What Is The Most Expensive Thing That Has Ever Been Bought?
| Updated: 10 Feb 2026
How much money did the most expensive ever purchase sell for?
Mystery Hour Question
What is the most expensive thing anyone has ever bought?
Liam, Rochester
**Definitive**
Name: Dan, Milton Keynes
Qualifications: Dad to a space mad five-year-old
Answer: The International Space Station, which was sold for roughly $150 billion