This week was the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, so what better time to throw $1.8 million at the Burton-Rutan Spaceship One Space Voyage, as seen in Neiman Marcus’s catalog? The money buys you a six-person chartered flight from the “soon-to-be-completed” spaceport in New Mexico (but, disappointingly, doesn’t seem to include a meal or drink service). And while it would certainly be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and something of a deal considering NASA is viewing $133 million costs per flight as their budget, imagine how silly you’ll feel when you find out that the moon landing was faked. Well, at least according to noted astrophysicist Whoopi Goldberg.

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Death is a scary thing for the most of us, so artist Damien Hirst wanted to do something to change that. Though the actual price of sale was disputed, the Diamond Skull pictured above and titled “For the Love of God” was said to be valued at about $20 million. The skull is made from a cast of an actual 18th century London human skull and covered with, based upon my estimates, one f-load of diamonds. Hirst says the inspiration for the piece was that, “Death is such a heavy subject, it would be good to make something that laughed in the face of it.” Presumably edited out of that quote was Hirst’s additional desire to defecate in the face of Fiscal Responsibility and punch its infant son in the groin. Mission accomplished.

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The world is 80% water, so it makes sense that we would look for ways to travel through it in style. Such as the Triton 1000 Submarine, available for $1.4 million through Neiman Marcus. The description:

The Triton 1000 is U.S. Submarines’ latest design and represents an advanced, light weight minimum volume 2-person configuration. Engineered specifically for deployment from megayachts, this little piece of extravagance will surely be the perfect gift for the person who has everything.

Think about it this way…can you imagine if you’re stuck drowning underwater after falling from your megayacht, but you had that spare $1.4 million lying around in a sack with dollar signs on it, how silly you’d feel for not buying it? I bet you’d be underwater, turning blue and suffocating, then probably laugh a little because you’d be like, “Man, should have gotten that submarine. Who knew?”

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These shoes above are currently the most expensive in the world.  Meet Stuart Weitzman’s Rita Hayworth Heels, selling for $3,000,000.  Named for the glamorous actress, the Hayworth Heels are designed around an earring the actress herself owned, made of rubies, sapphire and diamonds.  The shoes were most famously worn by Oscar-nominated songstress Kathleen York.  While beautiful, having the most expensive shoes worn by a singer to the Oscars is a bit like making the world’s most extavagant wedding band, only you decide to put it on the dog carrying the ring pillow up to the altar.

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The most expensive alcohol I had come across prior to today was the $225,000 Tequila Ley .925. But now, thanks to the Diamond-filtered Diva Vodka by Blackwood Distillers, valued at $1 million, I can see the Tequila Ley for the guttural hobo wine that it is. Like the Tequila Ley, the real value of the alcohol comes from the jewels inside. If I owned a liquor store and you came up to me asking for a $1 million bottle of vodka, I would go into the back, pour some Georgi into a bottle filled with Lucky Charms, then punch you in the stomach and take your money. I think we’ll have both learned an important life lesson that day.

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