Bradley Wiggins: 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

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Recorded Bradley Wiggins said elsewhere, not written here

I bought a pink leader’s jersey from the 1953 Tour of Italy which belonged to Swiss rider Hugo Koblet. I spent £45,000.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

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Marina Abramović Performance artist

A cashmere shawl.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗

Judy Murray Scottish tennis coach

Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗

Meera Syal British writer and actress

Holidays. For years, I would book a big house in Britain for a week for the entire family. There would be 14 of us. I don’t regret a penny.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗

Carol Vorderman

My aeroplane, a Diamond DA42. It’s a twin-engine aircraft and I bought her brand new to fly around the world solo. Very sadly my mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer about six weeks before I was due to take off, in May 2017, and she died early June. After that, I lost interest in doing it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

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When my second child Bella was born in 2006. I missed my son Ben being born because I was racing, so seeing it for the first time was quite an experience.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗