10 Insanely Expensive Gifts We Wish Someone Would Buy for Us

Shopping for others is difficult. Happily for modern consumers, there is a colossal holiday advertising industry dedicated to the dilemma. Shopping for yourself, however — that’s easy, especially if you’re basically daydreaming and not actually spending the money. Here we run down 10 pricey gifts we’d love to have if someone else bought for us this season, in ascending order of outrageous price tag, from $500 to $50,000.

Glenn McDonald writes about the intersections of technology and culture at glenn-mcdonald.com and via Twitter @glennmcdonald1.