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Time for Some Philanthropy [by Carina Zaragoza] In the past, LawCrossing Weekend has been almost selfish, spending up the wazoo on trivialities. It’s time LawCrossing Weekend joins the many insanely rich philanthropists of the world. It’s time we give something back in the form of the world’s most expensive museum.
Museums. Centers of knowledge and culture.
ears). No wonder this egg has a price of $24
museum’s main attraction. For $8.4 million,
We have museums dedicated to natural his-
million. And if you want the entire collection
it’ll be worth the oohhing and the aahhing.
tory, art, science -- all the accomplishments
of Imperial Faberge Easter Eggs, then your
of humankind. Culture, schmulture. Why
wallet will feel $120 million lighter. But who
Keeping with the science theme is the most
not have a museum devoted to all the crazy,
can put a price on bestowing history and
expensive thing in the world. Museums often
outrageous, ridiculously expensive things
beauty to the world?
hold within their echoing halls something curious, something strange, something
you’ve bought since becoming a member of LawCrossing? What better way to showcase
Next on our tour of the world’s most expen-
amazing that just boggles the mind. And for
all your worldly possessions and your good
sive museum, let’s stop by the art gallery. To
the world’s most expensive museum, this
taste than owning the word’s most expensive
the right, Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.”
curious thing has to be pricey. There it is,
museum?
To the left, Picasso’s “Guernica.” Wait a
sitting atop a velvet cushion, an element
minute. These pieces are simply too typical
created by the Atomic Energy Commission,
First of all, all museums need a collection to
for LawCrossing members’ taste. Why not
Californium-252, the most expensive thing
display. Whether it’s a collection of impres-
display the most expensive painting in the
in the whole wide world (at $350 billion a
sionist paintings or chantilly porcelain vases,
world in the world’s most expensive mu-
pound, I’d say it’s expensive).
exhibits can draw large crowds looking for
seum? Makes sense. But I’m afraid, for the
a little culture. There must be some pieces,
first time in LawCrossing
But that’s the price of giving back to the
some objects, that speak to museum goers
Weekend history, there’s
people.
as well as eccentric billionaires. Two words
a tie. A landscape by Paul
come to mind: Faberge eggs. This collec-
Cezanne as well as Vincent
tion is sure to make anybody drool, not from
Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr.
hunger, but from the sheer exquisite detail
Gachet” both come in at
and lavish ornamentation of each piece, not
$82 million each. Pocket
to mention the extravagant price of each egg.
change for LawCrossing members, right? Just think of the reputation you’ll earn
In the past, only royalty and rulers have had the privilege of owning and displaying a
by owning the 2 most expensive paintings in
Faberge egg. In fact, it was the Czar of Rus-
the world.
sia who commissioned the first egg be made for his wife as an Easter gift. The rest, as
And no museum can be complete without a
they say, is history. (Not a bad monologue to
dinosaur skeleton. But how in the world are
use as you show off your eggs). The very first
you going to get your hands on a dinosaur
Imperial egg contained a hen inside made of
skeleton? You could try your luck excavating
solid gold with ruby eyes. But the highlight
the Montana Badlands, but who has 5 years
of the collection is the “Coronation Egg.”
on their hands to dig around in the mud? Go
Inside the egg can be found an exact replica
the LawCrossing Weekend way and just buy
of a coach the Czarina rode in. This alone
one. You can buy a skull for $200,000. But
took 15 months to make and is made of gold,
to really wow your friends, I suggest a full
platinum, diamonds, and rubies (music to my
Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton should be your
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