Expensive and rare items
The most expensive and considered a rare mineral, a little-known Payne. This orange stone, which was first discovered in Burma in the mid-50's. Since then, the world there are only two peynita. Not so long ago, about two years ago, it was discovered his field, and is now at the disposal of mankind are about a hundred polished rarities. best known as a rock-rarity is the famous red diamond.
In 2006, the New York auction Sotheby "s Chinese porcelain vase mid XIV century was sold for 4.72 million dollars. Last time she appeared at a public auction in 1993, then bought it for $ 1.2 million. Relatively small (34 centimeter) vase is an example of the classical style Yuan, which is dominated by the cobalt blue underglaze painting on a white background. worth noting that this is the only surviving copy of this kind.
One of the most rare nowadays existing comic books - this is the first edition of the famous "Spider-Man" called "Amazing Spider-Man # 1." The rarity of it is not only in the sequence number, but also the fact that the 1963 edition of the book is amazingly well preserved. The approximate cost of a rarity for collectors is about 40 thousand dollars in the original retail price of 12 cents.
Guinness World Records says the most rare and expensive jeans - the famous 501-I model of Levi Strauss & Co. For the old, made 115 years ago, jeans collector from Japan posted owner lot at online auction site eBay 60 thousand dollars. Huge figure, given that the new jeans of the same model cost just 46.
According to Wikipedia, the most rare and expensive stamp in the world - "Yellow treskilling" from Sweden. Its estimated cost is $ 2.3 million.What is it rare? In 1858 in Sweden produced a series of blue stamps $ 3 Skilling (hence the name - Treskiling) and yellow - cost 8 Skilling. In printing mixed color, and because of this error came to light several instances of yellow makes the $ 3 Skilling.
In the world there are many rare books, but perhaps the most rare is the famous Gutenberg Bible: the first printed book appeared in 1456. There are several hundred copies of the Bible itself, but the very first copy in two volumes - if will be found - will be a collector of antique books about 20-25 million dollars. What to say, if one page of this book goes under the hammer for 25 thousand dollars, and for sold last year, one of the volumes of the two-volume - not the first edition - someone to fork over 5.5 million!
One of the most rare and exotic dishes in the world - the famous Chinese soup of swallows' nests. For 400 years since the invention of food, it became more expensive in times: soup of swifts nest of sea-salanganov gourmets can cost up to $ 10 per thousand.
 The most rare and expensive in the world of sea salt produced in Japan and is called "Amabito But Mosio" - "old salt seas." Because of the complexity of production and sensitive method of evaporation and centrifugation, the cost for 1 pound of salt is 40 U.S. dollars.
Baseball cards - a popular collectibles in the U.S., Canada and Japan. Card "T206 Honus Wagner", released in 1906, American Tobacco Company, is the rarest baseball card in the world. It was published in the edition of only 70 copies, and then it was discontinued at the request of the Onusa Wagner, who was an opponent of smoking and did not want the American Tobacco Company used his name. In 2007, the card has been sold for a record $ 2.8 million.
One of the rare (out at the auctions) bottles of wine purchased by Christopher Forbes - "only" 160 thousand dollars. Unmarked green bottle with the inscription "1787 Lafitte Th. J." presumably belonged to Thomas Jefferson. 

The rarest breed of domestic cats - Asher. It was taken out of the African serval, the Asian leopard cat and the ordinary home Murka. Weight cats up to 14 pounds and get a kitten can "only" for 22 thousand dollars.
Scientists argue that rare breed of horse sarraya - direct descendants of the wild horses of South Iberia. All in the world have only 200 of these horses. But on the characteristics and qualities of the rarest breed is bred for military purposes lipizzaner Austrian breed. The price for one such horse up to 100 thousand dollars.
Having decided to start collecting jewelery rarity, be patient and money miserable five million dollars will not help. The most expensive piece of jewelry in the world - a necklace with a rare blue diamond of 14 carats. Pear-cut stone framed by white diamonds and put in captivity necklace in white gold. Total cost of products - 16 million.
In 1999 was sold at auction is the same copy of the album by John Lennon and Yoko's "Double Fantasy", on which the singer has put an autograph for her future killer Mark Chapman 5 hours before his own death. Record found in the decorative potted flower next to a crime scene.The envelope contains fingerprints of Chapman, at that time, the album proved to be one of the prosecution evidence against the killers. Price rarity: 460 000 USD
30 July 2002 at auction Sotheby "s in 7.9 million dollars was sold a rare gold coin 30 years of XX century. Unique $ 20 coin is called" Double Eagle. "In the 30 years of the abandonment of the gold standard led to withdrawn from circulation coins of the precious metal, and almost all of the "double eagles" were melted. ten coins release spring 1933, were stolen from the warehouse of the Ministry of Finance. U.S. secret services managed to find and return all but one - this itself. "Double Eagle "found almost half a century - British collector Stephen Fenton bought the coin in London and went with her in New York, where he was arrested by U.S. federal agents. After five years of legal proceedings, the U.S. government has reached an agreement with him: a coin is the property of the United States, but it can be sold.

The oldest and rarest of real estate for sale - Castle in Transylvania, famous because it supposedly lived Count Dracula, a real prototype famous literary character. The market value of the castle close to 135 million dollars.
Despite extensive literary legacy left to them descendants of the manuscript evidence for it is not much. There are only 6 "autograph" the great Shakespeare. The most expensive of them - the signature of letters - is estimated at $ 3 million.