Since eBay was created, weird and strange items have been sold to the highest bidder. So much so that there is even a strange and weird category on the website.
With that said, lets take a look at some REAL crazy items that have brought in big bucks on the electronic bidding platform!
Britney Spears has had her gum sold on eBay several times over the years, with the highest winning bid coming in around $500. Surprisingly, the chewed gum of ex British soccer manager, Alex Ferguson, sold for a whopping $500,000!
Then there was the ‘Sacred Sandwich’.
Diane Duyser saw saint Mary in a piece of toast and preserved said toast in an air-tight container filled with cotton balls. The woman held onto her relic for six years, and then sold it on eBay for $28,000!
An entire town was even auctioned off on eBay!
Bridgeville, California was listed on eBay for $700,000, and sold above the asking price for $1.8 million.
Creative, yet dumb marketing!
Karolyne Smith offered her forehead as ad space to the highest bidder. Her intentions were good, but the means she used to collect the funds are questionable. Karolyne needed money to help put her son through private school. Apparently, she wasn’t able to take out a loan, so the next obvious way to get cash was to auction her forehead for ad space. Supposedly, the tattoo artist and everyone in the tattoo shop spent seven hours trying to convince Karolyne not to get the tattoo, but she did it anyway. How much did she get? $10,000.
There was a follow-up article on Karolyne and her tattoo in 2018, over 13 years after the fact. Unfortunately, the money didn’t go as far as she thought it would, and at the time of the article, she was living in her parents’ basement.
Then there was the corn flake that looked like a state!
Three young ladies auctioned off a single corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois. What did they get for the flake? A whopping $1,300!
Want more? Check out the video below for other crazy things sold on eBay!