Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

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A 1962 Fender Stratocaster guitar I bought in 2014 for £10,000.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2019 source ↗

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Su Pollard
A hand-painted beaded dress from New York. It weighs about 16lb and cost me £4,000, 30 years ago.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗
Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser
In my 30s, I was staring at a pair of expensive boots in a shop window when the photographer Gordon Parks came up behind me. He instantly understood, because he grew up even poorer than me; he made me buy them on my credit card.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗

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