With so many apps and so many songs to chose from, not to mention movies, TV shows, books and a lot, lot more, people spend a lot of money buying iTunes cards. The most expensive iTunes card that is available for you to own is $100.00, unless your name is Gail Davis.

In January 2011 Apple started a countdown to the download of the 10 billionth app and the person that downloaded the 10 billionth app was Gail Davis and the app she downloaded was Paper Glider.

So, to honor the 10 billionth app download Apple contacted Gail to give her a prize but as she thought it was telemarketers calling, she hung up and it took the Vice President of iTunes to finally sort out the mess and award Gail her prize, the world’s most expensive iTunes card worth $10,000.00 USD.

The history of bowed string musical instruments in Europe goes back to the 9th century with the violin first emerging in northern Italy in the early 16th century. Some of these first violins are so sought after that they even have names and bring in incredible amounts at auctions.

The Lady Tennant, made in 1699 sold for $2.03 million USD.
The Hammer, a 1708 Stradivarius fetched $3.54 million USD.
 The Mendelssohn: $1.78 million.
 The Kreutzer: $1.58 million.

Guarneri del Gesù (1698-1744) was one of the world’s finest violin makers and one of his last violins, the Vieuxtemps Guarneri which was built in October 1744 is going up for sale.

The Vieuxtemps Guarneri is considered to be the ‘Mona Lisa of Violins’ and if you just have to possess it and agree to pay the asking price then you’ll writing a cheque to the tune of $18 million USD.

If you’ve been watching the World Cup then no doubt, you have been annoyed by the buzzing sound that sounds like a huge swarm of killer bees. That noise in in fact coming from a vuvuzela and just in case you have no clue what a vuvuzela is, here’s Wikipedia’ s definition:

The vuvuzela (pronunciation: /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/), also known as lepatata (its Tswana name) is typically a 65 cm (2.13 ft) plastic blowing horn that produces a loud, distinctive monotone note, typically around B♭(the B♭ below middle C). A similar instrument, known as the corneta, is used in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Many types of vuvuzela, made by several manufacturers, may produce varying intensity and frequency outputs. The intensity of these outputs depends on the blowing technique and pressure exerted.

Traditionally made and inspired from a kudu horn, the vuvuzela was used to summon distant villagers to attend community gatherings.[dubious – discuss] The vuvuzela is most used at soccer matches in South Africa, and it has become a symbol of South African soccer as the stadiums are filled with its loud and raucous sound that reflects the exhilaration of supporters. The intensity of the sound caught the attention of the global soccer community during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in anticipation of South Africa hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The vuvuzela has been the subject of controversy. Its high sound pressure levels at close range can lead to permanent hearing loss for unprotected ears after exposure, with a sound pressure of 120 dB(A) (the threshold of pain) at 1 metre (3.3 ft) from the horn opening.

Normally a vuvuzela can be had for about $3.00, but a Russian entrepreneur hired Austrian goldsmith, Klemens Pointner, to take a $3.00 vuvuzela and turn it into the world’s most expensive vuvuzela so he could give it as a gift to a business partner ahead of the kick-off of the World Cup final.

After importing one from South Africa as a vuvuzela cannot be found in Austria, Klemens Pointner went to work and clad the $3.00 hunk of plastic in white gold and stuck a one carat diamond on it as well.

Selling price: €17,000.00 or $21,000.00 USD, but when you own the world’s most expensive vuvuzela, I guess you have the right to toot your own horn.

Back in 1965 Frank Wilson recorded “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” which was scheduled to be released on the Motown subsidiary label ‘Soul’ on December 23rd 1965, on the flip side was “Sweeter as the Days Go By”.

However, Frank decided to focus on producing instead of performing and as he would have no time to promote his 45, all 500 copies were destroyed…..almost.

In 1977 Tom Dieperro, a Motown historian found a surviving copy which changed hands at ever increasing prices, then in 1990 a second, mint, copy was discovered in 1990 and in 1996 the 45 was bought by Kenny Burrel for £15,000.00 or just under $23,000.00 which made “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” the world’s most expensive 45 ever.

Just for you, at no extra cost, is “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” by Frank Wilson.