The most varieties of gin commercially available is 161, and was achieved by The Feathers Hotel (UK) in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, on 1 June 2012 The total listed number of gins available at The Feathers was 163, however one variety was out of stock at the time of the official count, and another had not been available for the minimum of 6 months as stipulated in the official Guinness World Records guidelines.
The most varieties of beer commercially available was 2,004 at Delíríum Café, Brussels, Belgium when counted on 9 January 2004.
The most valuable tiara was designed by Gianni Versace with an estimated retail value of $5 million (£3.2 million) in 1996. Set in yellow gold and decorated with 100-carat diamonds, the tiara weighed approximately 300 g (10.5 oz). An 18-carat gold crown set with cut diamonds and surmounted by a 6.9-carat yellow diamond retailed for £250,000 ($414,000) at Harrods, London, UK, in 1998. The tiara was designed by Slim Barrett, whose headwear is worn by celebrities such as Madonna and Sinead OConnor.
In October 2005, Bill Gross (USA) traded his block of four ‘Inverted Jenny’ airmail stamps – which he had just bought for $2.97 million (£1.67 million) – for a one-cent Z-grill belonging to Donald Sundman (USA). The 1868 Z-grill, depicting Benjamin Franklin and named after the security grill used to prevent the postmark being washed off, is amongst the most expensive stamps in the world, having been bought by Mr Sundman in 1988 for $930,000 (then £520,800), but valued in 2005 at $3 million (£1.7
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In August 2010, the Dallas Cowboys (USA) were worth an NFL best $1.8 billion (then approx. £1.16 billion) with revenues of $420 million (then approx. £280 million) and operating income of $143.3 million (then approx. £92.367 million).
The eggs of the Russian sturgeon (Huso huso) make it the most expensive fish in the world. One 1,227 kg (2,706 lb) female caught in the Tikhaya Sosna River, Russia, in 1924 yielded 245 kg (540 lb) of best quality caviar, which would be worth nearly $289,000 (£203,000) on today’s market.
Williams’ Blaster cockpit is believed to be the world’s most valuable arcade machine, with an estimated worth of $12,000 (£7,388). Released in 1983, only five cockpits were ever created. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
Accompanied by 47 groomsmen, aged between 2 and 63, Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Sri Lanka) married Christa Rasanayagam (Canada) at Christ the King Catholic Church, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on 6 September 2003. They had their civil registration service on 16 August 2003.
The most user-generated video game levels played in 24 hours is 272 and was achieved by David Dino, Lauren Guiliano and Sean Crowley, who played LittleBigPlanet 2 (MediaMolecule, 2011) in New York City, New York, USA, from 17-19 January 2011. Stuart Claxton adjudicated
The highest number of American-born players drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft in one year is eight, set in July 2005. For the first time ever, two of the top three picks, Bobby Ryan and Jack Johnson, are US-born. Four of the first nine picks were born in the USA, yet another record.