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We all have that person in our lives who is impossible to buy for. They can be in your family or in your social circle, and getting them anything that makes them happy is almost impossible. I am speaking of course of billionaires. You can imagine the poor bastards in Amazon warehouses all over the world dreading the Secret Santa pick in case they get Bezos again this year; or the engineers working on whatever silly ideas Elon Musk has now come up with holding a whip to get him a planet he doesn’t yet own. Some might say the easiest way to solve this is by giving all the billionaires what they really deserve, nothing, but in case you are one of the unlucky ones who has pulled out the diamond encrusted platinum straw and you have to get something. For one percent, let us guide you through the world of gifting the shameless.
What does the pest avoider get that has it all? Why not treat them to the world’s most expensive face mask? Make sure your elite mates go green with PPEnvy when they go to ICU with this tacky blast – the Covid-19 protective mask is made from 250g 18K white gold and embellished with over 3600 natural diamonds in black and white. Being created to specification by Israeli jewelry house Yvel for a Los Angeles-based businessman, the mask is not just about a hideous display of wealth and power, it is also functional as it contains a slot for a N99 mask, so the air the wearer breathes will be cleared of any airborne viruses (or unwashed mass streams).
2 A ‘space’ pen
Space – the final frontier. Or some top-notch real estate for our species to ruin. Either way, the truly wealthy have averted their gaze from us normal people and started looking up at the sky while dreaming of moving to Olympus V2.0. So why not satisfy their fantasies by buying them the Astrograph writing instrument? No, don’t call it a pen, it is not a pen; the nib is made of rhodium-plated 18-karat gold; rocket-shaped body is rhodium-plated in a highly polished or sandblasted matte format, or ruthenium anthracite-plated; It comes on a special platform that looks like a launch pad, and there’s even a silver and rhodium-plated figure of an astronaut for you to play with as you debate which planet you want to live on. For only € 20,000, this ‘writing instrument’ – again, not a pen – it really is the perfect way to tell someone that you don’t want them on Earth anymore. But what about the billionaire in your family who doesn’t accept a pretentious pen as a gift? Well, why not do what we all want to do with billionaires and shoot them straight into space? Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic says it has sold around 600 tickets for its planned suborbital space flights, which will begin next year, for between $ 200,000 and $ 250,000 each, while Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin claims it will offer similar prices for its travels. It’s not yet known how much the in-flight scratch cards will cost you.
3 deep sea submarine
But what if the oligarch in your life is afraid of flying or just being eaten by a xenomorph? Fear not, because you can get into the sea, both literally and figuratively, with Hammacher Schlemmer’s five-person exploration submarine. At a cost of $ 2.7 million that induces swallowing, you can descend to a depth of 656 ‘to access reefs, shipwrecks and rare underwater species. Keeps all explorers safe within a 3¼ ”thick acrylic pressure sphere with temperature control that allows conversation, unlike SCUBA diving. Anyone who has traveled by car with more than one person will see this as a disadvantage, but it takes all kinds of things to make a world. The ship complies with all the safety guidelines of the International Maritime Organization and is classified by Germanischer Lloyd with two independent life support systems that provide data on depth, internal pressure, temperature, battery status, propellant status and condition of the surge tanks. So if you decided to get to the bottom of the Lusitania disaster once and for all, or even if you just want to spend your days on a futile search for Fungie, this is the submarine for you.
4 Jet and matching supercar
But how would one get to the port and / or spaceport in style? Why not consider The Duet, a pair of a custom Embraer Phenom 300E aircraft and a Porsche 911 Turbo S, which will be the world’s first business jet and supercar? The Duet will have a starting price of $ 10.9 million, which will increase with customization requests, with first deliveries in 2021. But wait, there’s more: Duet customers will also receive a custom driver bag and a special edition Porsche. Design 1919 Titanium case watch with UTC globe timer inspired by airplane cockpit. A bag of branded gear and a watch is like a branded gift of drinks in a half-empty pub on a Tuesday that only costs millions.
5 Private island in Co Mayo
Here in Ireland there are few raw materials more precious than property. Who hasn’t thought of securing a Roscommon apartment block for a loved one through a distressed property auction? Or maybe, like Paul Brady, you would like to take someone to an island, and not for the purpose of assassinating them in a Battle Royale? Bartagh Island in Killala Bay, Co Mayo, is for sale for 1.1 million euros. Measuring an impressive 4.6 km long and 0.5 km wide at the widest point, it encompasses farmland and many sand dunes, meaning it looks a bit like Nantucket when viewed from a flight hatch from Virgin Galactic. It also features a somewhat dilapidated house dating back to 1838, making it an ideal weekend retreat for the soulless super-rich who wouldn’t be fazed by ghostly apparitions and occasional nightly screams. Imagine, you could be the Kim Kardashian of May – After two weeks of multiple health screenings and asking everyone to self-quarantine, he might surprise his closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where he could pretend things were normal for just a brief moment, or just pretend it isn’t by freezing its nether regions in a silty estuary off the Atlantic coast.
6 Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez once sang that her love costs nothing; however, don’t be fooled into thinking that their presence is also free. If you were thinking of hiring her to perform for your cousins on Christmas Day, keep in mind that her time costs something; In 2014, he played a 45-minute set for a family of casino moguls at the Grand Hyatt Macau and made $ 1.75 million in the process. He made similar money performing at the wedding of Said Gutseriev and Khadija Uzhakhovs in 2016, the birthday party of the President of Turkmenistan in 2013, and the wedding of the son of an Uzbek businessman in 2011. If it’s any consolation, you can have Drake play . for half of that. If you prefer some old-time rock ‘n’ roll, why not hire the Rolling Stones, who were paid a supposed sum of $ 3 million to play a private concert for the former president of the computer giants Hewlett- Packard, Ralph Whitworth, in 2015? A bit rich for your liking, Nickelback costs just $ 500,000, and at least your presence will send any remaining relatives your way.
7 priceless art
Roman abramovich – the physical manifestation of the phrase ‘money can’t buy you happiness’ – he may not know art, but he knows what he likes; And what he likes is buying art for his wife, the gallery owner Dasha Zhukova. Among the vast treasure trove of art that he bought from him were some works by Dublin’s finest, Francis Bacon. The Bacon triptych was bought by Abramovich in 2008 for 43 million pounds, at the time it was the highest price ever paid for a contemporary work of art. The couple divorced in 2018.
8 the most expensive dog in the world
What to give the spoiled brat who has everything? Perhaps you have somehow found yourself acting as Richie Rich’s keeper, or even better, one of your sons is friends with royalty. That’s Royalty with a capital R, because she’s Chris Brown’s daughter we’re talking about. Brown, known for continuing to have a career through it all, treated his daughter in 2016 with what every child wants: a puppy. Except this wasn’t just any puppy. It was a Tibetan Mastiff, a breed that cost an impressive $ 1.5 million, and one that Brown obviously likes, having bought two of them earlier in 2014. Brown is no stranger to ridiculous animal gifts, as well bought his daughter a capuchin monkey. Late last year, a court charged Brown with keeping an illegal pet after it turned out he did not have a monkey license. So if you want to gift Chris Brown something for Christmas, maybe start with a tetanus shot.
9 A bottle of whiskey
Is there something we love more than demon drink? Since our rate of consumption is declining all the time, you could say yes, there are many things that we love more than that, but as luxury consumables advance, alcohol is among the best. In 2013, Australian bartender Joel Heffernan came up with the world’s most expensive cocktail; garnished with sugar-spun chartreuse green vine with the use of a £ 98,800 150-year-old Cognac Croizet 1858 Cuvee Leonie. Called The Winston, it cost drinkers £ 8,200, but if that doesn’t discourage you from ordering one, the two days it takes to make it might. There’s only so long that you can stand in a bar fiddling with your phone while a mixologist searches the fruit bowl for a sprig of nettle before you break open and order a bunch of pints and Goldschlagers. But if you want practical and affordable luxury, a high-end bottle of whiskey is what you need. A 60-year-old Macallan previously sold for $ 1.1 million at auction, but if you want to support locals this year (and save some money in the process), Midleton Distillery’s Silent Distillery Chapter One single malt is only €. 45,000. Decanted in hand-blown and engraved Waterford Crystal decanter bottles, it is displayed in a handcrafted wooden cabinet by Irish designer John Galvin, using up to 200-year-old wood from antique reclaimed whiskey vats. That said, it’s just alcohol, so feel free to pop it open after a few cans on Christmas Day and make Irish coffees out of it.
10 the good life
Are there any of us who read In Thin Air, Jon Krakauer’s account of a disastrous 1996 climb on Mount Everest that left eight people dead, and he didn’t think – wow, that seems crazy. One point that Krakauer’s account repeatedly stresses is how the wealthy can effectively buy their way to the top by paying for guides, equipment, and a safe passage to the highest point on earth. Mountain tourism has made the summit of Everest a matter of both money and skill, and has contributed to several deaths on the mountain in the last 15 years. All that said, a relatively paltry $ 30,000 should get you to the top of the world, even if it has become something of a graveyard. So maybe, if you have that inclination, the best thing would be for the mountain to approach you following the example of Hollywood mogul Aaron Spelling, who spent $ 2 million to gift his children a white Christmas in the scorching heat of California by hire industrial snow machines. And spilling snow and ice all over the place
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