What is the most expensive item in the world?

Honesty, integrity, caring, and love. They’re priceless.

Well you have to define it a bit more. By weight? By amount paid? By total cost for ever?

AS of the close of trading today, Apple Inc. is capitalized at $659 Billion. And it would take probably a 255 premium to but the whole company. So it would cost you about $825 Billion to buy.

A lot of people would say an ex spouse. Others would say kids.

@Adirondackwannabe Yes, those are priceless but they cost you nothing and the return on investment is immeasurable. And, even if someone offers to sell that to you, you’re getting a fake, not the real thing.

Oh they have their costs, and it’s in a price far higher than any currency can measure.

Da-Hong Pao Tea $1.2 Million per Kg

The planet?

The US national debt?

As far as items people can own, would be the History Supreme mega yacht.

The Dow Jones Industrial is valued at About 24 trillion dollars.

Probably a new nuke powered attack sub or a new nuke powered aircraft carrier like the USS Ronald Reagan. I’m sure those NASA space shuttles were also well onto the Billions.