“A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free”

If you’re in the market for purchasing a sports team and only the best will do then soccer (or football, as the rest of the world calls it) is the sport for you.

Newton Heath LYR Football Club is the team you should be bidding on but just in case they don’t sound that familiar, even though they were founded in 1878, in 1902 they did change their name to Manchester United Football Club and for a mere $1.87 billion (estimated value) you could be the proud new owner of Manchester United F.C., and their 18 league titles, four League Cups and a record 11 FA Cups, not to mention three European Cups as well.

If football is your thing but it’s the American kind then you’ll have to settle for the second most expensive sports team, the Dallas Cowboys and their estimated worth is $1.65 billion.

The Cowboys are closely followed by the Washington Redskins at $1.55 billion, then the New York Yankees at $1.50 billion.

It was less than a year ago that we introduced you to Yangtze River Number 2, at the time the world’s most expensive dog at $585,500.00 USD.

Now meet a red Tibetan mastiff named Big Splash (“Hong Dong” in Chinese).

An unidentified buyer recently purchased the 11 month old, 3 foot tall, 180 pound dog for a hairy 10 million yuan or about $1.5 million in U.S. dollars.

That works out to:

• $500,000.00 per foot
• $41,666.67 per inch
• $8,333.33 per pound
• $520.33 per ounce of dog.

You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em
Know when to fold ‘em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run

But if you’ve invested in British designer Geoffrey Parker’s world’s most expensive poker set you’ve also got to know not to lose them or you just might be out £4.4 million or about $7.5 million USD.

So what does £4.4 million get you?

Well, the set includes 4 platinum plated decks of cards,A large 18 karat white gold dealer button set with two rows diamonds on the edge, 384 18 karat solid white gold chips embedded with stingray skin.

The chips come in four colors, the blue chips are encrusted with sapphires, the red chips with rubies,the green with emeralds and the black with black diamonds. All in all the chips are home to some 22,364 stones amounting to 1,012 carats and made of 12.5 kilos of white gold. And if that’s not enough, then entire set comes in a fancy alligator skin case.

Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ what to throw away
And knowin’ what to keep
‘Cause every hand’s a winner
And every hand’s a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to have some of these chips

Greece is well known for olives and since olive oil comes from olives, it only makes sense that Speiron Co. from Athens, Greece would come out with the world’s first luxury and most expensive olive oil.

Meet Lambda olive oil whose brand name originates from the Greek word λάδι (ladi) which means olive oil in Greek.

This “Ultra Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil” won the Silver World Medal at the New York Festival Awards in 2008. It is hand extracted and cold pressed from Koroneiki olives, from a region known for its extremely rich soil.

So if you want to get your hands on this slippery cooking ingredient you’ll have to contact your local upscale gourmet store or luxury-chic hotel and be prepared to shell out $50.00 USD for 500 ml. glass bottle or $200.00 USD if you want it in a special gift box.