The 1933 double eagle is a 20-dollar gold coin from the United States. Despite the fact that 445,500 Saint-Gaudens double eagles were coined in 1933, none were ever formally circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, it is known that 20 more were saved from melting by being stolen and eventually finding their way into the hands of collectors before being recovered. Only 13 known specimens remain, with only one being privately owned. Nine of the recovered coins were destroyed, making this one of the world's rarest coins.

This gold coin, owned by shoe designer Stuart Weitzman (who is donating the revenues to charity), was minted in 1933 but never distributed because President Franklin D. Roosevelt banned Americans from holding gold the same year in an attempt to end the country's banking crisis. The coin was sold for $18.9 million making it one of the most expensive collectibles.

Price: $18.9 million

Abu Dhabi Police made a profit of nearly Dh99 million during a public auction in which 50 VIP car license plates, class 50, were auctioned in collaboration with Emirates Auction. The AD police department held this prestigious auction to commemorate its 50th anniversary.

With 750 bidders in attendance, AD Company License Plate No.1 set a new record for the most expensive license plate, selling for Dh31 million ($14.8 million) in Abu Dhabi in 2016. The price of the plate jumped from one million dirhams to 26 million dirhams just minutes after the bidding started. When the bidding for No.1 exceeded 47 million dirhams, the field was narrowed to Al Khouri and Yousuf Naser, a Dubai billionaire. The winner was a businessman named Saeed Al Khouri. Emirates Palace was the host of the auction.

This one-of-a-kind bargain will be entered into the Guinness World Records book. The auction proceeds will be used to build a specialized emergency hospital in the United Arab Emirates, which has seven members.

Price: $14.8 million

The "Birds of America", written by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, contains images of a wide variety of birds seen in the United States. Between 1827 and 1838, it was first published in Edinburgh and London as a series of portions. Some of the specimens in the work were provided to Audubon by John Kirk Townsend, who had collected them on Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth's 1834 expedition with Thomas Nuttall.

The piece is made up of 435 hand-colored, life-size prints made from engraved plates that measure approximately 39 by 26 inches (99 by 66 cm). The Carolina parakeet, passenger pigeon, Labrador duck, great auk, pinnated grouse, and probably the Eskimo curlew are among the five, possibly six, now-extinct birds depicted. Audubon's work is said to be of great quality and printed with "artistic refinement" by art historians. Audubon's assistant Joseph Mason painted the plant life backdrops for perhaps 50 of the bird studies, but he is not credited in the book.

“Birds of America” is perhaps the most valuable mass-produced book with the price of $9.65 million in 2018 and definitely one of the most expensive collectibles ever sold.

Price: $9.65 million

Many philatelists consider the British Guiana 1cent magenta to be the world's most famous rare stamp. Only one specimen is known to exist. It was minted in restricted numbers in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1856. It is the only significant postage stamp ever released that is not included in the Royal Philatelic Collection of the United Kingdom.

It's imperforate and printed in black on magenta paper, with a sailing ship in the center and the colony's Latin motto "Damus PetimusQue Vicissim" (We give and expect in return). The ship is framed by four thin lines. In small black upper case letters, the stamp's country of issue and value surround the frame. The 1856 1-cent Stamp beat the world record for a single stamp auction price each of the last four times it was sold, with its US$9,480,000 sale to Stuart Weitzman on June 17, 2014. On June 8, 2021, the stamp was auctioned again, this time for $8,307,000. Individuals can acquire partial ownership of the stamp from Stanley Gibbons beginning November 8, 2021.

Price: $8.3 million

After selling for $6.6 million in an auction on Sunday night, the historic Honus Wagner T206 baseball card has reclaimed its title as the most expensive sports trading card ever sold.

Wagner played from 1897 to 1917 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 alongside Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson. Companies like the American Tobacco Company were mass-producing baseball cards and inserting them into cigarette packs at the time (ATC). The T206 Wagner card was made by this business.

While the vast majority of ATC cards were mass-made in large quantities — over 4,200 ATC Cobb cards exist now, for example – Wagner cards were produced in small quantities. The Wagner T206 is extremely rare, according to Darren Rovell of the Action Network, with only three SGC graded and four PSA graded of equivalent or greater quality, which is why it was able to beat the record despite an otherwise humdrum grade of three out of ten.

Price: $6.6 million

The next most expensive collectible in this list is the Action Comics #1. It is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics. It was 10 cents (equal to $2 in 2021) and included the debut appearance of several comic-book heroes, most notably Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman. It is widely regarded as the first superhero comic book and the most valuable comic book in the world. Before restarting its numbering in the fall of 2011, Action Comics ran for 904 numbered issues (plus additional out-of-sequence special issues). With issue #957, issued on June 8, 2016 (cover-dated August), reverted to its old numbering, and it hit 1,000 issues in 2018.

Action Comics #1 has set various comic book sales records. A copy of Action Comics #1 CGC Grade 8.0 sold for $1 million at auction on February 22, 2010, making it the first million-dollar comic book. Through ComicConnect.com, an anonymous vendor sold to an unknown buyer. Another copy was sold for US$1.5 million on March 29, 2010, making it the most expensive and valuable comic book of all time. The copy sold is the CGC's third highest-graded copy, with an 8.5 VF+ grade that Zurzolo described as "among the best-kept copies."

A copy graded 9.0 by CGC was sold on eBay for $3,207,852 USD on August 24, 2014, making it the first comic book to sell for more than $3 million for a single original copy.

Price: $3.2 million

Mark McGwire of the St.Louis Cardinals set the single-season home run record with 70 during the 1998 Major League Baseball season. Todd McFarlane, a comic book artist, bought the baseball for well over $3 million shortly after McGwire hit that historic home run.

It turned out that wasn't the best decision. Several sports memorabilia auction houses, according to TMZ Sports, estimate McGwire's home run ball to be worth as little as $250,000. On the low end of the spectrum, Goldin Auctions' Ken Goldin estimated McGwire's then-record-setting ball to be worth $250,000 to $300,000. SCP Auctions' David Kohler gave it the same minimum value, but said it may be worth up to $400,000. However, it is still considered as one of the most expensive collectibles.

Price: $3.05 million

Following a 60-year maturing period in Sherry casks, only 40 bottles of The Macallan 1926 were released in 1986, each with a £20,000 price tag. Twelve bottles were given to Sir Peter Blake, a British pop artist, to design, while another twelve were put aside for Valerio Adami, with one bottle hand-painted by Irish artist Michael Dillon.

In May 2018, a bottle from the Blake series was purchased for £751,703 (US$970,900) at a Bonhams auction in Hong Kong. When a bottle of Macallan 1926 sold for $1.9 million at Sotheby's in 2019, it became the most expensive whisky ever. Prices for old and unusual bottles have continued to rise since then, with collectors ready to spend increasingly large sums on a small number of labels. Because all 14 bottles are thought to be in private collections, it may be years before another opportunity to purchase one arises.

Price: $1.9 million

Super Mario 64 is a rather common game, having sold over 11 million copies. Mario's on-screen habitat was upgraded in "Super Mario 64," which was a watershed moment for gaming. According to Jonathan Edwards of the Washington Post, previous Mario games utilized two-dimensional, side-scrolling displays; "Super Mario 64" was the first Mario game to incorporate three-dimensional worlds. Given that Nintendo 64 games were packaged in cardboard boxes, the chances of finding a boxed copy in good condition 25 years later are little to none. Wata, a video game grading business, gave this copy a 9.8 A++ rating, which means it was in as near to perfect condition as possible.

The perfect condition The Nintendo 64 title sold for $1.56 million, certainly the highest price ever paid at auction for a video game as well as one of the most expensive collectibles. It broke the previous record of the early production edition of The Legend of Zelda sold for $870,000 setting two days prior.

Price: $1.56 million

The Vincent Black Lightning was a Vincent-HRD motorcycle that was produced from 1948 to 1952 at the Vincent plant in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK. However, only 31 Vincent Black Lightnings were produced in 1951. A bike in perfect condition with its original paint would always be worth six figures. The bike was a factory-built Black Shadow that was renamed and manufactured as the Black Lightning. The Black Lightning was the world's fastest production motorcycle at the time.

On January 25, 2018, this Black Lightning achieved an auction record for the most expensive single motorcycle at the Bonhams motorcycle sale in Las Vegas. And the price is $929,000 in its original state. The historically noteworthy 1951 Vincent Black Lightning race bike is one of only 30 such motorcycles made in Stevenage, England, according to Verve. The special-order Vincent was shipped to Australia after leaving the factory. The bike set Australia's land speed record while there, under the hands of racer Jack Ehret.

Price: $929,000