The most expensive wedding for pets was valued at $158,187.26 (£101,838) between Baby Hope Diamond (Coton de Tulear) and Chilly Pasternak (Virginia poodle), organized by Animal Fair Media Inc., Harriet Rose Katz, and the Jurimuah Essex Hotel in Central Park, New York, New York, USA, on 12 July 2012. The entire wedding was estimated to cost over $270,000. Most of the wedding elements were donated in order to raise money and awareness for the Humane Society of New York.
A box containing a piece of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s 1937 wedding cake sold at Sotheby’s, New York, USA on 27 February 1998 for $29,900 (£18,163) to Benjamin and Amanda Yin of San Francisco, USA. Bearing the inscription ‘A piece of our wedding cake WE 3-V1-37’, the lot was estimated originally at US$500 – $1,000 (£303 – £607). Speaking after the sale, Mr Yim said, ‘It is almost unimaginable to have such an item exist. It is something totally surreal. It represents the
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The most expensive weapon sold at auction is a sword used by the French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), which achieved a record price of €4.8 million (£3.3 million; $6.5 million), when it was sold by one of the Emperor’s descendants to another branch of descendants, during an auction in Fontainebleau, France, on 10 June 2007. The 100-cm (39-in) curved steel blade is decorated in gold, with an ebony and gold handle and protected by a gold-decorated sheath; it is believed that Napoléon carried the sword
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The world’s most expensive watch commercially available is the Super Ice Cube by Chopard, Switzerland which retails at $1,130,620 (€905,365) (£616,881). The watch has 66.16 carats of diamonds which includes 288 trapeze cut diamonds, 16 centre stones and 1,897 brilliant cut diamonds. The Super watch is part of the ice cube range that includes ones made from pastel sapphires, black diamonds and rubies. As featured on the Forbes list of expensive watches.
The most expensive wallpaper is entitled ‘Les Guerres D’Independence’ (The Wars of Independence) and in January 2006 was priced at £24,896.50 ($44,091, or €36,350) for a complete set of 32 panels – each measuring 3.8 m (12 ft 5 in) high and 0.47 m (18.5 in) wide. If the panels could be sold separately, the price per 1 m² (3 ft²) would be £432.83 ($766.53 or €631.95). The military scene is created from nineteenth century woodblock prints and takes over one year to finish. The
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A wall calendar featuring sketches of costume designs for characters from Alice in Wonderland was sold to an anonymous bidder for £36,000 (then US$57,848; €39,804) as part of a fundraising auction held in aid of the Muir Maxwell Trust and the Fettes Foundation (both UK). The auction took place at The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party held on The Queen’s Lawn at Fettes College, Edinburgh, UK on 3 July 2011.
The most extras conceded in a One-day international is 59 by: West Indies (8 byes, 10 leg byes, 4 no balls and 37 wides) v. Pakistan at Brisbane, Australia on 7 Jan 1989; and Scotland (5 byes, 6 leg byes, 15 no balls and 33 wides) v. Pakistan at Chester-le-Street, Durham on 20 May 1999.
By February 2007, Robert Briggs (USA) had received 100 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ‘type ratings’, allowing him to serve as pilot in command of 100 different models of large aircraft (ones with a maximum takeoff weight in excess of 5,670 kg or 12,500 lb). Of this total, 94 are Airline Transport types, six are Experimental Aircraft types For smaller aircraft pilots are not required to be rated, but with aircraft of this size it is necessary to undergo testing for each model of aircraft flown.
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The most eye tests performed in 8 hours was 1,109 and was achieved by Kaiser Permanente (USA) at the Vandever Medical Office Building in San Diego, California, USA, on 28 June 2011. All exams had to be conducted within 8 hours and were all conducted in one location.
The most eye tests in one hour is 648 and was achieved by Specsavers International B.V. in 92 locations throughout the Netherlands, on 15 May 2009. Each eye test lasts at least several minutes, thereby restricting the number of people able to participate in one hour. Therefore, Specsavers used as many stores as possible in order to achieve such high number.