expensive telescope, costing $2.1 billion.
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18. The Antique Wine Company in London sold a bottle of Chateau d'Yquem (1811) for $117,000 (£75,000) on January 18, 2011. The wine was bought by Christian Vanneque of Indonesia.
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17. Joni Rimm of USA paid $50,000 for a kiss with Hollywood actress Sharon Stone. The kiss was auctioned in Los Angeles, USA, in August 2003.
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16. The Club 23 in Melbourne, Australia, sold the most expensive cocktail for $12,970 on February 7, 2013. Made by Joel Heffernan, the cocktail was made of Croizet's 1858 'Cuvee Leonie' cognac.
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15. The world's oldest surviving Rolls-Royce was sold for $7.2 million (£3.5 million) at an auction in London on December 3, 2007. Numbered 20154, the two-seater car was manufactured in 1904.
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14. Clive Christian No. 1 perfume for men or No. 1 for women was launched in London in November 2005. The limited collection was sold for $205,000 (£115,000) per 500 ml. Delivered in a Bentley, the perfume was packed in a Baccarat crystal flacon, which is decorated with a five-carat white diamond and an 18-carat gold collar
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13. A bluefin tuna fish caught in Aomori, Japan, was auctioned for $1.8 million (¥155.4 million) at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan, on January 5, 2013. The fish weigh 222kg.
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12. The Massacre of the Innocents, an Old Master art by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, was sold to Kenneth Thomson, chairman of the Thomson newspaper empire, for $76.7 million (£49.5 million) on July 10, 2002.
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11. Chef Angelito Araneta Jr. of Philippines prepared the most expensive sushi in 2010 priced at $1,978.15 (91,800 Philippine Pesos). The nigiri sushi was garnished with diamonds and wrapped in 24-karat gold leaf.
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10. A glove owned by "King of Pop" Michael Jackson was sold at an auction for $420,000 in Manhattan, USA, on November 21, 2009. The glove was bought by Ponte 16 Resort in New York, USA.
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9. Tony Hawk: RIDE (Activision, 2009) was launched at a price of nearly $240 (£151). The game features motion-sensing skateboard peripheral for a dynamic gaming experience.
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8. Tarisio Auctions sold a Stradivarius violin, named Lady Blunt, for $15.9 million (£9.8 million) in London on June 20, 2011.
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7. The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was auctioned for $924,347 in London on December 5, 2006. The dress was designed by Hubert de Givenchy.
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6. David Feldman auctioneers from Geneva, Switzerland, sold the Swedish "Treskilling" Yellow stamp for $2.3 million (CHF2,870,000) on November 8, 1996. The 3 skilling-banco "yellow" stamp was later resold in 2010 at a higher, undisclosed price.
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5. The Kai Mayfair restaurant in London sells “Buddha Jumps Over the Wall” soup for $190 (£108). The soup contains numerous ingredients such as shark’s fin, abalone, Japanese flower mushroom, sea cucumber, dried scallops, chicken, huan ham, pork and ginseng.
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4. The pizza with white truffle is sold at a price of $150 (£100) at Gordon Ramsey's Maze restaurant in London. The thin-crust pizza has a topping of onion puree, fontina cheese, baby mozzarella, pancetta, cep mushrooms, wild mizuna lettuce and a rare Italian white truffle.
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3. Bloomberg reported in October 2013 that an unnamed buyer bought a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO racer for $52 million, making it the most expensive car. The car was earlier owned by Paul Pappalardo, a collector in Connecticut, USA.
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2. On May 11, 2015, Alberto Giacometti’s life-sized sculpture Pointing Man was sold for more than $141 million at Christie's in New York City, USA, earning the title of being the most expensive sculpture.
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1. On May 11, 2015, Pablo Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O) was sold for $179.3 million at a Christie's auction in New York — a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold at an auction.
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Your number 12 is wrong. The costliest painting is a painting by Picasso

Gmajor:
Your number 12 is wrong. The costliest painting is a painting by Picasso

Did you see No 1? or you need to see optometrist