SortStack #2040 — 2032-01-09
By price · Order from cheapest to most expensive.
- A pair of Apple AirPods Pro $249
AirPods alone generate more revenue than Spotify, Twitter, and Shopify each did when analysts ran the comparison — earbuds as a Fortune 500-scale business.
- A French Bulldog puppy from a breeder $4.5K
Frenchies can't swim and most can't give birth naturally — nearly all are delivered by C-section — yet they became America's most popular breed.
- A Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV $150K
The G-Wagen began as a military vehicle suggested by the Shah of Iran. Every single one is still hand-assembled in the same factory in Graz, Austria.
- Stan, one of the most complete T. rex skeletons ever found $31.8M
After the record 2020 sale, Stan's whereabouts were a mystery for years — he eventually surfaced as the future star of a new natural history museum in Abu Dhabi.
- The Oppenheimer Blue, the largest fancy vivid blue diamond ever auctioned $57.5M
Blue diamonds owe their color to traces of boron and form deeper in the Earth than almost any other gem — only a handful surface each year.
- 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.