Watches can be traced back to the 1500s with the invention of pocket watches. Thesefirst timepieces were expensive, heavy, needed continuous winding and were of by as much as several hours per day. There main function was that of a status symbol.

Over time watches became smaller, more accurate and cheaper to produce and in 1880 Constant Girard developed the concept of wristwatches and they weremade for German naval officers, ordered by Emperor Guillaume I of Germany, of which 2,000 were produces.

Now we jump to the present and it seems we have come full circle with the world’s most expensive watch.

The Chopard 201-carat watch easily takes that title but you can clearly see that the emphasis is not on it being a practical timepiece, but rather a status symbol. Sould you happen to dish out the $25 million one of these watches will set you back, here is what you’ll get:

• 1 Fancy Pink heart-shaped diamond (15.37 ct)
• 1 Fancy Blue heart-shaped diamond (12.79 ct)
• 1 D color heart-shaped diamond, D color (11.36 ct)
• 29 Fancy Intense Yellow pear-shaped diamonds (25.52 ct total)
• 48 Fancy Yellow round diamonds (8.81 ct total)
• 260 D color pear-shaped diamonds(60.94 ct total)
• 91 D color round diamonds (10.29 ct total)
• 443 Fancy Intense Yellow FC diamonds(4.95 ct total)

Now if you’re looking for a pocket watch or if $25 million is a bit too much for you then you can opt for the world’s second most expensive watch, Patek Philippe’s supercomplication, and it can be yours for a timely $11 million USD.

In June 1938 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman, come to life when Action Comics #1 was published. In fact Superman was such a hit that the comic is still being published on a monthly basis.

On February 22, 2010, a copy of Action Comics #1 sold at auction for $1 million, beating itself and the old price of $317,000.00 as the world’s most expensive comic book. The difference being the condition of the copy that was sold.

On March 29th, 2010, ComicConnect.com sold another copy, This time it was a  8.5 VF+ grade, currently the highest-graded copy known, and it went for a super $1.5 million USD..

If you love caviar and don’t mind the fact that you’re dishing out lots on money for fish eggs then we’d like to introduce you to Almas caviar, the world’s most expensive caviar and it will set you back a fishy $25,000.00 per kilogram or $11,000.00 per pound or $700.00 per ounce.

Almas (Russian for diamond) caviar comes from the rare Beluga Sturgeon from the Caspian Sea, but not only is the fish rare, to make it into a tin of Almas caviar the roe has to come from one that is at least a 100 years old, in fact the older the fish gets the whiter the caviar gets.

If you do find yourself in possession of a tin of Almas caviar and don’t find the taste worth the price, there is one other upside, the tin the caviar came in is 24K gold.

Now, it may be easy to go out in your yard and scoop up a bucket of dirt, after all that stuff is everywhere, but all you’ll end up with is your every day, run of the mill dirt.

If you truly want to own some very special dirt that’s also the world’s most expensive dirt then be prepared to part with almost $100.00 for just a few ounces.

This dirt comes from the original Yankee Stadium and is sold by Beam Clay. The dirt was used during the last game that the Yankees played in Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008, when they beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-3. After the dirt was collected it was then pressed into coins under the supervision of Steiner Sports Marketing to ensure that all dirt was authentic. The coins were placed into frames, along with a picture of old Yankee Stadium, and are currently being sold for $89.99.

For the launch of the Barbie Basics Collection in Australia Mattel got together with jewelry designer Stefano Canturi to create a not so basic Barbie with a price tag of $540,870.00 USD.

Barbie by Canturi has a necklace adorned with  3 carats of white diamonds surrounding a 1 ct square emerald cut pink diamond. What would a Barbie be without a diamond ring? She also sports one of those.