Collecting bones, abandoned land, and ladies' used shoes: the hobbies of
someone with a lot of weird secrets? Nope, we're talking about Leonardo DiCaprio.
Keep watching to find out the other unusual items he's collected using his enormous wealth.
Real estate is a venture that's yielded great dividends for DiCaprio,
but it's hard to keep up with his excessive property inventory. In December 2021,
the actor put down nearly $10 million for a Beverly Hills home boasting 5,000 square feet,
including 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. Just a few months earlier, he bought a two-story,
3,300 square-foot Malibu beach house worth $13.8 million.
Meanwhile, DiCaprio's also been developing a $23 million Paradise Cove lot he bought in 2017,
which is reportedly next door to a mansion owned by Courteney Cox.
And he still has his first acquisition of two Hollywood Hills lots,
one of which Madonna previously owned, that he bought for $4 million in 1994.
Even more homes he once owned included a $1.56 million Spanish-style abode in Silver Lake,
and a $2.2 million ranch outside Los Angeles.
In 2022, he reportedly sold a Malibu Beach home for $10.3 million.
It's safe to say that Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't live in all of those palatial pads he owns.
In 2021, the actor acquired a $7.1 million,
5,000 square-foot Spanish Colonial mansion for his mother, which was previously owned
by "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, actor Robert Pattinson, and singer Gwen Stefani.
Three years earlier, Leo bought his dad, George DiCaprio, a $5 million Tudor-style Los Feliz home,
from its previous owner, recording artist Moby.
But in January 2022, DiCaprio was already preparing to unload the property.
DiCaprio has also developed a nice revenue stream by renting out some of his inventory,
such as a 3-bedroom Malibu Beach bungalow he paid $1.6 million for in 1998, but only if you
can afford the $25,000 monthly rental fee. More luxurious is a 6-bedroom Palm Springs
home he reportedly purchased for $5.2 million in 2014 and rents out for $3,750 a night. Built
in 1964 for singer Dinah Shore, the home includes a tennis court and a guest house.
"You make a lot of money?"
"Yeah, I do alright for myself."
Leonardo DiCaprio hasn't based his entire real estate empire in California.
He's also put money down on properties in New York, including an eco-friendly,
self-sustaining condo in Battery Park he bought in 2008 for $3.67 million.
He was so taken by the solar-powered Riverpark complex built with non-pollutant materials,
he even purchased a next-door unit for $8 million, telling New York Magazine,
"Riverhouse is a prime example of how green technology is both accessible and achievable
for new residential developments. It is a groundbreaking building."
The property includes a rooftop garden, a swimming pool,
a yoga studio, and even a doggie spa. But DiCaprio probably relishes the company he keeps,
including like-minded celebrity residents like Oliver Stone and Sacha Baron Cohen.
"Very nice."
In 2014, DiCaprio also bought a 3,700 square-foot wellness condo in the West
Village for $10 million, apparently drawn by such amenities as vitamin C-infused showers,
built-in aromatherapy, circadian lighting systems, and even a private greenhouse.
But it turns out he didn't spend enough time in the 3-bedroom suite to warrant keeping it.
DiCaprio reportedly sold the space two years later for $8 million, losing $2 million in the process.
Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't merely dabble in real estate; he also includes in his holdings his own
island, a 104-acre atoll called Blackadore Caye just off the coast of Belize. He became co-owner
of the island for $1.75 million after being inspired by the rustic scenery of mainland Belize.
DiCaprio had planned to open an eco-friendly resort in hopes that it would be the most
luxurious development of its kind in the world, with a 118-suite lodge, 48 private residences,
and 68 villas, all reliant on green energy. The actor planned to add natural nurseries
to bolster the island's surrounding wildlife and plant life. He told The New York Times,
"I couldn't have gone to Belize and built on an island [...] if it weren't for the idea
that it could be groundbreaking in the environmental movement."
DiCaprio's biggest opponents happen to be locals and environmentalists
fearing that construction will damage the island's natural ecosystem.
Ever since DiCaprio made his plans public in 2018, there's been no hint of development on the island.
When it comes to cars, DiCaprio is more into fuel mileage than speed. In other words,
the fewer emissions his vehicles create, the greater the benefits to the environment.
It wasn't always this way for Leo, whose first four-wheeler was a vintage Ford Mustang.
But when the environmental activism bug bit the actor, he shifted his sensibilities toward green
energy. Five years later, Leo became the first person to own a Fisker Karma hybrid,
worth about $95,900 at the time. In an interview with Reuters, designer Henrik Fisker said that
he was moved to create their model when they saw Leo driving his Toyota Prius hybrid car.
Arguably, his pride and joy would be the $200,000 Tesla Roadster he's rumored to have purchased. The
electric vehicle inspired DiCaprio to team up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk to work on an eco-documentary,
Before the Flood. The star also once told Top Gear that he had a Lexus hybrid, and per unconfirmed
reports, he may or may not have bought a decidedly environmentally-unfriendly Porsche Cayenne.
DiCaprio's association with fine art seems karmic, given that his father and mother
came up with his name while standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci artwork at
the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. DiCaprio told Barbara Walters on 20/20,
"My dad, being the man that picks up on cosmic messages, said that 'His name must be Leonardo.'"
Once DiCaprio was wealthy enough to purchase some classic works, he didn't waste any time,
reportedly snapping up pieces by Walton Ford, and Oscar Murillo. Over the past decade, DiCaprio's
tastes have since expanded to include artwork by Ed Ruscha, Takashi Murakami, and Polish eccentric
Stanislaw Szukalski, who became the subject of a 2018 Netflix documentary produced by the actor.
DiCaprio rarely talks about his collection, but it's enough for trade website ARTnews
to rank Leo among the world's top 200 art collectors. However, some works he owns have
been controversial. In 2017, DiCaprio surrendered to the FBI a $9-million Jean-Michel Basquiat work
as well as a $3.2-million Pablo Picasso painting as part of a money laundering investigation. At
the time, authorities were focusing on the activities of Malaysian investor Jho Low,
who helped fund "The Wolf of Wall Street," a Martin Scorsese film that starred DiCaprio.
If Leonardo DiCaprio is really worth roughly a quarter of a billion dollars,
it helps to look the part. He's come a long way since his days on the series "Growing Pains";
today, he dresses up to the nines.
His favorite designer has long been his personal friend, Georgio Armani.
The fashion icon frequently customizes the star with his signature timeless attire telling GQ,
"I have dressed him on many occasions, on the red carpet, but also on set. [...] He is a
perfect example of an inconspicuous elegance that can always be appreciated, everywhere."
The pair has resulted in Armani designing suits for DiCaprio to wear at the Oscars in 2016,
when he won the best actor trophy for "The Revenant." The designer made
him look very much like the stock market high-roller in "The Wolf of Wall Street,"
and a celebrated patron at high-profile events like the Cannes Film Festival.
"When I have to face my problems, I show up in the back of a limo,
wearing a $2000 suit, and a $40,000 gold f—--g watch."
DiCaprio has starred in a number of flicks that qualify as modern classics,
from "Titanic" to "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood," but he's also a big
fan of vintage films from yesteryear and the memorabilia that comes with them.
Probably his most expensive cinematic connection is a pair of ruby red shoes from the 1939 classic
"The Wizard of Oz." DiCaprio and a group of donors provided the $2
million for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to acquire the slippers in 2012.
Garland wore at least four different pairs of the red pumps while filming,
although the ones DiCaprio is linked to were reportedly used most frequently on the set.
In 2013, DiCaprio became a co-owner of the legendary upright piano used by actor and
musician Dooley Wilson in the 1942 epic "Casablanca." The iconic instrument,
which brought star Humphrey Bogart to tears while Dooley played "As Time Goes By",
was slated for display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
And to demonstrate that he's as normal as any other Star Wars fan, DiCaprio amassed 150 Star
Wars action figures, including one vinyl caped Jawa that eventually sold for $4,500
when the star auctioned them all off in 2006 for his foundation's environmental protection efforts.
The grand total? $100,000.
But he still has a few more novelty items to add, like an electric guitar
previously owned by U2 lead singer Bono, which he obtained for $100,000 in 2016 at a Beverly Hills
charity auction for Haitian relief. Evidently, Leo passed on a ukulele auction item owned by Madonna,
who promised to kiss the four-stringer once the final bid went through, according to NME.
DiCaprio also collects dinosaur fossils, and once lost a bidding war to Nicolas Cage
over a prehistoric skull that went for $276,000. But that's not the only one;
there was a dinosaur skull that he sold to Russell Crowe for a price potentially
between $30,000 and $35,000. Crowe later recalled the transaction to Howard Stern.
"There was a bunch of vodka involved in that transaction."
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