Data: The Wealth Report, 2025, by Knight Frank
From a dinosaur fossil to Judy Garland’s iconic ruby slippers, here is a list of standout auction sales in 2024!
Price: $4.8 million
Linked to the "Diamond Necklace Affair," this jewel was bought by a noblewoman impersonating Marie Antoinette
Image: Sotheby's
Price: $5.4 million
Made of white gold, this timepiece has been described as the holy grail of watches.
Image: Sotheby's
Price: $6 million
An artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, this duct-taped banana is “a reflection on what we value.”
Image: Wikipedia.org/Jane023
Price: $8 million
It consists of six Air Jordan sneakers worn by Michael Jordan while winning six NBA championships.
Image: Sotheby's
Price: $9 million
It was commissioned by Prince Aga Khan for his wife, Nina Dyer, in 1960.
Image: Christie's
Price: $17 million
Designed by Scaglietti, it was the very first 250 GT SWB California Spyder built.
Image: RM Sotheby's
Price: $24 million
Babe Ruth wore the jersey in his final home run during the 1932 World Series.
Image: Wilipedia.org/ public domain
Price: $28 million
These ‘magical’ shoes were worn by Dorothy Gale, played by Judy Garland, in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz.
Image: Shutterstock
Price: $44.6 million
This is the fossil of a 150 million-year-old stegosaurus.
Image: wikipedia.org/ DraconicDark
Price: $121 million
René Magritte’s “Empire of Light” is a surrealist 20th-century painting.
Image: Christie's
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