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

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

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Louis Walsh said elsewhere, not written here

I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

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Charlotte Church Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

When I was 18, I bought a boat for a million pounds and sold it a year later for just over half the price.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗

Martin Clunes English actor

A bespoke wagonette I had made in Germany; I drive a pair of Clydesdale horses called Ronnie and Bruce.What do you most dislike about your appearance? The lot.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 September 2018 source ↗

Nicola Walker British actress

Ten years ago I bought a painting. I lived with it for a year before realising I didn’t like it at all. So it’s on my wall, mocking me daily.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2017 source ↗

Dominic Cooper English actor

My Austin Healey.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗