Gift giving on festivals and special occasions is a popular tradition in every culture. It allows you to convey your love, appreciation, and gratitude towards your dear ones. Gifts are always special but what makes them even more special are the emotions and sentiments behind them.
We all know that budget plays an important role in purchasing gifts. But if you really want to offer something precious to your loved ones and budget is not a constraint anymore, then you can go ahead and pick up those lavishbirthday, anniversary or Valentines Day gifts that you have been eyeing for years. What says, ‘ I love you’ better than a present like no other?
In the past, several celebrities, businessmen, and politicians have offered quite expensive gifts to their partners, friends, and family members that have set the standard for exclusively premium gifting. Here are the top 5 extremely expensive gifts ever given.
1. An Apartment at 19th Floor of the Burj Khalifa
Raj Kundra, a famous British businessman gifted an apartment on the 19th floor at the Burj Khalifa to his wife, the famous Bollywood actress, Shilpa Shetty on their first wedding anniversary. The 19th floor of Burj Khalifa is known as the tallest building in the world. This expensive gift made headlines in various newspapers and gained media attention around the world. Well, any woman would be thrilled to receive such a lavish anniversary gift from her husband.
2. $84 million Yacht
Anil Ambani, the famous Indian businessman and chairman of Reliance Group gifted $84 million super luxury Yacht to her wife Tina Ambani in the year 2008. The Yacht is called Tian, which was created using the first two letters of their names Tina and Anil. This luxury Yacht was built in Genoa, Italy, which is 34 meters long. This extravagant gift received huge eyeballs and regarded as the waste of money by many people considering the huge poor population of India.
3. King Abdullah’s Gift to Obama
In the year 2014, King Abdullah, the King of Saudi Arabia showered over more than $1.3 million gifts to the then President of USA, Barack Obama and his family. The gifts included lavish items, such as diamonds, gold jewelry, rare gems, and other valuable gifts. It is surely one of the most expensive gifts given in modern day history. The gifts raised quite a few eyebrows among government and received criticism from the US population.
4. Taylor’s Diamond
In 1972, Elizabeth Taylor received 69.42-carat pear-shaped diamond for her 40th birthday by her husband Richard Burton. The diamond was estimated to be around $1,050,000 at that time, which was a huge amount. It is considered as one of the most extravagant gifts Elizabeth Taylor received during her lifetime as an expression of love from her beloved husband.
5. Bronze Sculpture of Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea Football Club is one of the richest men in the world who gifted an expensive bronze sculpture to his former wife, Dasha Zhukova. The gift was worth $14 billion, which was given as a token of love from his end to keep a smile on her wife’s face who was her girlfriend at that time. Apart from this, he has also gifted her some lavish and precious paintings in the past that costs about $120 million. These gifts made his wife popular and the details of their relationship and gifts were covered by famous TV channels all over the world.
