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Britney Spears forehead, city and chewing gum: the strangest auction items

Each item costs as much as they are willing to pay for it. This rule of modern trading becomes especially evident when you get acquainted with online auctions. You can buy both real works of art and truly crazy things on them. Edition "Cultural Studies" collected a selection of the strangest lots, which, nevertheless, found their buyers who were ready to pay a fair amount for them.

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The most expensive

Interestingly, today you can put up anything for sale. So, for example, one American citizen decided to put up an ad space for sale ... on her forehead. For money, she was ready to decorate the most visible part of her face with a tattoo of any content.

За такой оригинальный лот разыгралась нешуточная битва, и через два дня его выиграло одно известное казино. За 10 тысяч долларов предприимчивая женщина превратила саму себя на всю жизнь в «ходячую рекламу». Надо отметить, что дама преследовала самые благие цели — вырученные деньги пошли на образование ее сына в престижном колледже.

Another woman in 2009 tried to sell the name of her unborn child. More precisely, the right to this very name. Before giving birth to a second offspring, she posted on eBay a lot with an unusual offer. Oddly enough, it aroused great interest among buyers, and in a few days the price reached 41 thousand dollars.

The service administration launched a real war, trying to ban such a kind of trade, and ultimately they were able to prove the illegality of this approach. The lot was deleted, and the deal was not completed, which may have saved the baby from long-term participation in the next advertising campaign.

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Музыкант Джеймс Блант подошел к делу еще более креативно и выставил на торги… собственную сестру. На самом деле, эта история выглядит гораздо более приличной, чем может показаться сначала. Дело заключалось в том, что девушке срочно нужно было попасть в Ирландию на похороны родственников, и в объявлении Джеймс написал о том, что «дама в беде и нуждается в помощи рыцаря». Рыцарь нашелся очень быстро, умчал благородную леди на частном вертолете, а затем еще и женился на ней как честный человек, так что все закончилось очень романтично.

"Star dust"

Of course, if we talk about madness, then the first place, of course, can be awarded to fans who idolize their idols and are ready for them for real feats. Among the most famous "rarities" sold through online auctions, you can find the most unusual things.

Britney Spears chewing gum for $ 216. The waiter from a London restaurant serving the star and managed to preserve this “relic” showed ingenuity.

A can with the very air that Angelina Jolly and Brad Pitt exhaled. It is difficult to say how the “sample fence” took place in this case, but the fan who bought the can for 530 dollars was probably very pleased. In any case, the idea of ​​such a product looks ingenious.

One of the most famous and expensive lots of this kind was a toast, half-eaten by Justin Timberlake. An unknown fan paid a little over three thousand dollars for him. When the stars finally realize that any remnants of their meals can be sold so expensively, the need for concerts is likely to disappear.

In 2012, a piece of the wedding cake of one famous couple was sold for almost a thousand dollars. This would not be so surprising if it were not about the wedding of the English Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. At the time of the sale to the sweet lot, it was already 65 years old, but, apparently, the queen really knows the secret of eternal vivacity, and she once tried it on this piece of cake.

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However, the following lots from the point of view of ordinary people look even less attractive. So, for example, at a charity auction for 5300 dollars, the used scarf Scarlett Johansson was sold. The high price is due to the fact that the star not only used it for its intended purpose, but also signed a "rarity".

Можно, конечно, долго рассуждать, стоил ли почечный камень актера из «Звездного пути» Уильяма Шатнера 25 тысяч долларов, а зубной протез Уинстона Черчилля — 24 тысячи, но раз купили, значит так оно и есть. Однако всех перещеголял фанат, который выложил за горсточку волос Элвиса Пресли 115 тысяч долларов. Кстати, такой лот продавался неоднократно. Всего лишь один волосок с головы Элвиса продали на аукционе в Барселоне за 1833 доллара. Собрал и сохранил эту ценность парикмахер певца. Возможно, что если когда-нибудь встанет вопрос о клонировании звезды, то данная покупка действительно окажется ценной.

Large purchases

For those who do not trifle and love serious acquisitions, there may also be suitable lots at auctions. For example, a few years ago a fragment of the Eiffel Tower was sold for 220 thousand dollars. A small spiral staircase was part of a temporary structure that Gustav Eiffel climbed in the year 1889 to inaugurate this famous building.

The whole city was put up for auction in 2002. Well, or rather, the town, because only 25 people constantly live in Bridgeville. The town is located 400 kilometers from San Francisco, and there was a buyer for 1 770 000 dollars. Interestingly, once sold, the city has since been resold two more times, but buyers in each case remained unknown.

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