However, the brand’s library-worthy celestial globe, the Apollo 24, takes things to a whole new level of *extravagance*. The globe costs €23,500, which is the equivalent of roughly $25,000.

The 8″ Celestial Globe is fairly typical during the day, spinning like any other spherical map of the Earth while providing the illusion that you care about geography and global politics.

Split into two parts, it reveals an armillary sphere: a type of skeleton celestial globe that represents the movement of heavenly bodies through circles. This armillary sphere has a band around it ...

Copernican armillary sphere from set of two armillary spheres and a celestial globe constructed in paper on pasteboard with metal fitments supported on a decorative mahogany baluster base. Shows ...