The most surprising prices
Meteorites, dinosaurs, film props: prices that surprise, dated and sourced.
One kilowatt-hour of electricity in the US Bargain?
Toll paid to swim the Panama Canal (1928) Bargain?
Fixer-upper house in Mussomeli (Sicily) Bargain?
Pack of Cristaline water (6 × 1.5 L bottles) Bargain?
Navigo Easy pass (the card alone, no fare loaded) Bargain?
Labello Original lip balm (4.8 g) Bargain?
Portion of strawberries and cream at Wimbledon (2023) Bargain?
Big Mac in Japan Bargain?
Crit'Air vehicle emissions sticker (postage included) Bargain?
A single rose (florist, France) Bargain?
Nivea Creme, large tin (400 ml) Bargain?
Red Tiger Balm (19.4 g jar) Bargain?
Average price paid for a cinema ticket in France (2025) Bargain?
One kilo of whole scallops in the shell (France) Bargain?
French registered letter (R1) with proof of delivery (20 g) Bargain?
Big Mac in Switzerland Bargain?
Gillette Mach3 razor Bargain?
Sending a 1 kg Colissimo parcel, home delivery (France) Bargain?
4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser eau de Cologne (150 ml) Bargain?
Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey admission ticket (full price) Bargain?
Pack of 20 Marlboro cigarettes (France) Bargain?
Ticket to climb the Arc de Triomphe (full price) Bargain?
Louvre Museum admission ticket (European visitor) Bargain?
Lewis Chessmen Queen replica (British Museum shop) Bargain?
Flat patient fee for an A&E visit without admission (France) Bargain?
IKEA BLÅHAJ shark soft toy (100 cm) Bargain?
Replacing a lost French driving licence (tax stamp) Bargain?
Taking the French driving theory test Bargain?
GP consultation in France (sector 1 doctor) Bargain?
Château de Chambord ticket (reference rate, non-EEA visitor) Bargain?
Paris Catacombs admission ticket (full price) Bargain?
One kilo of brown shrimp (France) Bargain?
Palace of Versailles Passport ticket (high season) Bargain?
ZooParc de Beauval adult one-day ticket (undated) Bargain?
Set of 3 Obut Lisse leisure pétanque boules Mid-range?
Flat-rate taxi ride, Paris-CDG airport to Paris right bank Mid-range?
Futuroscope adult one-day ticket (bought at the gate) Mid-range?
Women's shampoo, permanent colour and blow-dry at a salon (France) Mid-range?
Fine for minor speeding (under 20 km/h over, on a road limited above 50 km/h) Mid-range?
Tax stamp for a French adult passport Mid-range?
Navigo monthly pass (all zones, Paris region) Mid-range?
One hour of car mechanic labour (France) Mid-range?
Annual bachelor's tuition fee at a French public university (2026-27) Mid-range?
Getting your car back from a Paris impound lot the same day Mid-range?
London 2012 Olympic torch (bought by a torchbearer) Mid-range?
Tax stamp for a French naturalisation application Mid-range?
Sinclair C5 electric tricycle (1985) Mid-range?
Single niche in the Père-Lachaise columbarium for 10 years Mid-range?
Apple "Pro Stand" for the Pro Display XDR (2019) Mid-range?
Fritz Spiegel's "Loophonium" Mid-range?
Suffragette Hunger Strike Medal (1912) High-end?
Average price of one hectare of arable land in France (2024) High-end?
Piaggio Ape 50 three-wheeler (2007) High-end?
Martin-Baker ejection seat from an F-4 Phantom High-end?
Everest climbing permit (spring, normal south route) High-end?
Perpetual 2 m² grave plot in an inner-Paris cemetery High-end?
One year of the HEC Paris Grande École programme (full fees) High-end?
Pair of Yubari King melons (first auction of 2026) High-end?
Gibbs Quadski amphibious quad bike (2014) High-end?
The Lunokhod 2 rover and Luna 21 lander (on the Moon) High-end?
Amphicar 770 amphibious car (1967) High-end?
Three-rotor Enigma cipher machine (1944) High-end?
Graceland (bought by Elvis Presley, 1957) High-end?
Median sale price of a house in Montluçon, France (2025) High-end?
Average price of one hectare of arable land in the Netherlands (2024) High-end?
1,009 g Alba white truffle lot (three truffles) High-end?
Necker Island (British Virgin Islands), bought by Richard Branson High-end?
Lundy Island (Bristol Channel), 1969 purchase High-end?
Average price of one hectare of arable land in Malta (2023) High-end?
"Nintendo PlayStation" prototype High-end?
Section of the Eiffel Tower's original staircase (14 steps) High-end?
Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers (France) High-end?
Ticket for a Virgin Galactic suborbital flight (2026) High-end?
The Beatles' "White Album" No. 0000001 (Ringo Starr's copy) High-end?
The Graves Light lighthouse (Boston Harbor) High-end?
Lewis Chessman (warder), 12th century High-end?
Ocean liner SS United States (2024 sale) High-end?
Violin of Wallace Hartley, the Titanic's bandleader Luxury?
Bicorne hat worn by Napoleon I Luxury?
John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls-Royce Phantom V (1965) Luxury?
Vostok 3KA-2 space capsule (1961) Luxury?
Action Comics #1 (1938), CGC 9.0 Luxury?
Bluefin tuna from the year's first auction at Toyosu (Tokyo, 2026) Luxury?
Swedish "Treskilling Yellow" stamp (1855) Luxury?
Einstein's letter to Roosevelt on the atomic bomb (signed copy, 1939) Luxury?
David Gilmour's "Black Strat" Fender Stratocaster Luxury?
Wu-Tang Clan's "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" (single copy) Luxury?
James Naismith's original 13 rules of basketball (1891) Luxury?
Batman TV series Batmobile (1966) Luxury?
Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress (1962) Luxury?
Martian meteorite NWA 16788 Luxury?
Isle of Gigha (Scotland), bought by its residents Luxury?
Robby the Robot, original prop from "Forbidden Planet" (1956) Luxury?
Isle of Ulva (Inner Hebrides, Scotland) Luxury?
Alaska (purchased from Russia, 1867) Luxury?
"Big John" Triceratops skeleton Luxury?
"Sue" Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton Luxury?
Shirt worn by Maradona in the "Hand of God" match (1986) Luxury?
French Louisiana (sold to the United States, 1803) Luxury?
Danish West Indies (sold to the United States, 1917) Luxury?
Seat on Blue Origin's first crewed flight (2021) Luxury?
"Stan" Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton Luxury?
Dorothy's ruby slippers (The Wizard of Oz, 1939) Luxury?
Chenghua "Chicken Cup", Ming dynasty (1465-1487) Luxury?
"Apex" Stegosaurus skeleton Luxury?
Dmitry Muratov's Nobel Peace Prize medal (2021) Luxury?
Chrysler Building (New York) Priceless?
Newcastle United football club (2021 takeover) Priceless?
Battersea Power Station (London) Priceless?