Would you pay €1.2 million for an aluminum table designed by John Ive and Marc Newson? They would, of course, if they had the money and knew it was for a good cause.
Everyone has their favorite celebrity, maybe even an autograph. But this is not enough for everyone. Unfinished meals, used toilets, and even celebrity teeth are being sold on eBay for astronomical prices. We've picked out some of the most bizarre celebrity-related items on eBay.
Are you a fan of art on four wheels? Are you fascinated by classic cars? Then you simply cannot miss this auction. It is the car auction of the year, which we eagerly await on November 21.
Would you like to own a truly unique motorcycle? Then the Batpod, a dude motorcycle designed by Nathan Crowley specifically for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises movies and ridden by none other than Batman (Christian Bale), is perfect for you. He used it in The Dark Knight when he was running away from the Joker (Heath Ledger) in the Tumbler, when he wanted to save Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and when he was chasing Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). In The Dark Knight Rises, he and Seline Kyle (Anne Hathaway) used it during battles with Ban (Tom Hardy) and his League of Shadows. This very Batpod – well, one of only six – can now be yours!
Batman's fleet is extensive, so it's no wonder that every few years one of his cars ends up at auction. This time, they will be teasing a model that is the only true Batmobile for hardcore comics enthusiasts. No, it is neither Christopher Nolan's "Tank", nor Adam West's original from the TV series, nor Tim Burton's "Forklift". It is the very first Batmobile (with an Oldsmobile 88 chassis) ever made.
The pastel yellow Cadillac, which for some time transported the famous Elvis Presley around the world, ended up at the Car&Classic auction, and the new owner paid 77,000 euros for it. It's true that it's not Elvis' legendary pink Cadillac, but the Fleetwood Brougham that ended up at auction brings us closer to the King than anything else.
Twenty of the world's best architects and designers came together to create beautiful houses for children, which were auctioned at the end of last year to raise funds for the KIDS charity.
Four-wheelers are a fixture at Lamborghini today, but when the LM002 dude SUV debuted in 1986, it was their first foray into the world of four-wheelers. Because it was a real beast (V12 engine), the title "Rambo Lambo" quickly caught on, and that was even before Sylvester Stallone came up with it. By the end of production in 1993, only a little over three hundred were built, so it is a real collector's item and one of them is going up for auction in January 2015.
When designers take on projects with a charitable touch, extraordinary products are created. This time, the result of the cooperation between the Leica company and the head of design at Apple - Jony Ive - is the extraordinary Leica M.
For all the fans of the James Bond franchise who, like the girls after Agent 007, have a little over a million euros lying around, Christmas has come early, because you can become the owner of the Lotus Esprit S1 underwater vehicle, which in Bondiada from 1977, The Spy Who Loved Me directed by Roger Moore.
"This is for the crazy, for the special, for those who think differently. Some people see fools, we see geniuses.'' That's one of Steve Jobs' quotes, which we dedicate this time to the special ones among the cars that we found under the category of 'Other Makes' on the eBay website. It's a fascinating mix of exotic cars, cars from obscure brands, and we've picked seven of the most repulsive.
Think of all the dream cars you can own and you get just an approximation of The Pinnacle Portfolio, a collection of cars the world has never seen. In it we find the Ferrari Enzo, which was given to Pope John Paul II as a gift, the very first Bugatti Veyron produced and the Saleen S7 from the movie Iron Man. But this is only the tip of the iceberg of the cars that were auctioned at RM Sotheby's.