# Most expensive thing I could buy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-thing-i-could-buy/71086>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-thing-i-could-buy/71086 "2001-07-03T14:16:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-thing-i-could-buy/71086/21 "2001-07-06T04:36:57Z")

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You could buy a sports team, the players can be transported to your castle or island.

Aren’t F18’s about half a bill?

Picassos run about 50 mil or something, you could buy a bunch of those.

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**Author:** ![Clueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@Clueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clueless)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-thing-i-could-buy/71086/22 "2001-07-06T04:49:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Kamandi \*  
> **You could buy your own private 747.**

Even more expensive: A private Boeing 777. I don’t know how much it would cost, though.

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**Author:** ![Dirty\_Dingus\_McGhee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Dirty\_Dingus\_McGhee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Dingus_McGhee)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-thing-i-could-buy/71086/23 "2001-07-06T05:01:40Z")

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::looks into the sky, longingly::  
You could buy my love…

Now seriously…there’s always the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost that’s supposedly worth $55mil…but nobody’s ever offered RR the money and it’s doubtful they would sell it.

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**Author:** ![justinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@justinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justinh)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-thing-i-could-buy/71086/24 "2001-07-06T12:59:23Z")

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remember the restriction about it has to fit in my house. I want a room with these expensive items. besides art, I cant think of anything that expensive. so I get a car, watch, wine, some jewerly, and paintings, and set back and be happy? maybe happiness is more that having $500mil! maybe $5 mil would buy everything I could want/need and keep my family secure.

then why do so many people jump on lotterys when they are over $100mil and don’t bother when they are only $15mil?

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-thing-i-could-buy/71086/25 "2001-07-06T13:42:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by justinh \*  
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> then why do so many people jump on lotterys when they are over $100mil and don’t bother when they are only $15mil? \*\*

Greed or avarice. Take you choice.

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