17 of the most ridiculous celebrity purchases of all time

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It's easy to understand why a celebrity would want to splurge a little here and there.

A big mansion and a couple of Ferraris? Fine. A trenta-sized drink at Starbucks and extra guacamole on your burrito? Sure, why not.

Sometimes though, celebrity purchases can get outlandish.

From a $200,000 ticket to space to a Mongolian dinosaur skull, these are the most absurd celebrity purchases of all time.

Kim Basinger purchased the township of Braselton, Georgia.

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In 1989, Georgia-native and actress Basinger as well as other investors bought 1,751 acres of the 2,000-acre town for $20 million. She wanted to turn the town's farmland into a tourist attraction and film studio.

In 1995, the town was auctioned off as part of Basinger's bankruptcy.

Magic Johnson bought 30 Burger King franchises.

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Like many athletes, Magic Johnson turned his post-sports career into a business. While many thread their athletic image with health foods, Johnson decided to go into Burger King franchising in 2004. 

He also built 105 Starbucks franchises (and later sold them), but he's still hanging on to those Burger Kings.

Katy Perry bought Russell Brand a $200,000 ticket to space.

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For his 35th birthday in 2010, Perry bought her then-fiance Brand a ticket for Richard Branson's spaceship company Virgin Galactic.

It's not really clear what happened to the ticket since the couple divorced, but it wouldn't be surprising if Perry still wants to send Brand to space.

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