Monday 24 June 2013

Rare Things

Rarest Jeans

According to Guinness World Records, the most rare and expensive jeans – 501 model from Levi Strauss & Co.Jeans, made 115 years ago, was bought by a Japanese collector of online auction site eBay for 60 thousand dollars.Given that the new jeans of the same model costs only $ 46, the price of curiosity is huge.



Rarest Stamps

According to Wikipedia, the most expensive item by weight and volume is the Treskilling Yellow stamp from Sweden. It has a current estimated worth of $2.3 million. Here's what makes it so valuable: In 1858, when the currency was known as the skilling, the 3-skilling stamp ("treskilling") was printed in blue. And an 8-skilling stamp was printed in yellow. But due to a printing error, a few 3-skilling stamps were printed in yellow.




Rarest Real Estate

At the intersection of location, exclusivity and history you find some of the rarest pieces of real estate. With that criterion, Luxist.com blogger's pick for the rarest piece of real estate currently on the market is Bran's castle, the castle in Transylvania that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, which is expected to fetch upwards of $135 million.





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