John Waters
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Alison Steadman
British actress
I once bought the most expensive moisturiser in the shop and it brought me out in spots. Lesson learned.
Suzi Quatro
American-British rock musician
A mink coat in 1975 (it was the done thing then). It cost me £5,500.
Louis Walsh
Irish music manager and television personality
I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.
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.
Simon Callow
British actor
A sculpture by Glynn Williams; it cost £7,000 in the early 80s.
Harriet Walter
English actress
I spent £600 on Rudolf Nureyev’s ballet shoes after he died. He was the biggest idol in my life and influenced me hugely.
Jenny Agutter
English actress
A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
Sandi Toksvig
Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
My five-litre Ford Mustang.
Monty Don
English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer
A tractor, 12 years ago. Bright yellow and still brilliant.
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
Art. We have some Picassos and Diego Riveras.
Michael Stipe
American singer
A page from Jim Morrison’s final notebook – I bought it as a birthday gift for a friend.
Val McDermid
Scottish crime novel writer
A BMW 6 series convertible. It was smashing.
Kim Gordon
American musician and artist
A pair of Saint Laurent trousers.
Julian Sands
British actor
A case of Chateau Margaux 59.
Bernadine Evaristo
English author and academic
A pair of Russell & Bromley boots with studs. I have had them for eight years and wear them all the time.
Simon Mayo
English radio presenter and author
My glasses. They were more than a grand.
Joan Jett
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
Judy Murray
Scottish tennis coach
Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
Lesley Sharp
British actress
My car, a dilapidated old Jag.
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