SortStack #1928 — 2031-09-19
By price · Order from cheapest to most expensive.
- A single Powerball lottery ticket $2.00
The odds of hitting the jackpot are about 1 in 292 million — you are far likelier to be struck by lightning multiple times in your life.
- A new MacBook Pro, base model $1.6K
Apple's first laptop ancestor, the 1989 Macintosh Portable, weighed over seven kilograms and cost the equivalent of more than $16,000 today.
- The cheapest new car sold in America, a Nissan Versa $17K
The sub-$20,000 new car is nearly extinct in the US — in 2019 there were over a dozen models under that line; now essentially one remains.
- The record bluefin tuna sold at Tokyo's New Year fish auction $3.1M
The 278 kg fish was bought in 2019 by a sushi chain owner known as the 'Tuna King' — the first auction of the year is partly a publicity ritual.
- Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' silkscreen $195M
The series got its name when a performance artist walked into Warhol's studio in 1964 and shot a stack of Marilyn canvases with a revolver.
- The Amazon stock MacKenzie Scott received in history's biggest divorce settlement $38B
Scott has since given away billions at a record pace, often with no application process — charities report receiving surprise phone calls.