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World’s Top Ten Most Expensive Domain Names
For over half a decade, Business.com reigned as the world’s most expensive domain name after its 1999 sale for $7.5 million. That was shortly after the site was founded by former Walt Disney Internet Group chairman Jake Winebaum and Earthlink founder Sky Dayton. The domain retained its record until 2006, when Match.com founder Gary Kremen decided to get out of the adult entertainment industry and sold Sex.com for $14 million (or $12 million, depending on who you ask) in 2006.
While the current market for internet domains is nowhere as solid as it was during the dot-com peak, the market remains strong and is experiencing solid growth. Each year tens of millions of dollars are exchanged during the resale of domains.The record for most expensive domain name ever sold changed hands again in late 2009, when internet marketing firm QuinStreet purchased Insure.com for $16 million. Other top dollar domain sales of 2009 include Toys.com, purchased by Toys “R Us for $5.1 million in March of 2009, and Candy.com, sold for $3 million in June of 2009.
Enough with the preamble, though”"check out the world’s top ten most expensive domain names:
1. Insure.com, sold to QuinStreet for $16 million in 2009.
2. Sex.com, sold for $12-$14 million in 2006.
3. Fund.com, sold for $9.99 million in 2008.
4. Porn.com, sold for $9.5 million in 2007.
5. Business.com, sold for $7.5 million in 1999.
6. Diamond.com, sold to Ice.com for $7.5 million in 2006.
7. Beer.com, sold for $7 million in 2004.
8. Israel.com, sold for $5.88 million in 2004.
9. Casino.com, sold for $5.5 million in 2003.
10. Toys.com, sold to Toys ‘R Us for $5.1 million in 2009.
Charles Dickens’ Dog’s Collar Sold for $11,590!
A dog collar that once belonged to Charles Dickens was sold for $11,590 at Bonhams New York’s sale of dog art.
The leather and brass collar, inscribed with Dickens’ name had been estimated to sell for $4,000 to $6,000.
Last year, an ivory-and-gold toothpick that belonged to Dickens sold for $9,150 at auction.
The $91,000 Oscar Consolation Prize
All the non-winning Oscar nominees in the main categories will receive a consolation gift bag containing $91,000 worth of free stuff put together by Distinctive Assets.
According to Dina Rezvanipour, VP, Distinictive Assets, we had so many tragedies this year, and the stars were so involved and generous that companies wanted to reward them.
The bags include:
- A private safari trip in South Africa worth $45,000 for up to eight adults and eight kids
- A $4,000 limited edition luxury Leather Travel Bag from Victorinox
- A $14,500 Monte Carlo trip
- A private-island vacation at a Turks & Caicos sporting club
- Swiss Army has crafted a special leather suitcase worth $4,000
- A $7,000 three-night all-inclusive rustic getaway to Winvian Luxury Hotel in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut
- Slimware portion-control plates
- 10 personal training sessions from Huntley Drive Fitness
- A $4,850 one week all-inclusive fitness bootcamp from Live In Fitness Enterprise
- A $500 La Peau Couture anti-wrinkle face cream.
- An HGTV Green Home Mattress Collection by Serta
- Chocolates from Chocolatines by Sweet Endeavours
Most Expensive Mascara
H. Couture Beauty may be defunct visitors to their website are redirected to a search engine owned by the same youthful entrepreneur who founded H. Couture but not before they produced the most expensive mascara in the world. The mascara was offered for a limited time as part of H. Couture Beauty’s Socialite Collection. The smudge proof, water based mascara usually came in a luxurious case festooned with 1,000 hand set Swarovski crystals and topped with an 18k gold plated cap. Along with the mascara came a concierge service including a lifetime supply of refillable mascara tubes. The Socialite Collection, which also included a tube of lipstick also covered with Swarovski crystals, had a price of $589. For one customer, however, that case just wasn’t fancy enough and so a custom case bedecked with 2,500 blue diamonds was made. Complete with a similarly treated pink diamond tube of lipstick, this unique version of the Socialite Collection cost its buyer $14 million.
Most Expensive Medicines
While the debate over healthcare continues, Forbes has released a list of the nine most expensive drugs in the world”"each of which costs patients over $200,000 annually. At the top of the list is Soliris (eculizumab), produced by Alexion Pharmaceuticals to treat, ahem, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. PNH is a rare and life-threatening disease and is the only form of hemolytic anemia”"a deficiency in red blood cells caused by their destruction, as opposed to low production”"that is acquired rather than inherited. PNH affects approximately 8,000 Americans. It’s because of that low figure that Alexion can charge $409,500 per year for the most expensive drug in the world. The rarity of the condition means there are very few competitors to compete with for pricing. The second most expensive medicine in the world is Elaprase at $375,000 annually. It was created by Shire Pharmaceuticals to treat Hunter Syndrome, which has symptoms ranging from a flattened nose to brain damage and afflicts 2,000 people worldwide. The third is Naglazyme, produced by BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, which treats an even rarer disorder that enlarges the head and causes short stature. That drug costs $365,000 annually.
Most Expensive Wingtips
Wingtips, or brogues, may be seen as men’s country shoes, but if there’s one name that can give them an urban edge, it’s Louis Vuitton. That’s why the most expensive wingtips in the world feature the LV monogram. The Manhattan Richelieu wingtip shoes are made from waxed alligator leather. They’re hand-stitched with Blake construction for a more comfortable fit and the outsole-embedded thread ensures a long-lasting stitch. The interior, meanwhile, sports glove-soft leather lining. Even the sole, made of hand-painted leather and featuring an embedded ruthenium-finished cube with the LV monogram, is high quality. These luxury wingtips will be offered in Spring/Summer of 2010 for $10,000.
Most Expensive Personal Safe
Karl Lagerfeld, the German-born creative director for both Chanel and Fendi, is branching out. After all, you need somewhere to put all those handbags”"somewhere like the most expensive personal safe in the world. A collaboration between the Kaiser, as Lagerfeld is sometimes called, and German safe designers D¶ttling, Narcissus is nearly six feet tall and less than a foot deep. The steel safe is sheathed in high-gloss chrome-plated aluminum and looks very imposing when closed. When activated, two sets of cabinets, watch winders and drawers slide out from either side.
This luxury safe is not only ultra-expensive at $339,000″”it’s also ultra-exclusive. Only thirty Narcissus safes will be made and the Kaiser already has dibs on one.
Most Expensive Ramen
If you’ve never been to a restaurant that serves genuine ramen, you’re likely to think of ramen as the cheapest of all foods”"a brick of instant noodles accompanied by a sodium-rich flavor packet, all for about twenty-five cents. It shouldn’t be too surprising, however, that the most expensive ramen in the world is something completely different. At the ultra-exclusive Fujimaki Gekijyo restaurant in Tokyo, patrons can feast on the Five-Taste Blend Imperial Noodles. The dish is made with over twenty ingredients, including high quality Chinese stock as well as another, spicier stock inspired by Thai tom yum soup. A bowl of Fujimaki’s exquisite ramen sells for a jaw-dropping $110. Fujimaki Gekijyo is an omakase (i.e. menu-less), reservation-only restaurant that is only accessible to guest who have already dined at one of owner Shoichi Fujimaki’s less expensive restaurants. American diners will be able to try the expensive ramen when Fujimaki opens a restaurant in Los Angeles in August, 2010.
Most Expensive Written Manuscript
Giacomo Casanova, the world’s greatest lover, may have been Venetian, but it was the French government who, in early 2010, paid top dollar for the licentious libertine’s manuscript. Casanova wrote of his adventures from 1789 to his death in 1798, during which time he was employed as the librarian to Count Waldstein in the Castle of Dux, Bohemia. The manuscript, “Histoire de mi vie” or “History of my Life,” allegedly details his conquest over more than 100 women”"at least one of which was a nun”"and several men. Unfortunately, the general public has only seen censored and otherwise altered versions of the account. The 3,700 manuscript was acquired by the Brockhaus family in 1820 and survived the bombing of Leipzig in World War II. It was smuggled out of Germany on a US military truck in 1945 and published fifteen years later. The French National Library purchased the cultural artifact for a cool $7 million”"over US $9.4 million”"making it the most expensive written manuscript in the world.
Most Expensive Taco
Tacos are undoubtedly one of the cheaper foods in life, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get the Most Expensive treatment. All you have to do is add gold and diamonds and voila”"you have the most expensive taco in the world. In this case, the “gold and diamonds” were actually hunks of filet mignon. Offered by Brentwood Restaurant and Lounge in Los Angeles, this fancy fare was a specialty entre accompanied by pico de gallo, vegetable rice and black beans. Unfortunately, this expensive taco is not present on Brentwood’s online menu and we can only assume that it is no longer offered.
Brentwood’s filet mignon taco entre had a price of $38.50. That may not seem like much, but we’re talking about tacos here. If you know of a more expensive taco, though, let us know.
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