9 of the most expensive toys in the world: from diamond “Barbie” to gold “Monopoly”

Thanks to Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie for making Barbie the mainstream media outlet today. With millions of viewers freezing in anticipation of the premiere (which unfortunately will have to wait until next year), we decided to talk about toys – after all, it was the famous doll that inspired the movie.

Expensive, posh and really ridiculous. For this money you can buy a stylish mansion, start a business and collect a fleet of vehicles, but it turned out to be a toy.

Dolls, cars, board games and teddy bears are sold at auctions and displayed in museums. They take months to create and collectors hunt them down, saving neither money nor effort.

We recently told you about the most expensive designer items, from the Versace inflatable ring to the Off-White lounge chair. And today they collected nine toys that cost millions.

bear brick

Price: 200 thousand dollars

Bears collected by Timati. We are sure that if you sell them, you can buy a luxury apartment in the center of Moscow. The average cost of a toy from the rapper’s collection is 1.2 million rubles, and the most expensive is 2.5 million. A few years ago, such a figurine was sold at auction for $ 200,000.

Diamond “Barbie”

Price: 300 thousand dollars

Yes, yes, it did not seem to you, this doll really costs 21 million rubles. Dior wears Oscar de La Renta fur and Swarovski jewelry with nine-carat diamonds. After such a statement, you begin to involuntarily envy the baby. They were released in 2007 in five pieces, each with their own decorations and one comes with a dog. I wonder if any kid will play with a Barbie like this?

precious horse

Price: $1.28 million

What did your parents give you for your birthday when you were a kid? Cars, dolls, books? But for the celebration of the Japanese Prince Hisahito, the jewelry brand Ginza Tanaka presented the heir with a precious golden rocking horse worth 89 million rubles. True, he could not use it, as the toy was too heavy. Yes, and the parents did not appreciate this, because the young prince was instilled with humility and moderation from an early age.

Rubik’s cube

Price: 1.5 million dollars

What would you do if you had 105 million rubles on your card? Have you bought a car and taken a trip, built a house or started a business? Or maybe you spend all your money on a Rubik’s cube? Yes, Fred Cuellar’s 1995 masterpiece is just that valuable. He used pure gold instead of ordinary plastic, and instead of multicolored stickers, he used precious stones: ruby, emerald, amethyst and, of course, diamond.

Gold “Monopoly”

Price: 2 million dollars

It’s not just a game, it’s a real museum piece. In 1988, jewelry designer Sidney Mobell created the most expensive Monopoly in history. The board game is made of pure gold with diamonds. In 2003, the author donated it to the Smithsonian Museum in the United States. Oh, it’s a pity they never played.

Louis Vuitton teddy bear

Price: $2.1 million

In 2000, the German company Steiff created the most expensive teddy bear in the world. If we convert its value to rubles, it will be 147 million for a minute. For this amount, Teddy in a Louis Vuitton suit was bought at an auction by Korean entrepreneur Jesse Kim. Now the soft toy is in the museum. Of course, we’re not counting other people’s money, but the idea that it could buy a few luxury homes and a few cars to boot doesn’t comfort us.

Toy replica of the real Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4

Price: $4.6 million

And how do you like a toy car that costs much more than a real car? Yes, we love it too. We love it so much that we almost cry. A replica of the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 was handcrafted by designer Robert Galpen in 2011 and is valued at $322 million, 12 times the actual car. Gold speckled, platinum and gold rims and headlights, steering wheel, wheels and seats created from a modern carbon fiber material embellished with diamonds. It took about 500 hours for the master to complete this work.

“Birdman”

Price: $6.2 million

This mechanical doll was assembled from 2340 pieces of polished steel and took more than 16 years to create. Therefore, the masterpiece of the Swiss master Christian Bein was worth 434 million rubles. The “Birdcatcher” is dressed in a Renaissance costume made of silk, satin, and velvet, and his face, legs, and arms are made of porcelain. If you turn the key, the baby starts playing the flute and the hand-sitting birds begin to sing and flap their wings.

Here is a work of art that language dares not call a toy.

doll house

Price: $8.5 million

There were already diamonds “Barbie”, now we are talking about the corresponding house for them. The best miniature masters worked for months to create the Astolat Dollhouse Castle. The castle is 2.75 meters high and weighs more than 360 kilograms. Inside the dollhouse there are 29 rooms with fireplaces, furniture, books, stained glass and even carpets. In 1996, this work of art was worth 595 million rubles (the feeling that babies live better than you). Now that the dollhouse is privately owned, the cost may be even higher.