The world's most expensive Monopoly, made with gold and precious stones, on Wall Street
The Monopoly game most expensive in the world with a board of 18-karat gold and valued two million dollars (1.4 billion euros), is today the new attraction of the museum of Finance of New York, located in the heart of Wall Street.
It is a painting, a sculpture, a piece of art and unique
"is a painting, a sculpture, a piece of art and unique," said the author of the brilliant dash, the jeweler Sidney Mobell.
The board and all accessories were made in 1988 when an ounce of gold cost about three times less than now, which is at record highs around $ 1,372 (982 euros), on behalf of the company Parker Brothers, owner Monopoly rights, then the artist himself would offer to make a version of the popular game with gold and precious stones.
the same year of its creation and among heavy security was shown to the public for the first time and unique in the world Monopoly tournament in London, but not played with him for fear that "the spiders or someone will take one of the houses or cars as a souvenir," said Mobell.
also explained that at that time only the then Prime Minister Edward Heath of the United Kingdom played a little game with its creator.
All the elements that make up the game are decorated with precious little details and the houses are made of gold and topped with fireplaces decorated with rubies, while hotels are finished in sapphire, told Efe Mobell, whom the popular TV host Johnny Carson used to call the "jeweler to the stars".
The board is not far behind and every one of their boxes containing precious stones, "from prison to the parking lot," said Mobell.
The jeweler was particularly proud of the two dice, valued at $ 10,000 (7,000 euros), as they are made of gold and has 42 points in his diamond-encrusted carvings.
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