SortStack #1865 — 2031-07-18
By price · Order from cheapest to most expensive.
- A single steel paperclip $0.02
Norwegians wore paperclips on their lapels during WWII as a quiet symbol of resistance against the Nazi occupation.
- A dozen red roses from a florist $55
Most US roses are flown in from Colombia and Ecuador — around Valentine's Day, cargo jets full of nothing but flowers land in Miami daily.
- A brand-new Toyota Corolla $23K
With over 50 million sold since 1966, the Corolla is the best-selling car nameplate in history — one has been sold roughly every 30 seconds for decades.
- A Rolls-Royce Phantom, before options $517K
Each Phantom's 'Starlight Headliner' is hand-threaded with hundreds of fiber-optic stars — buyers can order the exact night sky from a date of their choosing.
- Neymar's transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain $263M
PSG triggered his 'unbuyable' release clause in 2017, paying more than double the previous world record — a fee designed to be impossible.
- Activision Blizzard, when Microsoft bought it $68.7B
The biggest gaming acquisition ever took nearly two years to close as regulators on three continents scrutinized it — the UK initially blocked it outright.