Useless things can turn into golden goose eggs overnight. Here are the top 10 items that found the right person at the right time and were sold for crazy money in the 21st century.
10. Queen Elizabeth II's Wedding Cake
Yes, you read that right. In 2013, a slice of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding cake was auctioned off for £560.
Considering that 66 years had passed since the wedding, this piece of cake is hardly good for digestion. And the price for it seems extortionate. But what sacrifices would you not make for Her Majesty?
9. Britney Spears' Used Pregnancy Test
The test was allegedly found by a cleaning lady in a Los Angeles hotel room where Britney was staying. Although there is no direct evidence that the test actually belonged to the singer, it was put up on eBay, and online casino GoldenPalace.com bought it for $5,001.
8. The Holy Sandwich
In 2004, an unusual item appeared on eBay. It was a piece of grilled cheese bread that, according to its owner, Diane Deiser, had an image of the Virgin Mary on it.
Deyser kept the sandwich for over 10 years, and during that time it did not spoil (at least in appearance) and even helped the woman win $70,000 at a local casino. However, need forced her to part with the "sacred sandwich."
Over 100 thousand bets were made on the lot, and it was ultimately purchased by the online casino GoldenPalace.com for 28 thousand dollars.
7. Justin Bieber's Hair
In 2011, Justin appeared on the popular American show Ellen DeGeneres and offered her a lock of his hair on the condition that she auction it off and donate the proceeds to charity.
A small lock of the teen idol's hair sold for a ridiculous $40,668. Any amount donated to charity is commendable. But considering the winning bidder almost certainly wasn't going to donate his own money, it's likely that Bieber's hair was his target.
6. A cane with a ghost of a grandfather "as a bonus"
Children are always afraid of something. Some are afraid of spiders, some of the dark, some of everything at once. And one six-year-old boy in 2004 began to convince his mother that he was being haunted by the ghost of his recently deceased grandfather. He believed that the ghost was tied to his old cane, which had not yet been thrown out.
To dispel the boy's childhood fears, the boy's mother sold the cane along with the ghost on eBay. The lot price was $64,000. The buyer of the cane was the online casino GoldenPalace.com, which collects and collects rare and bizarre things.
5. Diamond Denture
You can't surprise anyone with a Hollywood smile anymore. But you can still do so with a prosthesis made of 156 diamonds and gold of the highest standard. This luxurious item, made in one of Dubai's clinics, is valued at 153 thousand dollars. You won't be able to chew with it, and that's not its purpose.
4. Banana glued to the wall
These days, anything can be considered contemporary art. So it's no surprise that an ordinary banana, held to a wall with a strip of duct tape, sold at auction for a whopping $120,000. And it's not some special fruit with hidden gems inside, it was bought at an ordinary supermarket.
The author of this masterpiece is the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, who specializes in the installation genre and is famous for his provocative work. I wonder if the banana instillation lost its value after being transferred to a new owner?
3. Scenario "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
In 2017, Christie's auctioned off the personal belongings of actress Audrey Hepburn, and raised over $5 million for them. Among these items was the script for the film Breakfast at Tiffany's, which was sold for $700,000.
Given that anyone could download a copy of the script from the web, the buyer was essentially paying for the oils Hepburn left on the pages. It's like buying high-end "streamer bath water."
2. A copy of Super Mario 64
In many ways, the game defined the way 3D platformers evolved, and to this day still regularly appears on "best games of all time" lists.
But Super Mario 64 is no longer young – it’s over 25 years old, and is available in reissues and ports. This makes it questionable whether a sealed Mario cartridge would cost $1,560,000, even if the box was in mint condition. Before the Heritage Auctions auction, the lot was valued at a modest $100,000.
Sure, for a video game collector, this is one of the most holy grails imaginable. However, all he got for $1.5 million was a plastic cartridge, a cardboard box, and a quick start guide.
1. Window with frame
This is both the most expensive window in the world and perhaps the most useless thing, sold for a fantastic sum. The only merit of this window is that Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of American President John F. Kennedy, once stood behind it.
A collector from the Netherlands bought this lot on eBay for $3 million.
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