Most expensive chocolate egg sold at auction (non-jewelled)

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The most expensive non-jewelled chocolate egg sold at auction for £7,000 ($11,107) and was created by William Curley, Amy Rose Curley, Alistair Birt, Sarah Frankland, Melissa Paul, Rhiann Mead (all UK) and Suzue Curley (Japan). It was sold at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK, on 20 March 2012. The chocolate egg named the ‘Golden speckled egg’ was made with Amedei Chocolate and edible Gold leaf and filled with couture chocolate and truffles. The egg was decorated with 12 smaller chocolate eggs, 20 mini Continue reading →

Highest altitude art exhibition (aircraft)

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The highest altitude art exhibition (aircraft) was 10,150 metres (33,300 feet) above sea level and was achieved by Antonov Company (Ukraine) and Producer Centre Boyko, Gallery Globus (Ukraine) in the AN-225 MRIYA aircraft at Gostomel Airport, Hostomel, Ukraine, on 27 September 2012. The exhibition took place during the international airshow ‘Aerosvit’ and was open from 27 September to 1 October 2012.

Largest speed mixer event

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The largest speed mixer event consisted of 288 participants and was achieved by The Buried Life with Verizon Wireless Careers and The University of South Florida Center for Student Involvement (USA) on the campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, USA, on 25 April 2012. The record attempt was made in association with The Buried Life, a reality documentary series on MTV that chronicled attempting to complete a list of “100 things to do before you die.” Two cast members, Ben Nemtin Continue reading →

Most grapes eaten in three minutes

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The most grapes eaten in three minutes is 186 and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York, New York, USA, on 31 May 2011. As required by the guidelines, grapes picked up in groups of two rather than individually were not counted.

Most expensive teddy bear of antique origin

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A Steiff bear named Teddy Girl was sold for £110,000 ($171,600), more than 18 times the estimate and twice the previous world record, by Christie’s, London, UK on 5 December 1994 to Japanese businessman Yoshihiro Sekiguchi. The bear was made in 1905, only a year after Steiff made he first jointed plush teddy bear, and had a particularly well-documented history. She belonged to a prominent collector, Colonel Bob Henderson, who took her everywhere with him – even to his landing on the D-Day beaches, where Continue reading →

Most expensive toy soldier sold at auction

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The most valuable toy soldier in the world is the first handcrafted 1963 G.I. Joe prototype which was sold on 7 August 2003 by its creator Don Levine to Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi for $200,000 (£124,309) during an auction conducted by Heritage Comics Auctions of Dallas, Texas, USA. Don Levine made the nearly one-foot high figure on his ping pong table 40 years ago. The prototype wears a hand-stitched Sargeant’s uniform and an apparently battle-weary expression. 2004 marks the 40th anniversary of when the Continue reading →

Most expensive baseball card sold at auction

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The most valuable baseball card is a rare tobacco card issued by the American Tabacco Company in 1909 and known as T206 Honus Wagner. It was sold in a deal brokered by SCP Auctions of Mission Viejo, California, USA, to an anonymous collector for $2.8million (£1.37 million) and announced on 6 September 2007. This sale occurred only six months after it was sold for a then-record breaking price of $2.35 million (£1.19 million). John Peter ‘Honus’ Wagner (USA) was a Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Pirates Continue reading →

Most expensive drawing by an Old Master sold at auction

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The most expensive drawing by an Old Master is the ‘Head of a Muse’ by Raphael (1483-1520) which sold for £29,200,000 ($47,788,400), on 9 December 2009 at Christie’s, London, UK. Head of a Muse was drawn by Raphael as a study for a figure in Parnassus, one of the series of four frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican which was commissioned by Pope Julius II.