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In 2000, toast that was half-eaten by Justin Timberlake was sold to a 19-year-old fan for $1,025. It was put up for auction by radio station Z-100's DJ after Timberlake had left behind the toast on March 9 when he finished an interview at the station's studio.
In May of 2004, a cough drop that had been sucked on and spat out by then-Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was briefly listed on eBay with a starting price of $500.
In December 2004, water that was said to have been left in a cup Elvis Presley once drank from was sold for US$455. The few tablespoons came from a plastic cup Presley sipped at a concert in North Carolina in 1977.
Coventry University student Bill Bennett sold a single cornflake for £1.20 (US$1.63).
An Australian newspaper reported in December 2004 that a single piece of the Kellogg's breakfast cereal Nutri-Grain sold on eBay for A$1,035 because it happened to bear a slight resemblance to the character E.T. from the Steven Spielberg movie. Apparently the seller went on to make even more money in relation to the sale for his appearance on a nationally televised current affairs program.
In 2004, a partially eaten, 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary sold on eBay for $28,000.
In December 2005, a Brussels sprout cooked on Christmas Day was listed by "crazypavingpreacher" (Andrew Henderson of Darlington, England). It sold for £99.50 (US$134.85) on January 4, 2006. The sprout had been frozen and was sent by first class post in insulated packaging to the buyer, "5077phil". The listing was reported in the Daily Star, making the front page (and was followed by a series of "copycat" listings of various vegetables). The proceeds of the sale were donated to Tearfund, a major Christian relief and development agency working in the developing world.
In January 2006, a British man, Leigh Knight, sold an unwanted Brussels sprout left over from his Christmas dinner for £1550 (US$2100.72) in aid of cancer research.
In June 2021, a chicken nugget from a McDonald's BTS Meal shaped like a character from the video game Among Us sold for US$99,997. The seller of the chicken nugget also had szechuan sauce, and would ship the nugget with a packet of the sauce if the buyer requested so. Guinness World Records recognised it as the "most expensive chicken nugget sold at online auction".
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