# What's the most expensive object inside your house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045 "2003-10-02T02:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/1 "2003-10-02T02:14:54Z")
For me it’s the stove. Everything else, even TV is old. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/2 "2003-10-02T02:20:03Z")
I’ve got a Japanese screen that’s about 100 years old and an 1850s or so “Navy” cap and ball pistol. I don’t really know if either one competes with the Cartier watch. The BMW outside beats the watch, but not on a $/kg scale. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/3 "2003-10-02T02:27:10Z")
I’m not sure how much a lot of stuff is worth these days - we have some big televisions, but they’re pretty old and chunky. If you count the contents of my wardrobe as an object (which is a bit of a stretch) that would easily top $10,000 or so. Otherwise it’s probably the business printer that mum bought for $2000 or so. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/4 "2003-10-02T02:50:19Z")
Well, that depends. Shall we go with what my husband’s tools actually cost, or what he’d like me to think he spent on them? Scratch that; I suspect his computer, given the specialized cards and memory and software on it, is worth more than the Delta Unisaw. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/5 "2003-10-02T02:58:18Z")
…also what is your address and what hours are you at work??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/6 "2003-10-02T02:59:32Z")
My $1400 Vaio laptop. It’s the single most expensive thing I’ve ever bought. 🙂 ---
**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 2, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/7 "2003-10-02T03:00:48Z")
Money spent all at once - the laptop PC Money spent in bits over time - the desktop PC ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/8 "2003-10-02T03:04:04Z")
Probably my FAL assault rifle. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/9 "2003-10-02T03:06:53Z")
We buy a lot of used stuff, so the typical big ticket items aren’t (TV computer etc). I spent $1K on my wife’s engagement ring, i hope it’s appreciated a bit since then. I can’t think of anything else, apart from the cars, which aren’t “in” the house. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/10 "2003-10-02T03:09:10Z")
According to my SO, I am the most expensive object (of his affection) in the house. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/11 "2003-10-02T03:42:55Z")
My bed. About $1600 four years ago, queen, pillowtop, wood frame, four poster with iron rails around the top. Worth every penny for the standing BJ. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/12 "2003-10-02T03:53:18Z")
That would be [my bicycle](http://www.bacchettabikes.com/aero1.html). ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/13 "2003-10-02T03:59:52Z")
My video camera. It’s a good camera. Worth about 5k. The next most expensive thing can’t be worth more than a couple hundred bucks. Now you know where my priorities lie =). ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/14 "2003-10-02T04:25:40Z")
I guess the washing machine we bought brand new a few months ago … ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/15 "2003-10-02T04:26:38Z")
Hmm, good question. Probably a huge framed mirror in the entryway. A designer picked it out so I’m sure we overpaid by an order of magnitude. Although one of the couches was about a grand… We also have a baseball bat signed by Mickey Mantle, but I’m not into selling those things so I have no idea what it might be worth. The cars are hideously expensive, but since I quit drinking I no longer park them in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/16 "2003-10-02T04:36:07Z")
My TV. ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/17 "2003-10-02T04:41:29Z")
Collectively, my books. The only furniture I paid for is an oak sideboard, which has been valued at roughly $1200 CAD. Some antique knick-knacks it would kills me to sell. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/18 "2003-10-02T04:54:53Z")
I never had it appraised, but I sleep in the bed that Oscar Hammerstein II was born in. Sonny Jesus knows what it might be worth. It’s my one claim to fame. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/19 "2003-10-02T04:57:59Z")
The TV. It’s big. Unless you count “the book collection” as one thing and go by replacement value, in which case that wins by an order of magnitude or two. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045/20 "2003-10-02T05:03:16Z")
In my apt, the computer. Though it’s depreciating fast enough that by next week most everything except the worn out socks will have passed it. 🙂 If I can count possessions in the garage out on the farm, then my trusty ol’ Stumpjumper M2 comes out on top, even ahead of my car. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-object-inside-your-house/205045.md?page=2)