Either a silk Persian carpet, or my framed collection of banknotes from 70 or so countries, which, although I have converted them into art, if exchanged for USD, it’d probably be over $10K.
An interesting question. After a quick inventory, my couch at around 2 grand is the most expensive thing I own? What a suprise! I guess that it is good that every member of my family uses it everyday.
My mountain bike is worth about $7,500.
Several items between $5K & $10K apiece. Furniture, original art, muscial instruments.
I don’t think I’ve got any single item which cost over $10K. Although I’m about to spend well north of that on some landscaping which is really just one big item plus some accessories.
Probably my dog, Nick. $1000 as a puppy, and he has 9 points toward his championship and 2 legs toward his junior hunter title now. I could probably sell him for a couple grand if I wanted.
Our family-room couch, which is US-made and leather.
Our bedroom furniture (like the OPs) is Stickley.
A small fortune in both cases but the furniture (especially the bedroom stuff) will become heirlooms.
We have no expensive electronics beyond the computers which were each less than 2K. Our TV is 18 years old and cost 400 new (it’s a 19 incher which was a good size then).
I have two original canvases by E.C. Bell that are worth about $2—3,000. each. I knew E.C. dog years ago and bought these two pieces off of him when he was hard up for cash for about $100. each.
My single most expensive purchase that wasn’t a house or a car would have to be my land.
I bought 80 acres years ago with the intent to build a strawbale house on it. It’s still unimproved, but is hopefully worth what I paid for it - $30K.
After that, my G5 Quad cost $3K (now worth $1K), and I have a sculpture that cost $2,200.
I also have an oscilloscope that originally cost $30,000, but I got it used for only a grand.
My 50 inch Plasma TV that I got about 7 years ago. I think it was about $7000 at the time.
My mom’s (second) wedding ring is said to have cost five figures. I haven’t had it appraised though, so I don’t know. So aside from that, I’d have to say my watch. (I priced them recently, and they’re now going for twice what I paid for mine new.)
Probably my bicycle. Which I did get at a discount.
My Nikon DSLR/10.5mm fisheye lens combo cost around $1550 a year ago.
Crikey! How’d I forget my camera? :smack:
An Aaton super-16 camera, two mags, two batteries, and an Angenieux lens is the most expensive thing I have.
My good flute, then my old flute, then my laptop.
Must be a set of six Waterford Crystal tumblers that were a wedding gift to my great-great-great grandfather Thomas Andrews in 1846. I’ve no idea what they’re worth. I doubt I can prove the provenance, though.
Probably my wedding ring.
Even accounting for depreciation, probably my laptop. I’m a man of simple tastes.
I’ll probably be getting a new bike soon, and it’ll probably be worth more than my laptop, but my current bike has been hit even harder by depreciation than the computer has.
My husband had a time in his life, early twenties, when he bought a lot of expensive toys, mostly musical instruments. Guitars, a Roland keyboard, electronics…We now have the guitars hanging on the walls, as decoration, and the Roland is used as a toy for our baby. He accumulated a debt of over 8000 USD over those things, which took him ten years to pay off. The stuff is not worth anything anymore now, but it is nice to have.
Our kitchen remodeling cost 13000 euros, so that makes the kitchen the most expensive thing in the house. But if that doesn’t count, the most expensive thing is the 1200 USD flatscreen tv we bought two years ago.
50" plasma TV, £1200.
Stereo - mixed components from Electrocompaniet, Shanling, Marantz, Toshiba and Jamo - >£11,000
My diplomas.