# What is the most expensive item you own **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072 "2009-10-16T19:27:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/81 "2009-10-22T20:47:34Z")
Might be the pool table. We got it for free when some acquaintances moved out of state and didn’t want the hassle of taking it along. We’d been pricing tables for a long time, but could never bring ourselves to spend the money (which is good, seeing as how we hardly use the darn thing anymore). Next would be the leather couches. I’ve blocked the actual price from my memory, but at least a couple thousand dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/82 "2009-10-22T21:28:05Z")
PC. The single most expensive component being the Graphics card. Geforce GTX295 ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/83 "2009-10-22T22:16:51Z")
My wife is into photography. When she is using her Canon 5D with her 70-200mm lens, she has about $4K hanging off her neck. If she were to lose her fully packed camera bag … I don’t even want to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/84 "2009-10-22T22:35:10Z")
The scuba gear collectively cost over $10,000. I don’t remember what the single most expensive item was. Probably the drysuit. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/85 "2009-10-22T23:03:05Z")
My watch (Omega Constellation), slightly beats out PC and TV. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/86 "2009-10-22T23:06:30Z")
Probably the Rothko. The Raffael is a high quality work, but he’s still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/87 "2009-10-23T00:38:24Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > My watch (Omega Constellation), slightly beats out PC and TV. I surmise from this that one of the following has to be the case… You have a really crappy PC and TV. Your watch enables you to time-travel. You paid too much for your watch. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/88 "2009-10-23T01:17:30Z")
You would be wrong, on all counts, then. ---
**Author:** ![PuddingCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@PuddingCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PuddingCat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/89 "2009-10-23T12:04:27Z")
My art collection. It’s fair to say it’s worth high five figures. My 3 shooting irons, they’re not all fine Purdeys, but they’re not too shabby either. Seeing as this is essentially a politely phrased pissing competition, not bad for somebody just into their third decade. Work hard at school kids! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/90 "2009-10-23T14:16:29Z")
> [@trmatthe](#): > > Seeing as this is essentially a politely phrased pissing competition, . . . Ya know, I reall didn’t intend it as such, nor do I read it as such. For whatever reason I was thinking about my finances, net worth, and possessions, and I was really kinda surprised that no single thing I owned was worth more than a couple of thousand. And I feel like I have a lot of nice stuff - certainly everything I need and pretty much everything I want. (Only thing I want is a $2500 car.) I occasionally see catalogs or TV shows or auctions featuring jewelry, art, or other indvidual objects costing $10K or more. I was simply curious how many folk owned such pricey items - and perhaps whether they inherited them, bought them, or whatever. I found the range of responses - and the openness of the respondents - quite interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/91 "2009-10-23T14:58:59Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > You would be wrong, on all counts, then. One of them has to be correct. I am guessing you don’t have a crappy PC and TV (since you can afford to pay too much for a mere time-telling device) And I think it is safe to assume your watch doesn’t do much more with time than simply tell you what the current time is. Therefore you paid too much for your watch. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/92 "2009-10-23T15:07:29Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > One of them has to be correct. > > I am guessing you don’t have a crappy PC and TV (since you can afford to pay too much for a mere time-telling device) > > And I think it is safe to assume your watch doesn’t do much more with time than simply tell you what the current time is. > > Therefore you paid too much for your watch. I’m sorry, I don’t remember running over your dog. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/93 "2009-10-23T18:51:53Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > One of them has to be correct. > > I am guessing you don’t have a crappy PC and TV (since you can afford to pay too much for a mere time-telling device) > > And I think it is safe to assume your watch doesn’t do much more with time than simply tell you what the current time is. > > Therefore you paid too much for your watch. Watches are male jewelry in addition to being mere time-telling devices. Do you balk at women that prefer diamonds to cubic zirconia, too? How about people that drive Lincolns when you could buy a P.O.S. Kia at 1/3 of price for something that merely transports you? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/94 "2009-10-23T18:56:18Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > Watches are male jewelry in addition to being mere time-telling devices. Do you balk at women that prefer diamonds to cubic zirconia, too? How about people that drive Lincolns when you could buy a P.O.S. Kia at 1/3 of price for something that merely transports you? I think the unspoken outstanding issue is the price of an Omega Constellation…I thought they ran a few thousand US Dollars, but I no longer wear wristwatches (even though I love them as gear/toys) so what do I know? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/95 "2009-10-23T19:09:25Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I think the unspoken outstanding issue is the price of an Omega Constellation…I thought they ran a few thousand US Dollars, but I no longer wear wristwatches (even though I love them as gear/toys) so what do I know? No, you’re in the ballpark, which does make it pricier than a TV or a PC. But the larger point: if we’re discussing value, then that’s entirely subjective. If we’re discussing price, that’s determined by the market. In either case, the watch is not overpriced or overvalued. And if it’s good enough for James Bond, it’s good enough for me. (which was a bonus. I had the watch before Bond revealed, in Casino Royale, that he wears an Omega.) ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/96 "2009-10-27T15:47:29Z")
Ours would be our apartment buildings, although the bank owns most of them. Next in line would probably be the bedroom furniture we just spent about $5000 on. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/97 "2009-10-27T15:52:16Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > And if it’s good enough for James Bond, it’s good enough for me. > > (which was a bonus. I had the watch before Bond revealed, in Casino Royale, that he wears an Omega.) Bond has always worn Omegas, but Seamasters, not Constellations. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/98 "2009-10-27T16:45:14Z")
My biggest splurge ever was a dining room set for $1200 on clearance. It was my first and only “real” furniture! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/99 "2009-10-27T17:02:30Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I have no idea of its value, but I have a copy of [_First on the Moon_](http://www.amazon.com/First-Moon-Armstrong-Michael-Collins/dp/0316051608/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256218674&sr=8-1), autographed by the three authors: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. I got their sigs on the 20th anniversary of the moon landing, while I was working at the National Air and Space Museum. May I say - DAMN! I’m 49, and was obsessed with the Apollo missions when I was a kid, and would love to have had the opportunity to meet those three gentlemen, let alone come away with a memento like that. About this being a pissing contest - I mentioned my expensive video camera earlier? That is the only thing worth more than $1000 I own. I have no car, I rent my apartment, I build all my own computers (apart from my laptop). But I needed an excellent video camera and (unlike some) know how to use it and know every button and knob on that sucker. My situation is like a carpenter owning a Milwaukee drill, or a car mechanic with a big box filled with Snap-On or Mac tools - you’ll save money over the long term by owning one quality tool that lasts. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072/100 "2009-10-27T21:26:48Z")
Man, I dunno…how much would a plastic fish signed by Kurt Vonnegut, and a plastic ear signed, circa Blue Velvet, by David Lynch go for, nowadays? Seemed important at the time… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-expensive-item-you-own/514072.md?page=6)