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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

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Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser
In my 30s, I was staring at a pair of expensive boots in a shop window when the photographer Gordon Parks came up behind me. He instantly understood, because he grew up even poorer than me; he made me buy them on my credit card.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
John Prescott Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗
John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966
Buying art…. But it makes me happy!
Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗
Kellie Maloney Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
A black Russian terrier – I paid almost £4,000 for him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗

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