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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?Originally asked
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My piano, a boudoir grand. I’ve played since I was six.
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I spend most money on my garden.
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Aside from a car, it would be a guitar. I used to have almost 100, but now I am down to 22.
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A 19th-century ebony and cane chair from the Raj period.
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