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| + | ===Prince William and Kate Middleton=== |
| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
| + | |- |
| + | | Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight || $200,000 |
| + | |- |
| + | | Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake || $78,000 |
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| + | | Kate Middleton's wedding dress || $350,000 |
| + | |- |
| + | |Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding || $800,000 |
| + | |} |
| + | ===Value of an investment of $1,000/year=== |
| + | (NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest: |
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Revision as of 22:16, 26 August 2015
- Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in 980: Money.
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Dollars
1 Dollar Bill
Object |
Price
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Apples (one dozen) |
$5.68
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Oranges (one dozen) |
$3.08
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Daily interest on average credit card debt |
$5.63
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Starbucks Coffee |
$2.00
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Average US restaurant meals
Meal |
Price
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Average single US restaurant meal |
$35.65
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Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants |
$85.27
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Game Consoles
Console |
Price
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PS3 |
$250
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Xbox 360 |
$200
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Wii |
$150
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Dinner for four
Meal |
Price
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Homemade rice and pinto beans |
$9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
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Homemade chicken dinner |
$13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
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McDonalds |
$27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
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Arby’s |
$34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
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Chili’s |
$69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
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Outback Steakhouse |
$109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
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Loose change value per pound
Change |
Price
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Loose change value per pound |
$12.80
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Loose change with no quarters |
$5.40
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Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) |
$7.30
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Loose change with no pennies |
$17.40
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Daily income
Objects |
Price
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Median household daily income |
$136.28
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Taxes |
$32.16
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After-tax |
$104.12
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Books and Kindles
Object |
Price
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Paperback book |
$6.80
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Hardcover book |
$32.27
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Audio book |
$50.42
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Kindle |
$79.00
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New video game |
$49.99
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Traditional cell phone average monthly fee |
$77.36
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Smartphone average monthly fee |
$110.30
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Kindle keyboard + 3G |
$139
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Loose change
Object |
Price
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One-gallon jug of loose change |
$270
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Pet ownership
Based on ASPCA estimations
Pet |
Price
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Annual cost of rabbit ownership |
$730
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Annual cost of dog ownership |
$695
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Annual cost of cat ownership |
$670
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Annual cost of fish ownership |
$35
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Annual cost of bird ownership |
$200
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Annual cost of small mammal ownership |
$300
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Technological devices et cetera
Object |
Price
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Kindle Fire |
$199
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Men’s suit |
$400
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Low-end bicycle |
$190
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Basic iPad |
$499
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iPad+3G+ a year of data |
$869
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Basic Macbook Air |
$999
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Netbook |
$249.99
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iPod Nano |
$129
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Mac Mini |
$599
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Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) |
$719.88
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Cell phone bill
Phone |
Price
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Traditional cell phone average annual bill |
$928.30
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Smartphone average annual bill |
$1,320
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Worker/CEO comparison
Worker/CEO and year |
Price
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1965 production worker average hourly wage |
$19.61
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2007 production worker average hourly wage |
$19.71
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Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period |
$490.31
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Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period |
$5419.97
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Thousands
Typical household net worth by head of household’s age
1984 |
Age |
2009
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$11,680
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<35 years
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$3,710
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$72,090
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35-44 years
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$40,140
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$115,060
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45-54 years
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$103,040
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$149,240
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55-64 years
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$164,270
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$122,100
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>65 years
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$172,820
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Raising a child to age 17
Life class |
Price
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Upper income |
$302,860
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Middle income |
$206,920
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Lower income |
$206,920
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Vacation package from New England
Trip |
Price
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All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) |
$3,204
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Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations |
$136,020
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Typical trip from US West Coast
Trip |
Price
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Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) |
$6,801
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Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) |
$2,863
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Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices
Thing |
Price
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Cancer treatment including chemo |
$117,260
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Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) |
$43,000
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Seven-year Hogwarts degree |
$301,000
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Average community college tuition |
$10,340
(One year $2,580)
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Average in-state university tuition |
$28,920
(One year $7,230)
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Golden Opulence ice cream sundae
Thing |
Price
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Golden Opulence ice cream sundae |
$1,000
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Average smartphone annual cost |
$1.320
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Average used car |
$8,910
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Average new car |
$27,230
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High-end bicycle |
$1,500
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One Starbucks latte per day |
$1.820
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Income per capita
Country |
Price
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United States 2005 per capita income |
$32,360
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Switzerland 2005 per capita income |
$29,910
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Germany 2005 per capita income |
$27,550
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UK 2005 per capita income |
$23,240
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France 2005 per capita income |
$16,400
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China 2005 per capita income |
$3,540
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Brazil 2005 per capita income |
$5,540
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Rural houses
Thing |
Price
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Small rural house |
$100,000
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Typical new home |
$224,910
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Daily sales of Minecraft |
$193,500
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Health
Thing |
Price
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Average individual health insurance annual premium |
$5,430
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Typing F-U-N-D-S |
$10,000
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A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) |
$3,050
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Waist deep half-room ball pit |
$2,400
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All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) |
$2,640
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Annual costs of cars and houses
Thing |
Price
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Annual cost of car ownership |
$3,650
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Typical annual household spending |
$5,650
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Average household CC debt |
$9,960
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Annual cost to carry that debt |
$2,090
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Typical annual housing cost for various cities
City |
Price
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NYC |
$25,416
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San Francisco |
$21,888
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Boston |
$18,216
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Los Angeles |
$17,640
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Washington DC |
$16,380
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Chicago |
$13,664
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Worcester |
$12,456
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Houston |
$11,888
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Minneapolis |
$10,908
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Detroit |
$10,080
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Salt Lake City |
$9,108
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Scranton |
$8,60
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Prince William and Kate Middleton
Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight |
$200,000
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Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake |
$78,000
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Kate Middleton's wedding dress |
$350,000
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Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding |
$800,000
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Value of an investment of $1,000/year
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
Millions
Dr. Evil
Thing |
Price
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Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world |
$6,630,000
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Amount he was actually demanding |
$1,380,000
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Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) |
$2,400,000
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Amount needed to live comfortably off investments |
$4,090,000
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Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) |
$16,390,000
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Minecraft sales by October 2011 |
$56,780,000
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Large city office building |
$100,000,000
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Annual cost to run Wikipedia |
$18,500,000
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30-second Super Bowl ad slot |
$3,000,000
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EPA value of a human life |
$8,120,000
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Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) |
$29,870,000
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William and Kates wedding
Thing |
Price
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Flowers |
$800,000
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Security |
$20,000,000
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Total cost |
$800,000,000
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$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes
Thing |
Price
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50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes |
$1,500,000
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Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles |
$3,270,000
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Qianlong Chinese vase
Thing |
Price
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Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 |
$83,710,000
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Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) |
$45,930,000
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Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible |
$34,610,000
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Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) |
$9,330,000
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Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) |
$2,780,000
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1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I |
$21,890,000
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Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) |
$250,000,000
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Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) |
$168,780,000
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Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) |
$153,440,000
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Airbus A380 |
$264,000,000
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Mona Lisa assessed value |
$730,660,000
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Prizes
Amount 1 |
Year 1 |
Show/Movie |
Amount Today
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$64,000
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1955
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The $64,000 Question
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$528,310
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£1,000,000
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1998
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
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$2,270,000
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$1,000,000
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1999
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
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$1,330,000
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$1,000,000
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1955
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The Millionaire (TV Show)
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$8,250,000
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$1,000,000
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1931
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The Millionaire (Movie)
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$14,530,000
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Bitcoins
Thing |
Price
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Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 |
$22,819,797
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Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price |
$210,000,000
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Elections
Thing |
Price
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2012 presidential fundraising |
$188,260,000
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Person |
Funds raised
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Herman Cain |
$5,380,000
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Jon Huntsman |
$4,510,000
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Michele Bachmann |
$9,870,000
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Ron Paul |
$12,790,000
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Rick Perry |
$17,200,000
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Mitt Romney |
$32,610,000
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Barack Obama |
$88,420,000
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Person |
Funds raised
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2008 presidential campaign fundraising |
$1,860,390,000
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Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, |
$900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
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Ron Paul |
$32,480,000
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John Edwards |
$64,410,000
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Rudy Giuliani |
$66,520,000
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Mitt Romney |
$116,730,000
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Barack Obama |
$799,670,000
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John McCain |
$394,280,000
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Hilary Clinton |
$259,050,000
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Person |
Funds raised
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2004 presidential campaign fundraising |
$1,006,810,000
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Howard Dean |
$61,620,000
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Wesley Clark |
$34,610,000
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John Edwards |
$39,310,000
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John Kerry |
$352,090,000
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George W. Bush |
$429,660,000
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Other |
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Person |
Funds raised
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2000 presidential campaign fundraising |
$805,120,000
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Pat Buchanan |
$37,440,000
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John McCain |
$75,180,000
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Bill Bradley |
$65,680,000
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Steve Forbes |
$11,440,000
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Al Gore |
$170,520,000
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George W. Bush |
$247,100,000
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Other |
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2010 midterm elections fundraising
Party |
Funds raised
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Democrats |
$815,000,000
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Republicans |
$587,000,000
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2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry
Party |
Funds donated
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To Other |
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To Democrats |
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To Republicans |
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Party |
Funds donated
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Finance industry |
$122,900,000
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Organized labor |
$18,720,000
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Energy industry |
$26,680,000
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Lawyers and general lobbyists |
$57,590,000
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Health industry |
$42,727,000
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Electronics and communication industry |
$32,420,000
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Inaugurations
Thing |
Price
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Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration |
$174,100,000
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Festivities (private donors) |
$46,400,000
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Federal + state + local government (mainly security) |
$127,700,000
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Thing |
Price
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George Bush’s 2005 inauguration |
$178,600,000
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Festivities (private donors) |
$47,800,000
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Federal + state + local government (mainly security) |
$130,800,000
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Past presidential campaign fundraising
Campaign Year |
Funds raised
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1996 |
$559,810,000
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1992 |
$521,480,000
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1988 |
$606,300,000
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1984 |
$429,860,000
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1980 |
$434,220,000
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1976 |
$664,160,000
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Billions
Trillions