#3 Lunch With Warren Buffett

Sold for: $2.63 million

Year: 2010

A couple years ago, Buffett, the third wealthiest man in the world held an auction where the proceeds would benefit the San Francisco-based Glide Foundation. He auctioned a lunch with himself for $2,630,000. An anonymous bidder and seven of his friends won the opportunity to attend lunch with the legendary investor at NYC’s Smith & Wollensky steakhouse.

#2 Gulfstream II

Sold for: $4.9 million

Year: 2001

In the initial days of eBay, when people were still hesitant to spend big money on the new site, the Texas-based jet charting company decided to auction off one of its Gulfstream IIs on eBay. The private jet managed to go for $4,900,000 and helped kick off eBays then-new aviation section.

#1 Frank Mulder’s Gigayacht

Sold for: $168 million

Year: 2006

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the Frank Mulder-designed 405-foot yacht for a record setting $168,000,000. The megayacht featured 10 multi-level VIP rooms, eight guest rooms, a movie theater, and a helicopter pad. The auction actually ended at $85,000,000, but that was only the 50% down payment required by Fort Lauderdale’s 4Yacht brokerage firm.