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By DEPARTMENT Wednesday, Mar. 08, 2006

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Women spend more than men annually on clothing, beauty products and accessories, but when asked about the most they ever paid for individual items, men outspend women in almost every category with the exception of handbags. People's favorite "extravagant" luxury purchases include the 2005 S-Type Jaguar, an 18-karat gold Tiffany ring and the Porsche 911 Cabriolet

What is the most that you have ever spent on yourself or somebody else on ...

Handbag Pair of shoes Jewelry Never purchased 22% 3% 3% $100 or less 22% 26% 13% $101 to $300 26% 51% 13% $301 to $500 14% 12% 8% $501 to $750 6% 5% 7% $751 to $1,000 5% 1% 8% $1,001 to $1,999 3% 1% 8% $2,000 or more 2% 2% 40%

This TIME magazine poll of 603 adult Americans with household income of at least $150,000 was conducted via the Internet Jan. 12-17 by SRBI Public Affairs. The median household income of respondents was $206,300. The margin of error is ±4 percentage points. Margin of error is higher for subgroups.