33 Astronomical Purchases That’ll Make Your Credit Card Go Limp

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33 Astronomical Purchases That’ll Make Your Credit Card Go Limp

We don’t know about you guys, but whenever we order our oat milk latte and almond croissant (the reason we’ll never retire, we know, Uncle Larry), our hands get a little bit trembly as we reach out to tap our credit card. Kristen Wiig probably won’t pop up screaming, “Approved,” but on the rare occasion that it is approved, her voice rings out in our heads for sure. These ultra-rich folks with their ultra-extravagant toys, on the other hand, will probably never know that feeling. The affluent bastards.

Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany dress sold for $807,000 BLANCTOR Audrey Hepburn's original working script for the film sold for even more, a whoppin' $847,000. CRACKED.COM

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Paris Hilton bought a $325k doghouse. CRACKED COM Even if you didn't know that Paris Hilton had a custom duplex with designer furniture built for her dogs that cost more than the average house... surely, deep down, you suspected it.

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Elon Musk bought a submarine car from a Bond movie. CRACKED.COM Wet Nellie sounds like a playground punishment Musk got every day of his childhood, but it's the nickname of the car featured in The Spy Who Loved Me, and only set him back about $1 million.

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Ken Griffin bought a penthouse for $238 million. $ S S The hedge-fund manager's purchase broke a record for the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S. Oh, and it's not even his permanent residence, because according to his spokesperson, he just needed a place to stay when in town, since his company was expanding in New York. CRACKED.COM

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CRACKED.COM The family of the Sultan of Brunei owns a forgotten collection of 2,500 supercars. BN516 BQ 205 PO 28 The family has lost interest in the collection, and there are no plans to sell it or turn it into an exhibit, so it's literally rotting into oblivion in a big compound. Over 2,000 of the cars are beyond saving.

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CRACKED COM In 2015, billionaire Liu Yiqian purchased an antique ceramic cup (which he casually uses to drink tea from in this picture) for $36 million using his Centurion credit card. The purchase earned him 421 million American Express points, which could be converted into 28 million frequent flier points - enough to fly him and his wife around the world more than a thousand times.

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MUKESH AMBANI BUILT A HOME FOR AROUND $1 BILLION. The richest man in India built his 400,000-square foot private residence in Mumbai. It has 27-stories, a garage with space for 168 cars, three helipads on the roof, gardens spreading over three floors, and many other ridiculous things. CRACKED.COM

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Rich people requests WINE FROM A SHIPWRECK For a rich couple's dinner, travel company Black Tomato hired celebrity chef Eric Ripert and a sommelier who served a port that he found on an 1800s shipwreck. It wasn't even a milestone or a birthday or anything. It was easily a $300,000 dinner. CRACKED

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