10. $5,000 – Courvoisier L’Esprit Decanter

Made from a variety of blends, some which date back to Napoleon I, Courvoisier’s L’Esprit is smoky and rich, with fragrances of cinnamon and dried apricot flowers. The flavor is initially powerful but has a mellow aftertaste.

9. $5,500 – Jenssen Arcana

Aged 98 years in Oak barrels, Jenssen’s Arcana is powerful, “extraordinarily ”

concentrated and only bottled, sealed and certified upon request.

8. $6,000 – Hine Triomphe Talent De Thomas Hine Crystal Decanter

Each bottle of Hine’s high-end Talent de Thomas is bottled in a

Baccarat decanter and placed within an actual cigar humidor made from

Maccasar ebony and Honduran Mahogany which helps preserve

the spirit’s 

7. $6,400 – Frapin Cuvée 1888

A rare blend of Cognacs from Frapin’s reserves, the Cuvée is bottled

beneath a 24-karat gold stopper in a twisty crystal decanter

that looks like a prop from a community Shakespeare staging.

Flowery flavors combine with sweet spices, honey and toasted

vanilla notes. 

6. $7,500 – Martell Creation Cognac In Handcarved Baccarat Decanter

Martell’s rare cognac is a “reinterpretation ” of a batch first casked at the

start of the 19th century. The Grand Extra has a soft flavor

that starts as dried fruit and marmalade and fades into notes of walnuts

and cedarwood.

5. $7,900 – Le Voyage de Delamain

A blend of cognacs from Delamain, Le Voyage was bottled in 500 crystal decanters, most of which were quickly bought

or reserved by eager collectors. It’s rumored to have a complex taste that fades from Russian leather to tobacco, coffee and Eastern spices. 

4. $12,900 – Hardy Perfection 140 years Cognac

Supposedly the “World’s oldest known unblended cognac,” this offering

from Hardy was limited to 300 Daum crystal decanters.

It’s an exceedingly rare cognac that is said to taste of coffee, chocolate

and oak. 

3. $55,000 – Remy Martin Cognac Black Pearl Louis XIII

When you swish Remy Martin’s deep amber-colored Black Pearl

Louis XIII around in your mouth,

you’re actually tasting 1,200 40 to 100-year old cognacs blended together.

The swill is said to smell of flowers, fruits and spices,

it’s flavor a mixture of ginger, cinnamon and Cuban cigars.

2. $200,000 – Hennessy Beaute du Siecle Cognac

Insert a bronze key, turn, and Hennessy’s Baccarat crystal-bottled

Beaute du Siecle rises up on a tray.

Housed in a melted aluminum and mirrored glass case this mixture is

blended from Hennessy’s reserves of 47 to 100-year-old cognacs. 

1. $2 million – Henri IV, Cognac Grande Champagne

An elixir mixed since 1776 by the direct descendants of King Henri IV,each batch of Henri IV Dudognon Heritage is aged in a barrel for more

than 100 years and capped inside a 24-karat gold-dipped and 6,500

diamond-bejeweled bottle .

In 1860 the Indian governor, maharaja Baroda Khande Rao has ordered a carpet which he intended to present for an ornament of a prophet Mohammed's tomb in Medina. This magnificent silk carpet finished with emeralds, sapphires and diamonds, has been embroidered with more than two millions of pearls.

For each square decimetre, according to specialists' estimates, there are about 5000 pearls and beads. The most expensive carpet is not only a work of art, but also a valuable investment.

The most expensive carpet, 1,73 by 2,64 meters in size, entirely embroidered with precious stones, was sold in the capital of Qatar at the Sotheby’s auction for $5 485 000. Starting price was $4 500 000. 

At the auction only 3 buyers fought for the right to own the carpet, the rest refrained from participation. The name of the new owner is kept in strict confidence.

Due to an unexpected death of the maharaja, the rug, remaining in his family, was not presented as gift. The "Pearl Rug" was carefully kept in the family of the Indian maharaja untile recently. Not once was it on display at exhibitions: for exmple in 1902-1903 in Dehli, in 1985 in New York, in Metropoliten museum.