$9.5m for a stamp

[dinners]

It's been called the most valuable item in the world by weight. The British Guiana One-Cent Magentajust became the most expensive stamp ever sold.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/18/luxury/stamp-auction/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

[viv1969]

I'm positive I'll be shot down in flames....but WTF?? Ridiculous.

 

[dinners]

I'm positive I'll be shot down in flames....but WTF?? Ridiculous.

I was reminded of the film 'Brewster's Millions'

 

[Cobra]

If I had that sort of spare cash, I'd
flatalist refuse to spend it on that.
(Sorry )

 

[viv1969]

If I had that sort of spare cash, I'd
flatalist refuse to spend it on that.
(Sorry )

*whistles*....
Taxi for Chris! !! Lol

 

[Yves Geza]

FWIW, in the "Aircraft - Very Low Flyby" thread, I posted a video of Alain de Cadenet ducking away from a low flying Spitfire. He owns [owned?] his own Spitfire; owned a Formula One team for a while and then rebuilt the car into a sports car and ran the team at Le Mans for several years. Not to mention a lump of South Kensington Mews and a lot of important classic cars.

I don't think he was born poor, but he grew up collecting stamps and apparently he paid for the Formula 1 Brabham by selling one of his stamp albums!

 

[Ian D J]

Still cheaper than sending a parcel via Parcel Force.

 

[dinners]

FWIW, in the "Aircraft - Very Low Flyby" thread, I posted a video of Alain de Cadenet ducking away from a low flying Spitfire. He owns [owned?] his own Spitfire; owned a Formula One team for a while and then rebuilt the car into a sports car and ran the team at Le Mans for several years. Not to mention a lump of South Kensington Mews and a lot of important classic cars.

I don't think he was born poor, but he grew up collecting stamps and apparently he paid for the Formula 1 Brabham by selling one of his stamp albums!

Nice bit of trivia

 

[MWHCVT]

If you've got the money and its what you enjoy then fair play to whom ever it is....hell if I won the lottery I'd buy one of those damned expensive Canon EF 1200mm jobbies, why? just because I could...

 

[simonblue]

I f i live in the country i be using e.mail all the time

 

[mattyg]

If I had that sort of spare cash, I'd
flatalist refuse to spend it on that.
(Sorry )

The person that would have bought that doesn't have that sort of spare cash..




They have a lot lot lot more spare cash.
$10 million dollars is pocket change to a billionaire.

Roman Abromovich pays over £20 Million per year just to run ONE of his fleet of yachts.


I don't think Mr Avg can imagine just how rich the mega rich are.

 

[Tringa]

Assuming I had that amount to spend I would not use it to buy that, but each to his/her own.

If I had loads of money I'd buy, for example, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Durer and Vermeer, but others may disagree.

Dave

 

[silure130]

I know nothing about stamps but enjoyed reading the history of it.

 

[stryvya]

If mine I would probably drop it and one of the dogs would eat it!!!