Gallery: Can you afford it?

A model wears the "Sunrise Ruby" (top) a Burmese ruby weighing 25.59 carats, and the "Historic Pink Diamond" weighing 8.72 carats. The ruby is expected to sell between US $ 12m to 18m and the diamond US $ 14m to 18m. Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

A model wears the "Sunrise Ruby" (top) a Burmese ruby weighing 25.59 carats, and the "Historic Pink Diamond" weighing 8.72 carats. The ruby is expected to sell between US $ 12m to 18m and the diamond US $ 14m to 18m. Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

An employee holds an Hermes diamond and Himalayan Nilo Crocodile Birkin handbag at Heritage Auctions offices in Beverly Hills. The handbag has 242 diamonds with a total of 9.84 carats. Photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

An assistant displays a black Fedora hat owned by Michael Jackson. The hat, made 1984 by Maddest Hatter, estimated for between four to five thousand euros. Photo: Christian Hartmann/Retuers

A woman displays a 100.20-carat diamond ring at a pre-auction viewing at Sotheby's in Los Angeles. Sotheby's says the ring is expected to sell for US $19-25 million. Photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Riva Lemanski, 6 poses on a giant two-storey rocking horse outside Christie's auction house in London . The Rocking Horse was expected to sell for �25,000-40,000. Photo: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

A Christie's staff member wears "The Blue Belle of Asia", a 392,52 carats sapphire. This gem was expected to sell between US$ 7,000,000 to 10,000,000. Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

A visitor looks at the British Guiana stamp at Sotheby's in Manhattan. The stamp, being called the world's most famous, was estimated to sell for $10-20 million at auction. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

A Christie's employee poses with 'The Jim Beam J.B. Turner Train' sculpture by U.S. artist Jeff Koons at Christie's auction house. The steel piece has a predicted auction sale estimate of US$25 to 35m. Photo: Toby Melville/Reuters

An assistant poses for a photograph with a Faberge egg during a photo-call at antique dealer Wartski. The $20 million egg, hailing from the court of imperial Russia, was bought in a U.S. junk market. Photo: Olivia Harris/Reuters

An emerald and diamond tiara is displayed at Sotheby's auction house in London. The tiara was estimated to fetch between $5-10 million at auction. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

A worker poses with the death mask of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, at Bonhams auction house.The mask was estimated to sell for 40 000 - 60 000 GB pounds. Photo: Paul Hackett/Reuters

Christie's specialist James Hyslop holds a pre-17th century, sub-fossilised Elephant Bird egg. The rare egg was expected to sell for US $30 000-45 000. Photo: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

A fine and rare famille-rose "peach" vase, Tianqiuping, with a seal mark and period of Qianlong, which was estimated to fetch 10.3 to 15.4 million dollars at auction. Photo: Bobby Yip/Reuters

A Hello Kitty figurine, studded with a total of 19 636 Swarovski crystals, is displayed during a preview of Swarovski's Hello Kitty collection. The figurine is priced at $14,246. Photo: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

The Lilies of the Valley Faberge egg of gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies and pearls was presented by Emperor Nicholas 2nd to his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, for Easter 1898. Photo: Nikola Solic/Reuters

A employee holds a Belle Epoque diamond and emerald neckace during an auction preview at Christie's in London. The necklace was estimated to fetch between 1.3 and 1.5m US dollars. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

The Breal's Silver Cup, which was the first ever marathon winner's cup from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, is held up for the camera at Christie's in London. Photo: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

It doesn't do email, the internet, have a camera, games or GPS navigation, but a new mobile phone from Denmark is literally solid gold. Danish retailer Aesir hoped to sell it for $57 400. Photo: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters