Friday, February 8, 2008

$310 hot sauce

If money were no object you could spend $310 to buy a 1 ounce bottle of Blair's 16 million reserve chili powder. At 16 million scoville units it is the world's hottest chili powder - made from pure capsicum crystals. From a hotness comparison Tabasco sauce is 1,200 to 1,800 scoville units and a 'deadly' hot sauce is typically rated between 500,000 and 1 million scoville units.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

$200,000 truck

If money were no object you could spend $200,000 to buy an Alton F-650 XUV based on Ford's F-650 pickup. The truck features a 7.2 liter Caterpillar engine, hardwood floors, custom captains chairs, 42 speaker sound system, two 16 inch TV screens plus a 42 inch plasma and four computer workstations. The Alton F-650 weighs in at 25,999 pounds and reportedly gets .3 miles per gallon.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

$10,122,558 vase

If money were no object you could spend $10,122,558 to buy this 600 year old Ming Vase. That was the price paid for the vase in 2006. Now in a public museum in Macau, this vase probably isn't for sale but you could potentially make them an offer. Bring your checkbook...

Monday, February 4, 2008

$96,147 cruise

If money were no object you could spend $96,147 for a 48 night world cruise on the Queen Elizabeth 2 ship. This cruise runs as inexpensive as $6,500 but if you want to stay in the Grand Suite the tab runs $96,147. The cruise starts in Sydney Australia and ends in New York. Places visited include Melbourne, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Osaka, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Acapulco, Montego Bay and Fort Lauderdale.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

$2.3 million baseball card

If money were no object you could spend $2.3 million to buy a 1910 Honus Wagner baseball card. $2.3 million was the latest price paid at auction for this card which has sold several times since the early 1990's. One recent owner was hockey great Wayne Gretzky, ironic...