Nomenus Quarterly: World's Most Expensive Magazine

Posted on July 16, 2009

The price of the world's most expensive magazine has actually increased in cost per issue during the recession. The quarterly publication called Nomenus Quarterly will cost you $6,000 for one issue according to Moment.

So, given the current economic climate, it's a little cheeky that Erik Madigan Heck, the publication's founder and editor in chief, has slashed the print run to 10 copies from 50 and raised the price to $6,500. For the cost of an entry-level Birkin, the new, seventh issue includes work by the artists Anselm Kiefer and Lucian Freud, the photographers Adam Fuss and Roger Bollan, and a tribute to Ann Demeulemeester men's wear (above) - shot, by Heck, in the style of the Italian photographer Mario Giacomelli's studies of young priests.

The small print run is part of the reason for the cost of Nomenus. Trendhunter notes that the print run for each issue is just ten copies making it a collector's item.