Elon Musk's spy submarine
In 2013, Tesla CEO Elon Musk paid $866,000 at auction for the Lotus Esprit submarine that appeared in the 1977 James Bond flick "The Spy Who Loved Me." He has said he wants to try and make it "transform for real."
Mikhail Prokhorov's virtual ski machine
Billionaire Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov owns lots of cool toys (including that sports team he bought for $200 million). But he's also got some unique possessions, including a virtual ski machine. Prokhorov is a known daredevil; he once filmed himself doing stunts on a jetski and had a production company set the movie to music.
Paul Allen's yacht
Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen's 414-foot yacht, "Octopus," is one of the largest in the world, and it boasts two helicopters, a submarine, and plenty of space to throw lavish, celebrity-packed parties. He also owns a smaller yacht, called "Tatoosh."
Paul Allen plane collection
Allen also has a collection of vintage war planes that's rumored to be worth millions of dollars. He houses the planes in a museum called the Flying Heritage Collection, based in a hangar in Everett, Washington.
Bill Gates' Leonardo da Vinci journal
Included in Gates' mansion's many rooms is a huge domed library filled with books. Gates is an avid reader, and he reportedly hired a rare-books dealer to stock his library for him. Among his possessions is Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex Leicester," a 15th-century manuscript that Gates bought at auction for $30.8 million in 1994. Of the 30 surviving Leonardo da Vinci scientific journals, the Codex Leicester is the most famous.
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