Hey Wait if ur going for T-Shirts Ratehr ur wrong again..They aint Cheaper neither.

Run-D.M.C. “My Adidas” T-shirt – up to $13,000
This T-shirt was produced as a promotional item for a Run-D.M.C. concert in the early 80s. Because of the rarity of 80s hip hop tees, especially Run-D.M.C. shirts, and the group’s legendary partnership with Adidas, this shirt has become something of a collector’s item. The back of the shirt features a joint Adidas/Run-D.M.C. “My Adidas” logo.

John Lennon “Home” T-shirt – $16,400
This shirt was originally given to Lennon by Richard Ross, owner of the now-defunct Home restaurant, frequented by Lennon and Yoko Ono, in New York’s Upper East Side. He wore it for several shows and it became such an iconic part of his image that reproductions are available to this day, despite the restaurant’s closure.

UNICEF Cargo Flight – $300,000
UNICEF has been selling t-shirts for some time now to raise awareness of those in need. UNICEF has a line of 12 t-shirts, Good Shirts, starting at $18US and end up at $1,000. Sales from these expensive t-shirts collect money for a variety of causes aimed to fund everything from mosquito nets, energy biscuits, de-worming medication and even cargo flights from Denmark to Kenya, and are available through Threadless.

Superlative Luxury – $400,000
In January 2012 a new expensive shirt designed in London by Superlative Luxury arrived. The current most expensive t-shirt in the world is created using renewable sources of energy like solar and wind power with almost 100% less C02 production when you compare the manufacturing process to traditional t-shirt production.
Superlative Luxury’s most expensive t-shirt in the world features a special spherical pattern exalted with sixteen certified diamonds. Eight of which are 1ct white diamonds, the other eight are extremely rare and hard to find black diamonds, each over 1ct.

Anyone Thinking of Buying a Suit?? Check out these prices and may be u wouldn't want to

Brioni Vanquish II, $43,000 USD
In 2009, Brioni possibly the most renown tailored clothing manufacturer in the world released, a stunner of a suit, the Brioni Vanquish II. The suits are of course made-to-measure and the fabric is woven from exotic fibers such as vicuna, pashmina and Qiviuk.

Alexander Amosu suit – $110,000 USD
Luxury designer Alexander Amosu’s extravagant suit creation uses the same fabric, the Vanquish II, that Brioni’s suit masterpiece uses. What set’s Amosu’s suit apart is 9 diamond buttons set in 18-carat gold. The suit, which took 80 hours to make also contains 5,000 stitches of platinum and gold threads.

R.Jewels Diamond Edition – $943,000 USD
Stuart Hughes and Richard Jewels have crafted the world’s most expensive suit, the R. Jewels Diamond Edition. The suit is made from a blend of Cashmere wool and silk and contains over 480 diamonds. Each gem is half a carat for a total of 240 carats of bling.

Valentine's Vacation:::Planning for it???? Check these and you would drop out :):) (Selling is Happy:))

1. The Athenaeum
Where: London, United Kingdom
Price: Available only on application

The Athenaeum in London is offering the world’s most expensive Valentine’s Day luxury travel package. While prices for their “One in a Million” package remain hush-hush, this is being billed as the most elaborate Valentine’s Day packages on offer this year. It all begins with a helicopter tour of pre-selected London landmarks followed by a limo ride to the hotel’s Rooftop Suite. Once there, guests will be greeted by the finest champagne and gourmet food. Pre-ordered outfits for the gentleman and lady will be housed the suite’s closet, just the thing for a romantic evening that includes canapés, cocktails and a five-course dinner. The highlight, of course, is tickets to a performance of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Royal Opera House, and the chance to meet the performers.

2. Mandarin Oriental
Where: New York, USA
Price: Starting from $8,190 per couple

Can’t get off from work on Valentine’s Day? Fret not. Mandarin Oriental is offering special luxury travel packages for couples throughout February. The Town & Country package includes a five-night stay in two different locations. The first three days will be spent in Mandarin Oriental New York and includes complimentary breakfast and a three-course dinner at the hotel’s Asiate restaurant. Next is a luxury car drive to Richard Gere’s Bedford Post estate for two days upstate pampering with complimentary wine, breakfast, a free yoga class and a free dessert. Mandarin Oriental is offering a second package, where couple’s who book two-night stays get a third night free at the luxury hotel’s Hudson or Central Park properties.

3. La Mamounia
Where: Marrakech, Morocco
Price: Starting from $5,950 per couple

Are you in the mood for the exotic? Then stop thinking about it and start packing your bags for a romantic trip to the ever-exotic Marrakech. The five-star La Mamounia Hotel is offering a three-night stay with plenty of luxury travel opportunities. Set out on a guided tour of the colorful city, with a professional photographer in tow to capture your happiest moments. Head out for a cozy picnic for two. Fasten your seat belts for a helicopter ride over the majestic Atlas Mountains. Finally, relax in a private hammam with a ritual hammam treatment. This luxury travel package promises new memories and experiences that you can treasure forever

4. Four Seasons Resort Lanai
Where: Hawaii, USA
Price: Starting from $5,150 per couple

One of the most expensive Valentine’s Day luxury travel packages on offer is available at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai in Hawaii. The private oceanfront resort is the ideal venue for a 14 February getaway. Couples can cozy up in a beautiful ocean-view room, and later, go swimming in the bay. The more adventurous-minded can don their wetsuits and set out on an underwater tour to view the region’s rich marine life. Also on offer is a relaxing massage at the luxury hotel. Finally, sign off with a romantic and private Valentine’s Day dinner for two.

5. Shangri-La Hotel Paris
Where: Paris, France
Price: Starting from €3,950 (about $5110) per couple

If you are thinking of flying out for a cozy Valentine’s Day vacation, Paris is sure to figure on your list of possible luxury travel venues. And you would not be disappointed. The Shangri-La Hotel in Paris is offering its Eiffel Premier Room to couples who want to make Valentine’s Day 2012 a truly memorable one. The highlight of the room is a spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower; reason enough to keep you and your honey indoors. But there is more on offer. The luxury travel package includes an in-room couples’ massage, as well as a Valentine’s Day dinner at the hotel’s Restaurant L’Abeille. Moreover, chocolates are always welcome on Valentine’s Day, so the hotel will organize a two-hour chocolate tour to some of the leading chocolate houses of the world.

Cup Cake ::::Valentine gift , hey guys but check out the price?? (Selling is Happy:))

A sweet present for your loved for Valentine’s Day.Well,just for the Valentine’s Day Cupcakes Gourmet made the most expensive cupcake in the Philadelphia area.The new sparkling red velvet cupcake has something special in the top ,a sparkling diamond ,because the diamond are the best friends of the women.A gorgeous and beautiful 8-carat diamond engagement ring from Warwick Jewelers.
“There’s no sweeter way to pop the question to your significant other than with a dreamy cupcake with a diamond engagement ring sitting on top,” said Maki Garcia-Evans, owner and executive pastry chef at Cupcakes Gourmet. “A diamond is worth a thousand words, but with a cupcake, it’s worth more. It suits our store’s slogan, ‘Love Tastes Like This.’”
“This is one of the most romantic deals our jewelry store has been a part of since it opened in 1919,” said Barry Maglin, owner of Warwick Jewelers. “To say, ‘Will you marry me?’ or ‘I love you’ with a diamond ring and a cupcake is simply romantic.”
The Gourmet Cupcake, which aspires to the title of most expensive cake in the world, is the work of HL Gross & Bro – Jewellers for occasions.Suppose you have 55,000 dollars and you think that Valentine’s Day is right to propose of wife on your loved,would you choose the cake which is presented in a box wrapped in velvet, which has a ringlet on top of 8 carat diamond stuck in the cream?

Beautiful Isn'it?

A baby bonobo kisses its mother at Jacksonville Zoo in Florida. British plumber, Graham McGeorge spent three months documenting the female dominated world of these charismatic apes. He says his pictures of kissing and cuddling bonobos show the apes are so in love with each other that the normal primate behaviour of grooming hair has been taken to the extreme - the mothers who rule their society have plucked the hair from their babies

Golden toilet::::::::Who wants to leave this toilet (Selling is Happy:) )

They say that the road to the palace of wisdom is paved with excess. The folks at Hang Fu¬ng Gold Technology Group in Hong Kong must be very wise indeed. The company's Hong Kong showroom features the "Hall of Gold," which contains several opulent handcrafted treasures. But the tourist favorite is "The World's Most Expensive Gold and Jewelry Sparkling Environmental Friendly Washroom" [source: Hang Fung]. Perhaps the most admired item in the gold bathroom is the 24-carat solid gold toilet.
In early 2008, some concern arose that the famous gold toilet could be melted down. The jewelers assuaged the public's worries by announcing that the toilet will remain intact. However, the company says that some of the other fixtures in the golden lavatory may not fare so well [source: AFP].
The company's owners stipulated that if the price of gold reaches $1,000 per ounce, one ton (32,000 ounces) of the tourist attraction will be melted into bullion and sold [source: AFP]. The company would gross a cool $32 million, and the owners would net about $17.6 million.
The one-of-a-kind posh potty will be spared and remain in Hang Fung's showroom -- it's not for sale. But if you're itching to add some bling to your bathroom, there are some other fixtures on the market that might appeal to your expensive taste. Read about them on the next page.

Looking for a Valentine's gift for loved ones: Check this. (Selling is Happy:))

Just Wondering who that lucky valentine would be.Any Guesses???

Designer Alex Carroll is auctioning what is reportedly the world’s oldest timepiece this Valentine’s Day, along with what may be the world’s rarest necklace, and hopes to raise millions for charity with the proceeds from the sale.
The timepiece and necklace are being auctioned next week in time for Valentine’s Day, with a starting bid of $1 million.

Food Lovers::: Think of Eating these? Check out the Price .(Selling is Happy :))

Food is one of the basic needs that all living things have in common. But all foods are not created equal, especially in terms of price, as the following list illustrates.
1. Hamburger
At $99, the Double Truffle Hamburger at DB Bistro Moderne in Manhattan gives new meaning to the term whopper. The burger contains three ounces of rib meat mixed with truffles and foie gras stuffed inside seven ounces of sirloin steak and served on a Parmesan and poppy seed bun, with salad and truffle shavings. For penny-pinchers and calorie counters, the Single Truffle version is a mere $59.
2. Caviar
The world's most expensive caviar is a type of Iranian beluga called Almas. Pale amber in color, it comes from sturgeons that are between 60 and 100 years old. A 3.9-pound container will set you back $48,750.
3. Pie
In 2006, a chef in northwestern England created the world's most expensive pie. Based on a traditional steak and mushroom pie, the dish includes $1,000 worth of Wagyu beef fillet, $3,330 in Chinese matsutake mushrooms (which are so rare that they are grown under the watchful eyes of armed guards), two bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild at a cost of about $4,200 each, as well as black truffles and gold leaf. The pie serves eight with a total cost around $15,900, or $1,990 per slice, which includes a glass of champagne.
4. Bread
Forget Poilâne's famous French sourdough at $19.50 a loaf. In 1994, Diane Duyser of Florida noticed that the toasted sandwich she was eating appeared to contain an image of the Virgin Mary. She kept it for ten years (it never went moldy), before selling it to Canadian casino Goldenpalace.com for $28,000 in 2004.
5. Ice Cream Sundae
At $1,000, the Grand Opulence Sundae at New York's Serendipity certainly lives up to its name. Made from Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream covered in 23-karat edible gold leaf and drizzled with Amedei Porcelana, the world's most expensive chocolate, this indulgence is studded with gold dragets and truffles and topped with dessert caviar.
6. Pizza
Americans love their pizza. And at $1,000 a pie (or $125 a slice) they better be able to put their money where their mouth is. The Luxury Pizza, a 12-inch thin crust, is the creation of Nino Selimaj, owner of Nino's Bellissima in Manhattan. To order this extravagant pizza, call 24 hours in advance because it is covered with six different types of caviar that need to be specially ordered. The pie is also topped with lobster, crème fraîche, and chives.
7. Boxed Chocolates
At $2,600 per pound, Chocopologie by Knipschildt Chocolatier of Connecticut is the world's most expensive box of chocolates. The Chocolatier, opened in 1999 by Danish chef Fritz Knipschildt, also sells a decadent dark chocolate truffle with a French black truffle inside for a mere $250. But don't expect to just drop in and buy one on a whim . . . they're available on a preorder basis only.
8. Sandwich
Since the 19th century, the club sandwich has been a restaurant staple. But thanks to English chef James Parkinson, the von Essen Platinum club sandwich at the Cliveden House Hotel near London is also the world's most expensive sandwich at $197. Weighing just over a pound, the sandwich is made of the finest ingredients, including Iberico ham cured for 30 months, quail eggs, white truffles, semi-dried Italian tomatoes, and 24-hour fermented sourdough bread.
9. Omelette
For $1,000, this gigantic concoction comes stacked with caviar and an entire lobster encased within its eggy folds. Still, one might expect a seafood fork made of platinum and a few precious stones within to justify the price of a few eggs (albeit with a few added trappings). Nicknamed "The Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata," the world's most "egg-spensive" omelette is the objet d'art of chef Emilio Castillo of Norma's restaurant in New York's Le Parker Meridien Hotel. A smaller version is also available for $100.
10. Spice
Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, has sold in recent years for as much as $2,700 per pound! The price tag is so high because it must be harvested by hand and it takes more than 75,000 threads, or filaments, of the crocus flower to equal one pound of the spice! Most saffron comes from Iran, Turkey, India, Morocco, Spain, and Greece, and in the ancient world the spice was used medicinally and for food and dye. Prices vary depending on the quality and the amount, but high-quality saffron has been known to go for as much as $15 per gram (0.035 ounces).
11. Cake
And the award for the most expensive food goes to...a fruitcake? Encrusted with 223 small diamonds, this cake (which is edible without the gems, of course) was for sale for an unbelievable $1.6 million in December 2005. One of 17 diamond-themed displays in a Japanese exhibit called "Diamonds: Nature's Miracle," the masterpiece took a Tokyo pastry chef six months to design and one month to create.
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:
Helen Davies, Marjorie Dorfman, Mary Fons, Deborah Hawkins, Martin Hintz, Linnea Lundgren, David Priess, Julia Clark Robinson, Paul Seaburn, Heidi Stevens, and Steve Theunissen

Amazing Pictures: Wonder what they are? They are the costliest items in their own genre..

Personal Home
Antilla, Mumbai, India; $1-$2 billion
The world's only billion dollar home is a 27-floor, 600 foot "modern Taj Mahal" built in South Mumbai for the family of businessman Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries.

Birds of America; $11.4 million
This 3-foot tall book includes 1,000 life-size illustrations of 435 birds drawn by West Indian-born American artist John James Audubon in the 1830s. [Guinness]
*What about Bill Gates' $30 million purchase of Leonardo Da Vinci's notebook "Codex?" According to Guinness, Codex does not technically qualify as a book as it's filled with mostly sketches and notes. Sorry, Bill.

Toy
1963 G.I. Joe prototype; $200,000
The most valuable toy soldier in the world is the first handcrafted 1963 G.I. Joe prototype, sold in 2003 to Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi at a Heritage Comics auction in Dallas. [Guinness]

Comic Book
Action Comics #1; $1.5 million
Called the "Holy Grail" of its genre, this rare comic featured the debut of Superman.
Baseball Card
1909 Honus Wagner; $2.35 million
In 2007, the Great One sold the great one. Wayne Gretzky, the most famous hockey player alive, sold the most famous baseball card in the world to an anonymous California collector for enough money to buy about 700,000 packs of baseball cards.

Painting
No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock; $140 million
This famous Pollock sold for only $2.5 million more than the second most expensive painting ever -- "Woman III" by Willem de Kooning. A fact to know and share: both pieces were sold by David Geffen in 2006. (Way to time that wealth bubble, David!)
Jeans
1890 Levi 501 jeans; $60,000
The Levi Strauss & Co. 501 jeans, aged over 115 years, were sold by Randy Knight to an anonymous collector for $60,000 in 2005. Fitting with the middlebrow nature of the purchase, the sale happened over eBay. (Not actual jeans pictured.) [Guinness]
Doll
French Doll circa 1914; $263,000
"The doll, dressed in its period clothing to honor the Ballets Russes of Paris and first introduced to international acclaim in 1909, was won by a prominent Boston, USA, collector." (Not actual doll pictured.) [Guinness]

©Wikimedia Commons
Sculpture
Giacometti Walking Man; $104,300,000
Alberto Giacometti's six-foot-high bronze sculpture "L'Homme qui marche I" (1960) sold to an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's London in February 2010. [Guinness]
Tooth
Napoleon's upper right canine; $19,140
An upper right canine tooth extracted from the mouth of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1817 sold for $19,140 in November 2005. Guinness goes on: "The tooth is believed to have been extracted due to scurvy (recorded in 1816) by the physician Barry O'Meara, during Napoleon's exile on the South Atlantic British island of St Helena following his defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815."
Purse
The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse; $3.8 million
For the price of the Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse, from Victoria's Secret, you could buy 32,000 Kate Spade hand bags at retail price, enough for every woman at Boston Univerity. And every man.
Virtual Property
Planet Calypso; $6 million
SEE Virtual Worlds acquired Planet Calypso, a virtual planet within the online game Entropia Universe in December 2010. More than 1s and 0s, the virtual planet has reportedly generated $4 million in player transaction revenue.
Leg of Ham
15-pound Jamon Iberico; $2,682
The most expensive leg of ham commercially available is a 15-lb Albarragena Jamon Iberico de Bellota retailing at $2,682 at the Food Hall in Sefridges, London. (Slices in image not from actual record-setting Jamon Iberico) [Guinness]

©Stuart Hughes via Born Rich
Car
Bugatti Veyron
The most expensive production car is generally thought to be the Bugatti Veyron. But its 15-pound model car is, somehow, even more expensive. This model made of 24k gold and 7.2 carats of diamonds, can be yours for $2.9 million.
Teddy Bear
Louis Vuitton Teddy; $182,000
A foot-and-a-half tall Steiff 'Louis Vuitton' teddy bear made in 2000 sold for $182,550 in 200 at Christie's, Monaco. [Guinness]
Diary
Dr. Alexander Macklin; $153,573
Dr. Macklin was a surgeon on the famous Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition between 1914-1917. After the Endurance ship (pictured) got trapped in ice, Macklin tended to the suffering crew -- one had a heart condition, another was suffering a nervous breakdown, another had gangrene in his toes, which required amputation. He was awarded the Silver Polar Medal for his efforts. Eighty years later, his diary sold for $150,000.
One caveat to keep in mind is that you don't know the true price of something until it is sold. That's why most of these items, via information collected and verified by Guinness World Records, were sold at auctions. To be sure, the most "valuable items" are unsellable. For example, the Mona Lisa might sell for more than $140 million, the record-setting price of the Pollock painting. But as long as it hangs behind bullet proof glass in the Louvre, there is no way to determine its market value.

Get Ready Enthusiasts :The 2012 Olympic Torch Memorabilia(Seeling is Happy :) )

The Olympic torch relay, which gets underway at Land's End on May 19, could well be a popular starting point for collectors with an eye on London 2012 memorabilia.

What price will this 'bling wastepaper
basket' command in years to come?
Much like other London 2012 designs, such as the official logo and one-eyed mascots, the torch has divided opinion, being likened to a "bling wastepaper bin" in some quarters.
It is not known how many torches are being made - the smaller the number, the more desirable they will be for memorabilia collectors looking for items of value.
A torch from the 1952 Helsinki Games achieved $400,000 at a Vassy-Jalenques SARL auction in Paris earlier this year - the most expensive item of Olympic memorabilia ever sold.
Just 22 Helsinki specimens were produced, making them highly sought after.
A torch from the London 1948 "austerity Games" made £6,463 at Christie's in 2000.
Olympic posters can make for highly prized collectibles, and 12 specially designed pieces designed by high profile artists such as Tracey Emin, Martin Creed and Rachel Whiteread, will be revealed at Tate Britain in June 2012.
The original preparatory painting by Allen Jones for a 1972 Munich Olympics poster sold for £8,400 at Bonhams in March of this year.
A popular Olympic item needn't come from a Games of yesteryear. Sometimes the very immediacy of an event can ratchet up the price for sports memorabilia.
For example, a sale of 23 game-worn Canada ice hockey jerseys from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver raised $94,000 for the Haiti appeal.
It's hard to imagine a similar price being achieved for Team GB's field hockey tops next year, however.
The most expensive London 2012 item set to come on the market is a commemorative £1,000 gold coin being produced by the Royal Mint. It is expected to cost around £40,000.

Dracula- Blood Sucking :)

The most feared dracula in movies is a nightmare for everyone. But this dracula house is a nightmare bcoz of the cost it boasts (Selling is Happy :) )

Costliest castle is an old castle which is worth millions of dollars. Bran Castle in Brasov, Romania is more popular is called Dracula Castle, as it is associated with the location of Prince Dracula’s castle, the main character in fiction story ‘Dracula’, by Bram Stoker. Bran Castle walls are made thick and dense with a wide viewing angle, making it a very good defense. Dracula’s castle is a costliest castle in the world.

Bran Castle
At 1377, the King of Hungary began to build in order to use as a defense against the Turks. Once completed in 1382, the castle gradually became the political center that includes: the concentration of military, customs, administrative and judicial. This costliest castle was built on a small hill, leaning on a difficult climb of the mountain, overlooking the main road through the valley of the mountains, the terrain is very difficult. For those who want to enter the fortress, the only access is only by climbing a rope ladder is lowered from the top to the south of the fort. Mow tis costliest castle become a museum.
Typically of this costliest castle are the four corner towers. Corner towers storing gunpowder or fitted floor moves, especially for pouring hot water traps are designed to face the enemy, each tower has its own function. Initially this was the costliest castle of Queen Marie, who later bequeathed to her daughter Princess Ileana in 1938. Then the castle was confiscated by the Communist regime in 1948, but by legislation issued by the Romanian government in early 2006, the government restores these assets to their original owners as well as forming a “property fund” to provide compensation for losses suffered by property owners for confiscation regime.

Dracula Castle
In May the same year, the Ministry of Culture Government decided to restore the castle’s original owner. Currently, this costliest castle has been transformed into museums and art history. With a very expensive, Bran Castle is the costliest castle.

SOLD: Costliest Items sold online by EBAY (Selling is Happy:))

Ebay as known is one of the world's top online seller, but does anyone know, why its got that status.See this
Some of the most expensive items ever sold on eBay are:

Gulfstream II jet: $4.9 million

1909 Honus Wagner baseball card:$1.65 million

Diamond Lake Resort, western Kentucky: $1.2 million

Shoeless Joe Jackson's "Black Betsy" baseball bat: $577,610

Round of golf with Tiger Woods: $425,000

Happily sold(Although the most Expensive :) )

Known to millions across the globe as ‘Rachel’, the popular TV comedy series F.R.I.E.N.D.S star Jennifer Aniston started the New Year with a bang, as she purchased a magnificent luxury mansion for a whopping $21 million. Already being hailed as one of the most expensive things sold in the month of January this year, the mansion is located in the prestigious residential community of Bel Air in Los Angeles, California. The Bel Air mansion was designed exclusively by A. Quincy Jones and features 4 bedrooms as well as 6.5 bathrooms, while providing breathtaking view of the ocean and the lovely city of Los Angeles. The entire mansion is sprawled across 3.5 acres of prime land and provides a comfortable 8,500 square feet of living space for Ms. Aniston and her boyfriend Justin Theroux. The Bel Air mansion sports a separate projection room and even comes with its own vineyard and wine cellar. Other features include a swimmers’ pool, a separate guest house and a spa. This luxury mansion was listed for $24.9 million, but reports suggest that Jennifer Aniston grabbed this expensive man for a bargain price of $21 million.

John James Audubon’s “Birds of America”, which till date holds the record for being the most expensive book in the world has now maintained its stellar reputation by entering into the prestigious list of the most expensive item sold in January 2012. Book of America was auctioned off last month by the renowned auction house Christie’s, which sold the book for a whopping $7.9 million. this rare first rare edition contains some 400 beautifully painted life size rendition of North American bird species and the entire book comes in three volumes. This expensive book was offered for auction by the 4th Duke of Portland and the book was accompanied by first edition of the author’s “Ornithological Biography.” As per numerous experts, John James Audubon had released some 200 first edition copies during the timeline 1827 to 1838, of which 120 are accounted for, where in 107 copies are in the hands of various museums, along with 13 copies are known to be in private hands. This astounding book stands at three and a half feet in height and features hand painted portraits of bird species from the 19th century North America

The start of the year 2012 has been in one word ‘thrilling’ for the automobile industry. Earlier last month, one of the most renowned auction houses, Gooding & Company brought under the hammer a vintage and extremely rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, which only mesmerized the attendees at the auction, but also fetched a mind blowing $4.62 million. Considered to be the most expensive item sold in January 2012, the 300SL Gullwing was estimated to bring in between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000, but to its rarity and mint condition, the vintage car fetched far more than anticipated. The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing is part of an exclusive production series introduced by Mercedes Benz and only 29 models were ever manufactured. This particular model carries an entire aluminum alloy body and the entire series is much renowned as being one of the most desirable coupes in the 1950s. The 300SL Gullwing was powered by an Inline-6, water cooled engine, producing an astounding 240 hp, making it one of the most elegant sports cars of all time. With a four speed manual transmission, the 300SL Gullwing was capable of making a sprint of 0 – 60 mph in just 8 seconds, with a top speed of 146 mph.

The year 1793 is quite special for the U.S economy, as this was the year when the nation minted its very first series of currency coins that kick started the economy. One such coin a 1793 Chain Cent was auctioned off earlier last month by Heritage Auctions and fetched an astounding $1.38 million. Officially known as the 1793 Chain Cent, MS65 Brown PCGS, this vintage coin has claimed the tile of one of the most expensive item sold and is a vital legacy of the earliest of the U.S currency minting trend. The auction was conducted in Orlando, Florida and the coin itself was part of a coin collection that was presented under the Jan. 4-6 U.S. Coins & Platinum Night FUN Signature Auction event. The entire auction was composed of some 9,420 coins and grabbed the interest of more than 7,000 bidders, while bringing in a stunning $55.8 million in combined sales. The new owner of the 1793 Chain Cent has reportedly wished to be anonymous, though the coin is known to have been minted at the Mint in Philadelphia in 1793.

A rare and rather unusual piece of art was offered by Sotheby’s in New York in the month of January this year and this unique specimen of art soon claimed the title of the most expensive item sold in January 2012. We are talking about a lively farm scene embroidered on linen by artist Mary Antrim using silk thread, which fetched a substantial $1.07 million. This magnificent piece of art was created in the year 1807, when Mary Antrim was just a schoolgirl, residing in New Jersey. The needlework art depicts a mesmerizing scene of livestock, picket fences and clapboarded outbuildings, while the entire auction event was composed of some 198 pieces of gorgeous art that were claimed from the personal collection of renowned historian Betty Ring. This magnificent specimen was claimed by an anonymous bidder, who had employed the services of art dealer David Schorsch to buy the needlework. The needlework portrait by Mary Antrim was expected to fetch a meager amount of $60,000 to $80,000 and as per estimates, took more than an entire year to be completed.

The month of January proved to be quite a significant month in terms of the remembrance of the U.S history, as a wine cooler crafted especially for George Washington was sold for a whopping $782,500. Sold by the renowned auction house, Christie’s this Sheffield wine cooler is now considered to be one of the most expensive things sold in January 2012 and far exceeded its pre-sale estimates of $600,000. The wine cooler was claimed at the auction by Gary Hendershott, a collector based in Little Rock, Arkansas, who happens to have an intense interest in just about everything related to the first President of the United States of America. This vintage and rare wine cooler was designed to accommodate four wine bottles along with ice and is part of a collection of four such coolers that were designed for the former President Washington, when he was sworn into office, during a time when the U.S capital happened to be New York. This cherished wine cooler was then later gifted by George Washington to his friend and the first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton.

The world’s biggest fish market, Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan last month also became the venue for the sale of the most expensive tuna, when a humongous Bluefin tuna was sold for a staggering $736,000. Counted in the elite list of the most expensive things sold in January 2012, this mammoth fish weighs about 270 kg and was caught in the waters off northeastern Japan. The most expensive tuna was purchased by Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs the renowned Sushi Zanmai chain of restaurants in Japan under the Kiyomura Co. banner and serves as the company’s President. The Bluefin tuna was purchased with a noble thought of providing the calamity hit Japanese people with something refreshing to keep their spirits up. Immediately upon purchase, 10,000 slices of the most expensive tuna were sent over to more than 46 Sushi Zanmai restaurants in Tokyo and the guests are being offered the tuna at the regular price of $5.45 instead of the auction price, which will bring each tuna serving to $96.

One of the most celebrated Chinese artists of the 20th century, Zhang Daqian, once again gained the center of attention, when his critically acclaimed work, Wuxia Mountain Clear Autumn 1936 fetched a mind blowing $504,000 at an auction even organized by 888 Auctions. This remarkable feat was achieved last month and has now propelled the magnificent water color painting to the ranks of the most expensive things sold in January 2012. The Wuxia Mountain Clear Autumn 1936 was offered to the buyers with a pre-sale estimate of $100,000-$200,000, but after intensely fierce bidding, the painting finally crossed more than half a million dollars price tag, thus going for more than double its estimated value. The bidding for this marvelous piece of art began at just $5,000 and included interested art connoisseurs at the premises, on phone and even on the Internet. The entire event was composed of both Chinese paint art as well as Chinese ceramics and the event managed to raise a total of $717,180, of which $537,090 were solely gathered by the sale of the Chinese paint art, which was primarily inclusive of delicate works by Zhang Daqian and Li Kuchan.

A white 1964 Cadillac hearse which was used to transport the body of one of the most prominent figures in history, John F. Kennedy was recently auctioned off in the month of January this year and fetched a staggering $176,000. The 1964 Cadillac hearse was witnessed by millions across the globe, when this historic vehicle transported the body of the late U. S President from the Parkland Memorial Hospital to the awaiting Air Force One at Dallas, Texas on November 22nd, 1963. The Cadillac hearse was put up for auction at the Barrett-Jackson Auction event in Scottsdale, Arizona and the vehicle is known to have spent more than forty years in the private collection of Arrdeen Vaughan, a Texan resident who is the owner of various funeral homes as well as funeral vehicles. The 1964 Cadillac hearse was purchased by real estate developer Stephen Tebo and is now considered to be one of the most expensive items, while also being immensely historically significant. Mr. Tebo has announced his plans of turning the hearse into a museum, while he is known to provide access to his private car collection four times in a year for various non-profit organizations.

The moment someone utters the name ‘Hitler’, our minds are immediately filled with the images of gross human-rights atrocities and that of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the modern times, the Second World War. However, there is another side of the former German dictator and Nazi ruler, Adolf Hitler, which many aren’t privy to. Before his rise to power as the absolute ruler of the Third Reich, Hitler was an avid painter and in the month of January this year, one of his paintings called, Maritime Nocturno, entered into the list of the most expensive things sold in January 2012. This historic piece of art was offered via an online auction and fetched a stunning $42,300 in an auction event held in Slovakia. The opening bid for the painting was set at $13,140 and after fierce competition the painting eventually went for more than $40K. The Maritime Nocturno depicts a full moon over a glittering seascape and the painting was put up for sale by the family of a Slovakian painter, who is believed to have met Hitler during his days of struggle as an artist and before his first steps into German politics.

Completely Sold: Jason Wu For Target

Jason Wu for Target launched today! How did the mass retailer do? While a Missoni-level disaster was averted, we do have some things to discuss.
First of all, the collection went live on the Target website at midnight, despite no official announcement from Target or Wu. That’s right — shoppers weren’t told when exactly the items would become available online. This may have helped Target avoid an enormous strain on its server during a particular window, but it also made a lot of customers very unhappy. Who wants to stay up all night refreshing their browsers?
Those who assumed the collection would be available on the site beginning at 8 a.m. EST (that is, when the first stores were to open) found that the majority of items were sold out as they had already been on sale for eight hours. As of Sunday afternoon, only 11 out of the 49 items offered on the website were still available.
Interestingly, Target is only marking online exclusives whose stock has been depleted as “sold out”. Items that are also sold in stores but are sold out online are marked as “available in stores”. If you click on these items, you can check the inventory of said item at a Target near you. This is a helpful feature, but most stores also seem to be sold out of the pieces in question. Of course, you could hedge your bets over on eBay — 4,681 items match a “Jason Wu for Target” search.

Undies So Costlyyyyyyyyyyyy

LONDON — A pair of silk bloomers that belonged to Britain's Queen Victoria has sold at auction for 9,375 pounds ($14,950) — three times the underwear's pre-sale estimate.
A painting of the queen with her Scottish servant John Brown sold for 145,250 pounds ($230,000) at Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull. The close relationship between monarch and servant inspired the film "Mrs. Brown."
The ultimate in royal memorabilia? Kate's childhood home up for auction
Both items were purchased Tuesday by anonymous bidders.
They were among items from Old Battersea House, the London home of U.S. publishing clan the Forbes family.
Prince William, Kate Middleton at first fundraiser
A four-poster bed Elizabeth Taylor slept in when she stayed at the house during her honeymoon with seventh husband Larry Fortensky sold for more than 9,000 pounds ($14,350).
The prices include buyer's premium.

Worlds No.3 Music Company on SALE!!! The long Legendary music company is ready to be handed over.

Warner Music Group Corp., the world's third-largest recording company with such artists as Eric Clapton, Michael Buble and Paramore, is being sold for about $1.3 billion as a global decline in CD sales weighs down the industry.
Len Blavatnik's Access Industries is paying $8.25 a share and will take about $1.9 billion in Warner debt.
The deal, announced by the companies Friday, comes as U.S. recorded music sales are half what they were a little over a decade ago. Gains in digital sales have started to flatten, and CD sales continue to fall.
That means Blavatnik will have to cut staff and other expenses further and hope that a new wave of innovation will carry digital music sales higher.
"I am excited to extend my longstanding involvement with Warner Music," Blavatnik, 53, said in a statement. "It is a great company with a strong heritage and home to many exceptional artists."





Blavatnik is a former board member who was part of the group that bought the company in 2004. He has about a 2 percent stake in the company.
The sale ends a seven-year run by investors led by CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., who purchased the company from Time Warner Inc. with private equity backing for $2.6 billion. Those investors slashed payrolls and took other measures to cope with music's decline. They took the company public a year later to help recoup their investment. There are now just 3,700 employees, down from 5,100 in late 2003.
The Russian-born Blavatnik will likely have to cut even more — so much so that billionaire Ron Burkle balked at pursuing the company past an initial round of bidding. Burkle worried that cuts might start to hurt Warner-signed artists he considers friends, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The fortunes of the music market remain uncertain and last year, rising download sales were offset by the collapse in the popularity of ringtones.
The new owner may have to bank on new services yet to take off. There's speculation that Google Inc. is coming out with a music service and that Apple Inc. will unveil a subscription plan to complement sales of individual tracks on iTunes.
Further deal-making is possible. Citibank is looking to sell Britain's EMI Group Ltd., which it seized from Guy Hands' Terra Firma private equity group in February after it defaulted on a loan.
Other groups that lost out on bidding for Warner — including No. 2 music company Sony Corp. — are also looking for parts that may be discarded from this deal.
In one possible scenario, Warner's new owner would try to buy No. 4 EMI in order to reap the benefit of slashing staff at a combined company, and then shed certain music labels or get rid of one of the publishing divisions to satisfy antitrust regulators.
Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, ranked No. 1, is also looking to buy parts of Warner, EMI or both.
The deal marks a profitable exit for Bronfman and private equity partners Thomas H. Lee and Bain Capital, who have agreed to vote their combined 56 percent stake in favor of the deal. Thanks to special dividends and management fees over the years, investors have gotten back their $1.05 billion investment, plus 30 percent more.
The sale, expected to close by September, adds to that.
"We believe this transaction is an exceptional value-maximizing opportunity that serves the best interests of stockholders as well as the best interests of music fans, our recording artists and songwriters, and the wonderful people of this company," Bronfman said in a statement.
The investors wanted to sell Warner Music quickly because of the pending sale of EMI.
"When you have two major companies that are trying to sell, that would have had an impact on prices," said Standard & Poor's equity analyst Tuna Amobi. "They're probably going to take this money and run."

Looking For a Laptop in Your Budget:::::::See This(Below $400)

1. Asus EeePC 1018P - from £289


Unlike some of Asus' earlier Eee PC models, this netbook boasts a high-end look and feel, thanks to the brushed aluminium design. We can't remember seeing such a subtly stylish netbook before, and the matt finish means it's also impervious to scratches and scuffs while you're working at home or out and about.
The 1.1kg chassis isn't a problem to carry around for hours on end, and the strong battery life of 359 minutes gives you almost six hours of power, so it's great for those after a truly portable option.
Equally impressive is the 10.1-inch screen, which looks great encased in the brushed aluminium bezel. Brightness is good, as is detail, thanks to the 1024 x 600 pixel resolution. But it's the vibrancy of colours that pleases the most, and those looking for a netbook to watch films and view photos on will find a lot to like here.
An inclusion we are particularly impressed with is the 500GB of free online storage. This means you can save a vast amount of content from the 1018P's 250GB hard drive to Asus' servers and access it from anywhere in the world, adding convenience and security.

2. Asus X52F - from £319

The Asus X52F-EX894V is powered by an Intel Core i3 processor, which provides strong performance for those on a tight budget. It's not just performance that impresses though, with plenty of other surprising highlights and few flaws.
You can edit your photos and have a quick play around with your home movies, but you won't be able to play the latest games, because the integrated graphics can't cope.
Still, film fans will be pleased because you can watch DVDs via the built-in drive or stream your favourite movies or TV shows over the internet in high definition (HD) from sites such as BBC iPlayer. The Asus X52F-EX894V coped admirably, and catching up with last night's telly was a smooth experience.
This is also a great way to enjoy your media, thanks to the excellent screen. The 15.6-inch display isn't as sharp as the compact screens of the HP Pavilion DM1-3100sa and MSI U270, but it's bright and pleasingly vibrant.
The 320GB hard drive gives you enough storage for thousands of photos and full-length music albums. You also have a 4-in-1 memory card reader, which can be used to back up your data or expand the available storage. Three USB ports are available for connecting peripherals.

3. Acer Aspire 5552 - from £319

Performance is provided by a triple-core AMD Phenom II X3 processor but we were a little disappointed by the results of our benchmark tests, since the Acer was comprehensively beaten by other laptops around this price point.
Your Office applications will run fine, but anything more than light multitasking will bring the system to a halt. However, the Acer proves far more pleasing when it comes to graphical ability.
Most laptops around this price have basic integrated graphics, but the Aspire 552 is actually quite capable when it comes to streaming high-definition (HD) video and running other light multimedia tasks. You won't be able to frequently edit your media or play the latest games though.
While the Aspire 5552-N834G50Mnks has limited performance, a weak battery and an ugly plastic chassis, it isn't all bad news. The display is fantastic considering the low price, while usability and features provide good value for money.

4. Samsung RV510 - from £323

When you're spending less than £400 on a laptop, you're not going to get the best power or build quality, but for basic users the Samsung RV510 is a good buy.
The screen is very bright and produces vivid images that make the laptop great for viewing photos and films. The standard glossy Super-TFT screen coating is in place, but manages to suppress reflections in bright light well.
An attractive silver paint finish has been implemented, which contrasts nicely with the black screen bezel and mock-chrome mouse buttons to make this an aesthetically pleasing laptop.
Build quality is surprisingly good, and at 2.4kg this is quite light. The 247 minutes of battery life is also useful for those who travel a lot and require a decent battery life.

5. Acer Aspire 5742G - from £349

Right out of the box the Aspire has enough processing power to handle everything you want in a starter laptop, but on top of that it's also a pleasure to look at. The textured finish on both the lid and internal chassis feels comfortable and won't pick up the grubby fingerprints that curse more reflective designs.
The keyboard doesn't feel quite as sturdy as some (we noticed an obvious flex in the keyboard during typing), but the keys are well spaced and easy to type on. The Aspire 5742G sports Acer's favoured keyboard where keys appear to float above the chassis. This looks great, but you'll find it quickly traps debris underneath the keys.
The Acer is built around Intel's Core i3 processor, which provides plenty of power, and is backed up by the 4096MB of memory.
But what really sets the Aspire 5742G apart is the 1024MB of video memory provided by the dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 520M graphics card. This laptop will be fine running the current crop of gaming titles and will easily handle photo and HD video editing.

Wowwwwwww:::See those Masterpieces. The Costlest Cars of the Year

1. Bugatti Veyron Super Sports $2,400,000. This is by far the most expensive street legal car available on the market today (the base Veyron costs $1,700,000). It is the fastest accelerating car reaching 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. It is also the fastest street legal car when tested again on July 10, 2010 with the 2010 Super Sport Version reaching a top speed of 267 mph. When competing against the Bugatti Veyron, you better be prepared!

2. Pagani Zonda Clinque Roadster $1,850,000. One of the most exotic cars out there is one of the most expensive. It can go from 0-60 in 3.4 seconds with a top speed of 217 mph.

Lamborghini Reventon $1,600,000. The most powerful and the most expensive Lamborghini ever built is the third on the list. It takes 3.3 seconds to reach 60 mph and it has a top speed of 211 mph. Its rarity (limited to 20) and slick design are the reasons why it is so expensive and costly to own.

3. Koenigsegg Agera R $1,600,000. The Agera R can burn 0-60 in 2.8 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 260 mph. It has the parts to reach 270 mph, but the supercar is electronically capped at 235 mph. With the completion of certain paperwork, the company will unlock the speed limit for one occasion.

A Whomping Amount::::::::Looks like this apartment is built on Mars , very very costly deal.

In any other week, in any other city, in any other building, the sale of a three-bedroom apartment for $24 million — the most expensive transaction of the week, according to city records — would not go unnoticed.
But in the same week, in this city, the reported sale of a penthouse in the same building, 15 Central Park West, for a record-shattering $88 million, to the 22-year-old daughter of a Russian oligarch, dwarfed the first deal and made all others seem rather ho-hum.
The 6,774-square-foot apartment, which fronts on Central Park, was being sold by the financier Sanford I. Weill and his wife, Joan, who paid $43.7 million for it in 2007.
The sale is still in contract, and the records of the transaction have not been made public, but if completed it will become the most expensive New York apartment deal ever, crushing the $53 million paid by the investor Christopher Flowers for the town house at 4 East 75th Street.
Word recently leaked out that Mr. Weill and his broker, Kyle W. Blackmon of Brown Harris Stevens, had found a buyer willing to pay full price. This week, Forbes confirmed that the buyer was Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the daughter of a Russian billionaire, Dmitriy Rybolovlev, obtaining a statement from her representatives.
“Ms. Rybolovleva is currently studying at a U.S. university,” the statement read. “She plans to stay in the apartment when visiting New York. Ms. Rybolovleva was born in Russia, is a resident of Monaco, and has resided in Monaco and Switzerland for the past 15 years.”
Ms. Rybolovleva’s father, whose worth is put at $9.5 billion and who is ranked by Forbes as the world’s 93rd-richest person, began to build his fortune in the early 1990s, in the chaotic days after the fall of the Soviet Union. He bought interests in industrial companies, eventually controlling one of the country’s largest potash fertilizer businesses. Like other oligarchs, he fell afoul of the powers that be; in 1996 he was accused in the murder of a businessman and spent nearly a year in prison. Ultimately he was acquitted for lack of evidence.
This is not Mr. Rybolovlev’s first foray into mammoth real estate deals in America. In 2008 he paid nearly $100 million for Maison de L’Amitié,Donald Trump’s 33,000-square-foot estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
The sale of the other apartment at 15 Central Park West, on the 31st floor, attracted little notice, though it further solidified the building’s reputation as a property that can do no wrong.
George Logothetis, a shipping magnate, and his wife, Nitzia, had owned the apartment, which they bought for $12.93 million in 2008. The new owner bought it under the name of a company called Mac Holdings, according to city records.
Representatives for Mr. Weill declined to comment on his sale. But when he first put the property on the market, he said he planned to donate sale proceeds to charity. No word yet on who the recipient is, but it seems this will be a very nice holiday for at least one lucky daughter of a Russian billionaire and whatever charity gets the nod from Mr. Weill.

Game Loverz::::: Heres a list for u Top Gamezzzzzzzzz of 2011

The top ten highest sellers in the US for 2011, and it’s probably close to what you expected:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)
2. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3)
3. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)
4. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)
5. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC)
7. Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)
8. Gears of War 3 (360)
9. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
10. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC)
The top three sellers for December and all of 2011 are the same, and all the games on this list except for Madden, Just Dance 2 and Black Ops came out in the fall. In a strange combination, it seems that American gamers love two things: dancing and military shooters. Also worth noting is that only two games are system exclusives and that no portable titles made the list, despite Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 having really strong showings at the year’s end.
Other parts of the world also posted their top sellers for the year. Take a look at the UK’s and you’ll see some striking similarities:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, PC, Wii)
2. FIFA 12 (360, PS3, PC, Wii)
3. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)
4. Zumba Fitness (Wii)
5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)
6. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3)
7. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC)
8. LA Noire (360, PS3, PC)
9. Saints Row: The Third (360, PS3, PC)
10. Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)

Music Lovers::::::::::: Have a peek !!!!! The Best Selling Albums Worldwide

40 million copies or more
Artist Album Released Genre Sales (millions) Source
Michael Jackson
Thriller
1982 Pop / Rock / R&B
110 [1][2]

Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon
1973 Progressive rock
50 [3]

AC/DC
Back in Black
1980 Hard rock / Heavy metal
49 [4]

Whitney Houston / Various artists The Bodyguard
1992 Soundtrack 44 [5]

Meat Loaf
Bat Out of Hell
1977 Hard rock
43 [6]

Eagles
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)
1976 Rock 42 [1]

Various artists Dirty Dancing
1987 Soundtrack 42 [7]

Bee Gees / Various artists Saturday Night Fever
1977 Soundtrack 40 [8]

Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
1977 Rock 40 [9]

Shania Twain
Come On Over
1997 Country / Pop 40 [10]

30–39 million copies
Artist Album Released Genre Sales (millions) Source
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV
1971 Hard rock / Heavy metal
37 [11]

Alanis Morissette
Jagged Little Pill
1995 Rock 33 [12]

The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 Rock 32 [13]

Celine Dion
Falling into You
1996 Pop 32 [14]

Mariah Carey
Music Box
1993 Pop / R&B 32 [15]

Michael Jackson
Dangerous
1991 Pop / Rock 32 [16]

The Beatles
1
2000 Rock 31 [17]

Celine Dion
Let's Talk About Love
1997 Pop 31 [18]

Backstreet Boys
Millennium
1999 Pop 30 [19][20]

Bee Gees
Spirits Having Flown
1979 Disco / Pop 30 [21]

Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.
1984 Rock 30 [22]

Dire Straits
Brothers in Arms
1985 Rock 30 [23]

James Horner
Titanic
1997 Soundtrack 30 [24]

Madonna
The Immaculate Collection
1990 Pop / Dance 30 [25][26]

Michael Jackson
Bad
1987 Pop / Rock 30 [16][27]

Pink Floyd
The Wall
1979 Progressive rock 30 [28]

Nirvana
Nevermind
1991 Grunge / Alternative rock
30 [29]

20–29 million copies
Artist Album Released Genre Sales (millions) Source
ABBA
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
1992 Pop 28 [30]

Backstreet Boys
Backstreet's Back
1997 Pop 28 [31]

Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
1986 Hard rock
28 [32]

Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction
1987 Hard rock / Heavy metal
28 [33]

Various artists Grease
1978 Soundtrack 28 [24]

Santana
Supernatural
1999 Rock 27 [34]

Britney Spears
...Baby One More Time
1999 Pop 26 [35]

Carole King
Tapestry
1971 Pop 25 [36]

Iron Butterfly
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1968 Psychedelic rock
25 [37]

Mariah Carey
Daydream
1995 Pop / R&B 25 [38]

Queen
Greatest Hits
1981 Rock 25 [39]

Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge over Troubled Water
1970 Folk Rock 25 [40]

U2
The Joshua Tree
1987 Rock 25 [41]

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
1985 Pop / R&B 25 [42]

Backstreet Boys
Black & Blue
2000 Pop 24 [31]

Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory
2000 Nu metal / Rap metal / Alternative rock 24 [43]

Madonna
True Blue
1986 Pop 24 [44]

Ace of Base
Happy Nation/The Sign
1993 Pop 23 [45]

Spice Girls
Spice
1996 Pop 23 [46]

Metallica
Metallica
1991 Heavy metal
22 [47]

Oasis
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
1995 Britpop / Rock 22 [48][49]

Bon Jovi
Cross Road
1994 Rock 21 [50]

Dido
No Angel
1999 Pop 21 [51]

Madonna
Like a Virgin
1984 Pop / Dance 21 [52]

Andrea Bocelli
Romanza
1997 Pop / Operatic Pop
20 [53]

Billy Ray Cyrus
Some Gave All
1992 Country 20 [54]

Bob Marley & The Wailers
Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
1984 Reggae 20 [55]

Blondie
Parallel Lines
1978 Rock 20 [56]

Britney Spears
Oops!... I Did It Again
2000 Pop 20 [57]

Céline Dion
The Colour of My Love
1993 Pop 20 [58]

Def Leppard
Hysteria
1987 Hard rock
20 [59]

Janet Jackson
janet.
1993 Pop / R&B 20 [60]

Michael Jackson
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
1995 Pop / Rock / R&B 20 [61]

Michael Jackson
Off the Wall
1979 Soul / Disco / R&B 20 [61][62]

Norah Jones
Come Away with Me
2002 Jazz 20 [63]

Prince & The Revolution
Purple Rain
1984 Soundtrack 20 [24]

Tina Turner
Private Dancer
1984 Rock 20 [64]

Usher
Confessions
2004 R&B 20 [65]

Wealthy Houses for Wealthy People: Islands on Sale

Best Selling Books::::: Take a Look readers

Between 50 million and 100 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
English
1950 85 million[7]

She
H. Rider Haggard
English 1887 83 million[8]

The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
English 2003 80 million[9]

Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
English 1937 70 million[10]

The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger
English 1951 65 million[11]

O Alquimista (The Alchemist)
Paulo Coelho
Portuguese
1988 65 million[12]

Steps to Christ
Ellen G. White
English 1892 60 million[13]

Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
English 1955 50 million[14]

Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning)
Johanna Spyri
German
1880 50 million[15]

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
Dr. Benjamin Spock
English 1946 50 million[16]

Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery
English 1908 50 million[17]

Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions: The autobiography of a horse Anna Sewell
English 1877 50 million[18]

Il Nome della Rosa (The Name of the Rose)
Umberto Eco
Italian
1980 50 million[19]

The Eagle Has Landed
Jack Higgins
English 1975 50 million[20]

[edit] Between 30 million and 50 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
The Hite Report
Shere Hite
English 1976 48 million[21]

Charlotte's Web
E.B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams
English 1952 45 million[22]

The Ginger Man
J. P. Donleavy
English 1955 45 million[23]

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
English 1902 45 million[24]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows[25]
J. K. Rowling
English 2007 44 million[26]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
English 1970 40 million[27]

A Message to Garcia
Elbert Hubbard
English 1899 40 million[16]

Angels and Demons
Dan Brown
English 2000 39 million[28]

Как закалялась сталь (Kak zakalyalas' stal'; How the Steel Was Tempered)
Nikolai Ostrovsky
Russian 1932 36.4 million copies in USSR[29]

Война и мир (Voyna i mir; War and Peace)
Leo Tolstoy
Russian 1869 36.0 million copies in USSR[29]

Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
Carlo Collodi
Italian 1881 35 million[30]

You Can Heal Your Life
Louise Hay
English 1984 35 million[31]

Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer
English 1979 34 million[32]

Het Achterhuis (The Diary of a Young Girl, The Diary of Anne Frank) Anne Frank
Dutch
1947 30 million[33]

In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do?
Charles M. Sheldon
English 1896 30 million[16]

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
English 1960 30 million[34]

Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
English 1966 30 million[16]

Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
English 1936 30 million[35]

Cien Años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude)
Gabriel García Márquez
Spanish
1967 30 million[36][37]

The Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren
English 2002 30 million[38]

The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
English 1977 30 million[39]

The Revolt of Mamie Stover
William Bradford Huie
English 1951 30 million[40]

Män som hatar kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Stieg Larsson
Swedish 2005 30 million[41]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
English 1969 30 million[42]

Sofies verden (Sophie's World)
Jostein Gaarder
Norwegian
1991 30 million[43]

[edit] Between 20 million and 30 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
The Late, Great Planet Earth
Hal Lindsey, C. C. Carlson
English 1970 28 million[44]

Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
English 1998 26 million[45]

The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
English 1908 25 million[46]

Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
English 1949 25 million[47]

The Celestine Prophecy
James Redfield
English 1993 23 million[48]

The Godfather
Mario Puzo
English 1969 21 million[49]

Love Story
Erich Segal
English 1970 21 million[50]

狼图腾 (Wolf Totem)
Jiang Rong
Chinese
2004 20 million[51]

The Happy Hooker: My Own Story Xaviera Hollander
English 1971 20 million[52]

Jaws
Peter Benchley
English 1974 20 million[53]

Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
English 1986 20 million[54]

The Women's Room
Marilyn French
English 1977 20 million[55]

What to Expect When You're Expecting
Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff
English 1984 20 million[56]

[edit] Between 10 million and 20 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
English 1963 19 million[57]

The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
English 2006 19 million[58]

Fear of Flying
Erica Jong
English 1973 18 million[59]

Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
English 1947 16 million[60]

Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney
English 1994 15 million[61]

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
English 1989 15 million[62]

Shōgun
James Clavell
English 1975 15 million[63]

The Poky Little Puppy
Janette Sebring Lowrey
English 1942 15 million[64]

The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
English 1989 15 million[65]

How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
English 1936 15 million[66]

Das Parfum (Perfume)
Patrick Süskind
German
1985 15 million[67]

The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
English 1939 15 million[68]

The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans
English 1995 15 million[69]

La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Spanish 2001 15 million[70]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
English 1979 14 million[71]

Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
English 1997 14 million[72]

God's Little Acre
Erskine Caldwell
English 1933 14 million[73]

Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Follow Your Heart)
Susanna Tamaro
Italian
1994 14 million[74]

The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
English 1967 13 million[75]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
English 1964 13 million[76]

ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori (Norwegian Wood)
Haruki Murakami
Japanese 1987 12 million[77]

The Shack
William P. Young
English 2007 12 million[78]

Peyton Place
Grace Metalious
English 1956 12 million[79]

Dune
Frank Herbert
English 1965 12 million[80]

La Peste (The Plague)
Albert Camus
French
1947 12 million[81]

人間失格 (No Longer Human)
Osamu Dazai
Japanese 1948 12 million[82]

The Naked Ape
Desmond Morris
English 1968 12 million[83]

The Bridges of Madison County
Robert James Waller
English 1992 12 million[84]

Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager (Man's Search for Meaning)
Viktor Frankl
German 1946 12 million[85]

Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)
Dante Alighieri
Italian 1304 11-12 million (during 20th century)[86]

Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
English 1958 11 million[87]

The Prophet
Khalil Gibran
English 1923 11 million[88]

The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
English 1971 11 million[89]

The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
English 1999 10.5 million[90]

Catch-22
Joseph Heller
English 1961 10 million[91]

Eye of the Needle
Ken Follett
English 1978 10 million[92]

A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
English 1988 10 million[93]

The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss
English 1957 10 million[94]

The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
English 2002 10 million[95]

Wild Swans
Jung Chang
English 1992 10 million[96]

Santa Evita
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Spanish
1995 10 million[97]

Un di Velt Hot Geshvign (Night)
Elie Wiesel
Yiddish
1958 10 million[98]

The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
English 2003 10 million[99]

于丹《论语》心得 (Confucius from the Heart)
Yu Dan
Chinese
2006 10 million[100]

The Total Woman
Marabel Morgan
English 1974 10 million[101]

知価革命 (Knowledge-value Revolution)
Taichi Sakaiya
Japanese 1985 10 million[102]

中国社会主义经济问题研究 (Problems in China's Socialist Economy) Xue Muqiao
Chinese 1979 10 million[103]

What Color is Your Parachute?
Richard Nelson Bolles
English 1970 10 million[104]

The Dukan Diet
Pierre Dukan
French 10 million[105]

The Joy of Sex
Alex Comfort
English 1972 10 million[106]

The Gospel According to Peanuts
Robert L. Short
English 1965 10 million[107]

[edit] No Reliable Sales Figures
Note: These books do not have reliable sales data; however, there is evidence that they have sold at least 10 Million copies, and therefore belong on this list.
Book Author(s) Genre Original language First published Notes
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
Satire
Spanish 1605 [108]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
J.K. Rowling
Fantasy fiction
English
1997 [109][110]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
Fantasy fiction
English
1998 [109][110]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
Fantasy fiction
English
1999 [109][110]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling
Fantasy fiction
English
2000 [109][110]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
Fantasy fiction
English
2003 [109]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
Fantasy fiction
English
2005 [109][111]

[edit] List of best-selling book series
[edit] At least 100 million copies
Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
Harry Potter
J. K. Rowling
English 7 + 3 companion books 1997–2007 450 million[109]

Goosebumps
R. L. Stine
English
62 + spin off series 1992–1997-present 350 million[112]

Perry Mason
Erle Stanley Gardner
English 82 1933 — 1970 300 million[113]

Berenstain Bears
Stan and Jan Berenstain
English over 300 1962 — present 260 million[114]

Choose Your Own Adventure
various authors English 185 1979 — 1998 250 million[115]

Sweet Valley High
Francine Pascal and ghostwriters English 400 1983–2003 250 million[116]

Noddy
Enid Blyton
English 24 1949–present 200 million[117]

Nancy Drew
various authors as Carolyn Keene
English 175 1930 — present 200 million[118]

The Railway Series
(spawned Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends)
Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher Awdry
English
41 1945–2007 200 million[119]

The Baby-sitters Club
Ann Martin
English 335 1986 — present 172 million[120]

Star Wars
various authors English over 200 1977 — present 160 million[121]

Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
English 6 1902–1930 150 million[122]

Chicken Soup for the Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
English 105 1997 — present 130 million[123]

Frank Merriwell
Gilbert Patten
English 209 1896 - 125 million[124]

Dirk Pitt
Clive Cussler
English 19 1973 — present 120 million[125]

宮本武蔵 (Musashi)
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese
7 1935–1939 120 million[126]

American Girl
various authors English 1986 — present 120 million[127]

The Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. Lewis
English 7 1949–1954 120 million[128]

Mr. Men
Roger Hargreaves, Adam Hargreaves
English 43 1971 — present 120 million[129]

Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
English 4 + 1 Novella + 1 Graphic Novel + 1 Guide 2005–2011 116 million[130]

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Norman Bridwell
English 1963 — present 110 million[131]

James Bond
Ian Fleming
English 14 1953–1966 100 million[132]

Martine
Gilbert Delahaye, Marcel Marlier
French 60 1954 — present 100 million[133]

[edit] Between 50 million and 100 million copies
Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
Nijntje (Miffy)
Dick Bruna
Dutch
119 1955 — present 85 million[134]

Fear Street
R. L. Stine
English 114 1989 — present 80 million[135]

The Vampire Chronicles
Anne Rice
English 12 1976-2003 80 million[136]

OSS 117
Jean Bruce
French
265 1949–1992 75 million[137]

Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne; illustrated by E. H. Shepard
English 4 1926–1928 70 million[138]

Magic Tree House series
Mary Pope Osborne
English 43 1992–present 70 million[139]

Left Behind
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
English 16 1996 — 2007 65 million[140]

A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler
English 13 1999–2006 65 million[141]

Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
English 12 1932–2006 60 million[142]

Arch Books (Lantern Books) various authors English 1958 — present 58 million[143]

Discworld
Terry Pratchett
English 39 1983–present 55 million[144]

Where's Wally?[145]
Martin Handford
English 13 1987–present 55 million[146]

Millennium Trilogy
Stieg Larsson
Swedish 3 2005–2007 53 million[147]

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
John Gray
English 15 1992–present 50 million[148]

The Hardy Boys
various authors as Franklin W. Dixon
English 190 1927-present 50 million[149]

The Bobbsey Twins
various authors as Laura Lee Hope
English 72 1904-79 50 million[150]

アンパンマン (Anpanman)
Takashi Yanase
Japanese
more than 678 1970 — present 50 million[151]

Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
English 26 1914–1995 50 million[152]

Jack Reacher
Lee Child
English 16 1997–present 50 million[153]

[edit] Between 30 million and 50 million copies
Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
A Child's First Library Of Learning
various authors English 1980 - 45 million[154]

Junie B. Jones
Barbara Park
English 1992 - 44 million[155]

The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan
English Currently 13. 14 planned 1990 - 44 million[156]

Harry Bosch
Michael Connelly
English 15 1992 - 42 million[157]

Jack Reacher
Lee Child
English 15 1997–present 40 million[158]

Harry Hole
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian 9 1997–present 40 million[159]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
English 5 2007–present 37 million[160]

连环画 铁道游击队 (Picture-and-story book Railway Guerilla)
original author: Liu Zhixia
Chinese 10 1955–1962 36.52 million[161]

Paddington Bear
Michael Bond
English 70 1958–present 35 million[162]

徳川家康 (Tokugawa Ieyasu)
Sohachi Yamaoka
Japanese
26 1950–1967 30 million[163]

Ramona
Beverly Cleary
English 8 1955–1999 30 million[164]

The Dark Tower
Stephen King
English 7 1982-2004 30 million[165]

[edit] Between 20 million and 30 million copies
Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
ノンタン (Nontan)
Sachiko Kiyono
Japanese
25 1976–2006 28 million[166]

Curious George
Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey
English 58 1941–present 27 million[167]

グイン・サーガ (Guin Saga)
Kaoru Kurimoto
Japanese 118 1979–2009 26 million[168]

Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey
English 1997–present 26 million[169]

三毛猫ホームズシリーズ (Mike-neko Holmes series)
Jirō Akagawa
Japanese 43 1978–present 26 million[170]

Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki Sharon Lechter
English 18 1997- 26 million[171]

Kurt Wallander
Henning Mankell
Swedish
10 1991–2002 25 million[172]

Sagaen om Isfolket (The Legend of the Ice People)
Margit Sandemo
Norwegian
47 1982–1989 25 million[173]

The Inheritance Cycle
Christopher Paolini
English 4 2002–present 25 million[174]

鬼平犯科帳 (Onihei Hankachō)
Shōtarō Ikenami
Japanese 24 1968–1990 24.4 million, only bunkobon[175]

Brain Quest series
various authors English 1992–present 23.7 million[176]

かいけつゾロリ (Kaiketsu Zorori)
Yutaka Hara
Japanese 41 1987–present 23 million[177]

South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston
English 6 2003–present 22 million[178]

竜馬がゆく (Ryoma ga Yuku)
Ryōtarō Shiba
Japanese 5 1963–1966 21.5 million[179]

ズッコケ三人組 (Zukkoke Sanningumi)
Masamoto Nasu
Japanese 50 1978–2004 21 million[180]

Shannara
Terry Brooks
English 20 1977–present 21 million[181]

Redwall
Brian Jacques
English 22 1986–present 20 million[182]

Maisy
Lucy Cousins
English 23 1990–present 20 million[61]

Dragonlance
various authors English more than 150 1984 — present 20 million[183]

幻魔大戦 (Genma Taisen)
Kazumasa Hirai
Japanese 20 1979–1983 20 million[184]

青春の門 (The Gate of Youth)
Hiroyuki Itsuki
Japanese 1970–present 20 million[185]

The Foundation Trilogy
Isaac Asimov
English 3[186]
1950–1953 20 million[187]

Horrible Histories
Terry Deary
English 24 1993–present 20 million[188]

Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
English 7 2001–present 20 million[189]

Rainbow Magic
Daisy Meadows
English 80+ 2003–present 20 million[190]

Morgan Kane
Louis Masterson
Norwegian 90 1966– 20 million[191]

[edit] Between 15 million and 20 million copies
Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
科学のアルバム (Kagaku no album) various authors Japanese 1970–present 19 million[192]

剣客商売 (Kenkaku Shobai)
Shotaro Ikenami
Japanese 18 1972–1989 18 million[193]

Erast Fandorin
Boris Akunin
Russian
12 1998–present 18 million[194]

吸血鬼ハンターD (Vampire Hunter D)
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Japanese 17 1983–present 17 million[195]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, plus a final book by Eoin Colfer
English 6 1979–2008 16 million[196]

Bridget Jones
Helen Fielding
English 2 1996–present 15 million[197]

The Riftwar Cycle
Raymond E. Feist
English 25 1982–present 15 million[198]

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
English 9 1999–present 15 million[199]

ぼくらシリーズ(Bokura series) Osamu Soda
Japanese 36 1985–present 15 million[200]

His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman
English 3 1995–2000 15 million[201]

銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
Yoshiki Tanaka
Japanese 14 1982–1989 15 million[202]

Der Regenbogenfisch (Rainbow Fish)
Marcus Pfister
German 1992–present 15 million[203]

A Song of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin
English 5 1996–present 15 million[204]

[edit] Notes
The Perry Rhodan series has sold more than 1 billion copies,[205] but is not listed because that figure includes magazine sales, not novels alone. Similarly, the Jerry Cotton series has sold over 300 million copies, but most of these were in magazine format.[206]
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is included in the list as a single entry because it was written by Tolkien as a single book.
[edit] List of best-selling regularly updated books
[edit] More than 100 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
新华字典 (Xinhua Zidian / Xinhua Dictionary) Chief editor: Wei Jiangong
Chinese 1957 400 million[207]

Scouting for Boys
Robert Baden-Powell
English 1908 100-150 million[208]

The McGuffey Readers
William Holmes McGuffey
English 1853 125 million[209]

Guinness World Records (published every year) various authors English 1955 — present 115 million[210]

American Spelling Book (Webster's Dictionary)
Noah Webster
English 1783 100 million[16]

[edit] Between 50 million and 100 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
World Almanac (published every year)
various authors English 1868 — 1876; 1886–present 80 million[211]

六星占術によるあなたの運命 (Rokusei Senjutsu (Six-Star Astrology) Tells Your Fortune) Kazuko Hosoki
Japanese
1986 — Present 79 million[212]

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
English 1898 55 million[213]

[edit] Between 30 million and 50 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
Roget's Thesaurus
Peter Mark Roget
English 1852 - 40 million[214]

できるシリーズ (Dekiru Series) Impress Dekiru Series Editorial Desk Japanese 1994–present 40 million[215]

수학의 정석 (數學의 定石) (The principle of Mathematics - Mathematics reference book) Hong Sung-dae
Korean
1966–present (current edition since 1997) 40 million[216]
~ 37 million[217]

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book
various authors English 1930 - 38 million[218]

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
A. S. Hornby
English 1948 30 million[219]

Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book
Bill Wilson
English 1939 30 million[220][221]

Le guide Michelin France (The Michelin Guide France) (published every year) various authors French 1900–present 30 million[222]

[edit] Between 20 million and 30 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
Betty Crocker Cookbook
various authors as Betty Crocker
English 1955- 27 million[223]

超図解シリーズ (Cho-Zukai series) X media
Japanese 1996–2007 25 million[224]

自由自在 (Jiyu Jizai)
various authors Japanese 1953–present 24 million[225]

新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai kokugo jiten)
Tadao Yamada
Japanese
1972 20.4 million[226]

English Grammar Lindley Murray
English 1795 20 million[227]

[edit] Between 10 million and 20 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
The Joy of Cooking
various authors English 1936 18 million[228]

スーパーマップル (Super Mapple) various authors Japanese 1991–present 18 million[229]

チャート式 (Chart Shiki)
various authors Japanese 1927–present 17.44 million, only for the first grade of high-school[230]

英語基本単語集 (Eigo Kihon Tangoshu) "Compilation of basic English vocabulary" Yoshio Akao
Japanese, English 1942 17.2 million[230]

試験に出る英単語 (Siken Ni Deru Eitango) "English vocabulary in examinations" Ichiro Mori
Japanese, English 1967 15 million[231]

新英和中辞典 (Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten) "New English-Japanese-Chinese Dictionary" Shigeru Takebayashi
Japanese, English 1967 12 million[232]

広辞苑 (Kōjien)
Izuru Shinmura
Japanese 1955 11 million[226][233]

旺文社古語辞典 (Obunsha Kogo Jiten) "Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms" Akira Matsumura
Japanese 1960 11 million[234]

三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseido Kokugo Jiten) "Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language" Kenbō Hidetoshi
Japanese 1960 10 million[235]

家庭に於ける實際的看護の秘訣 (Katei Ni Okeru Jissaiteki Kango No Hiketsu) "Key to Practical Personal Care at Home" Takichi Tsukuda
Japanese 1925 10 million[236]

C程序设计 (C Program Design)
Tan, Haoqiang
Chinese 1991 10 million[237]