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OPULENT OBSESSIONS
COLLECTORS’ GALLERY EARLIER THIS YEAR, New York-based fine art researchers Artnet observed that billionaires collecting Andy Warhol paintings had pushed global prices for the artist’s work up 10% in 2014. The super rich are awash in money and, as seen here, they use those funds to amass collections both traditional and quirky. — Steve Brearton
SHOES: SONJA BATA
In 1995, Bata opened a shoe museum for more than 10,000 pairs she had gathered, including footwear from John Lennon, Napoleon and Marilyn Monroe
BEETLES: DAVID ROCKEFELLER SR.
Rockefeller’s
collection numbers about 90,000 species, including one he discovered in Mexico, now named Diplotaxis rockefelleri
TEDDY BEARS: PAUL GREENWOOD
The former hedge- fund billionaire’s collection of 1,000+ museum-grade stuffed animals was auctioned for US$1.72 million when he was jailed for fraud last year
GEMSTONES: MICHAEL SCOTT
The first president of Apple Computer, who has a collection of gems rivalling that of royalty, displayed more than 200 pieces at the Royal Ontario Museum from 2008 to 2009
CARS: RALPH LAUREN
In 2011, 17 of the designer’s rare cars, including a Bugatti Atlantic, were shown at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Worth US$200 million, the vehicles represented a fraction of his collection
FABERGÉ EGGS: VIKTOR VEKSELBERG
The Russian oil and gas billionaire spent more than US$100 million in 2004 on nine Fabergé eggs. Only the Kremlin Armoury Museum bests his collection with 10 eggs
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