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

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A Biba dress when I really couldn’t afford it. It was every scrap of my money and I’ve never parted with it.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2025 source ↗

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I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.
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A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.
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