Clare Bailey Mosley: Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

The question

Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Clare Bailey Mosley

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A garden chair from the Chelsea flower show. It was almost the price of a small crappy car.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Sandi Toksvig Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

My five-litre Ford Mustang.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Marc Almond English singer

A black Mercedes 500 coupé in the mid-1980s. I thought it was one of the most beautiful things I’d seen. (I had been clubbing the night before.) And I can’t drive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗

Martin Compston Scottish actor

An ornate carved pool table. With travelling, I’ve not had a game on it in two years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 March 2022 source ↗

Courtney Pine British jazz musician

A saxophone for £8,000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗