Gift guides for millionaires

For the Oobject gift guide this year, “almost nothing is affordable”. Items include a bank vault door from the 1920s ($50,000), JFK’s chess set ($475,000), and a console for the Hubble Space Telescope ($75,000).

It’s more a nerd wish list than gift guide, the opposite of Tyler Brûlé’s effort, penned from the empty upper deck (first class, naturally) of a flight to Singapore. Brûlé’s earnest advice for your holiday shopping? Build a house in Australia for next year’s holidaymaking:

With a bit of planning and a good construction team you could surprise friends and family by commissioning Brisbane-based architects Richards & Spence to build you a little beachside compound somewhere in Queensland. This year you could roll up a set of plans to place under the tree with a promise that this time next year you’ll all be wandering around in kaftans and low-slung trunks drinking fancy, fruity cocktails.

Sounds brill.

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