Bought by Bill Gates in 1994 in an auction for a record price of $30.8 million, this book is by far the most expensive book ever sold.  It is one of the most celebrated works of Leonardo da Vinci. The book is a documentation of various scientific findings and writings that he did o ...

Steve Jobs Woodhouse mansion was full of black and white photography of Ansel Adams.

The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is a prolific contemporary art collector and has art worth millions. In 2008 the rich Russian splurged some £17.2million on a painting by Lucian Freud. The painting, completed in 1995, features Sue Tilley stretched naked across a sofa and has a world ...

Bernard Arnault is an avid art collector and is known for his collection of contemporary Art.

Carlos Slim Helu is a huge fan of Renaissance sculpture.  Though he might be a fan, I'm pretty sure The Vatican holds and owns this statue.

Mikhail Porkhorov has a set of 2 solid gold replicas of Violin which looks like fusion of 2 violin's merged together. He displayed them during his home tour on a CBS show.

The celebrated singer is a self-confessed shoe-addict. Ms. Dion owns anywhere between 2000 to 3000 pairs of shoes. She has confessed that covering her soles has become an obsession to her just as drugs are to an addict. She also admits that she is very lucky to have what she possesses, having com ...

Steven Spielberh has one of the original Rosebud sleds from Citizen Kane (1941) in his house.

Being a Elvis fan, he owns the double bass that once upon a time was used by Elvis Presley's bassist Bill Black.

The American real estate mogul adores luxury and gold, that’s the core reason why he received an exceptional “Custom Gold Chopper” as a present. Crafted by Paul Teutal Sr. from “Orange County Choppers”, the bike was gifted by Paul to luxury lover Donald on the episod ...

Jay Z and star wife Beyonce have invested quiet a lot of money on art. The couple has a collection of well known artists like Damien Hirst and Richard Prince. One of their best art collections is some photographs by Paul Pfeiffer that the couple bought from Art Basel Miami in 2008. If we believe ...

He began collecting photography 20 years ago, and it has now become an obsession for him. Initially, he started his collection with fashion photography by Horst P Horst, Irving Penn and Herb Ritts, moving on to early-20th-century and the Surrealists. His craziest collection was the one for which ...

British pop singer Robbie Williams discovered an interesting pastime for himself by turning his hand at abstract art painting. Williams started his new endeavor in April 2011 and his talent soon came to the fore garnering lavish praise from fans. The artist takes up painting in between breaks bet ...

George Lucas is a huge art connoisseur and particularly fancies paintings composed by Norman Rockwell, a painter who excelled in depicting modern American life. Lucas was immensely influenced by Norman’s work during his growing up years and started buying the artist’s masterpieces fro ...

Paul Allen's love for art is truly depicted in his collection of paintings. The Kiss is a 1962 creation, a significant comic strip painting, for which Roy Lichtenstein earned instant fame.

The fashion industry giant owns an invaluable collection of cars, which is probably one of the premium car collections in the world. Lauren's complete car collection includes 80-odd cars, maximum of which are housed in his 48,000sq ft garage in a 273-acre estate in Katonah, New York. The affluent ...

Formula 1 racer Lewis Hamilton splashed out whopping $100,000 to buy the custom gold-leaf Fender Stratocaster guitar that legendary pop-star Prince had been playing on tours. However, the proceeds of the sale will go to children's and community based organizations, as the singer held an auction t ...

What you may not know about John Travolta is that he has logged in more than 5,000 flying hours and is a qualified captain of his personal collection of the Gulfstream II, Hawker 1A, Learjet 24, Citation 1 and 2, the Vampire Jet and Tebuan. His 2003 award for excellence in promoting commercial fl ...

In 2003 Vijay Mallya paid more than £200,000 to acquire a sword and a gold-inlaid sporting gun that once belonged to Tipu Sultan but was taken by the British. The articles were being auctioned at the Sotheby’s Art Gallery in London. Describing the sword as a "unique piece of history," ...

The billionaire Saudi prince Al waleed bin talal owns an exclusive handmade diamond Ducati motorcycle, with cost estimated at about $4.8 million. Specially ordered by the royal prince, the majestic bike is not crafted entirely from diamonds but partially from Swarovski crystals, still it looks an ...

Another painting that is a part of Winfrey's extensive collection is the Thomas Hart Benton's famous 1945 painting, Back from the Fields, which hangs above the mantel in her private library.

The fine actor Mel Gibson owns a million dollar art collection but the actor and the ex-wife  Robyn Moore sold off their collection few years ago at  the known auction house Christies. The couple had to face a loss of $2 million  on their famous Maxfield Parrish Daybreak, which wen ...

Collecting rare and limited edition cars is Sultan's favorite hobby.cars like Ferrari wagon-izations,Aston Martin, and Bentley are few luxury cars that rests in his garage. Brunei's Prince Jafri spent $78 million at Pininfarina SpA for coach-built Ferraris, and $475 million at Rolls Royce.

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco owns the limited edition golden Aston martin sculpture by award-winning Swiss artist Dante. The artist has unveiled the iconic sports car series to the world in the principality of Monte Carlo. Though it’s not revealed whether Prince Albert commissioned thi ...

Karl Lagerfeld collaborated with the well-known toy making company Steiff to make a Karl Lagerfeld Steiff Teddy Bear for the latter’s 125th anniversary. The collaboration came up with a limited number of teddy bear i.e. only 2500 pieces.The price of the teddy is $2,080