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25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:15pm On Feb 09, 2017
In 2008, two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped cornflake on eBay for $1,350. The winner of the auction, which lasted for more than a week, wanted to add the unique cornflake to his traveling museum.

http://list25.com/25-most-bizarre-things-ever-sold-on-ebay/5/

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by UD101(m): 3:16pm On Feb 09, 2017
FTC, but where d remaining 24?
Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:18pm On Feb 09, 2017
In December 2004, water that was said to have been left in a cup Elvis Presley once drank from was sold for $455. The few tablespoons came from a plastic cup Presley supposedly sipped at a concert in North Carolina in 1977.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:19pm On Feb 09, 2017
Web developer Andrew Fischer decided to auction his forehead as an ad space for a temporary tattoo. Fisher´s forehead was bought by a company called SnoreStop for staggering $37,375 in 2005.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:21pm On Feb 09, 2017
In February 2000, an unknown North Carolina resident auctioned “meaning of life.” His description stated “I have discovered the reason for existence, and will be happy to share this information with the highest bidder.” It sold for $3.26.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:23pm On Feb 09, 2017
An elaborately fashioned guinea pig suit of armor became the hit of e-Bay auctioning in 2013. The first final bid was a stunning $24,300, however the original bidder backed out and the item was re-listed on E-bay. The final bid came to $1,150.00. According to the product’s description, the profit was to be used by the Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue, a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and finding new homes for unwanted guinea pigs.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:27pm On Feb 09, 2017
A jar found in an abandoned cemetery reportedly haunted by a ghost was put up for auction by an Arkansas seller and sold for just under $56,000. The owner of the ghost was apparently being terrorized by the ghost in the jar and wanted to get rid of it. He stated in the description that he would not be responsible for what happens to the jar’s new owner.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:28pm On Feb 09, 2017
August 2009, an unemployed mother of six from South Arkansas auctioned off the legal rights to name her unborn child. The “item” was eventually sold for $6,800 but the winning bidder told the woman he just wanted to help her and had no intentions of naming her baby.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:33pm On Feb 09, 2017
There are tens of thousands of meteorite specimens known to science but just over a hundred of them come from Mars, which is why the Martian meteorite named Zagami sold for whopping $450,000 in an auction in 2003.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:34pm On Feb 09, 2017
To raise money for a charity, a lunch with Warren Buffet is auctioned on eBay every year and it usually fetches a significant amount of money to the charity. In 2010, the final bid exceeded all expectations as an unknown bidder paid staggering $2.6 million for the lunch with the business magnate

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:36pm On Feb 09, 2017
After Britney Spears went on one of her rants resulting in all of her hair being cut off, the salon put her hair on eBay in hopes of making a quick fortune as they set the starting bid at $1 million. However, due to eBay’s policy, the auction was removed.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:37pm On Feb 09, 2017
In May 2008, Paul Osborn from the United Kingdom listed his wife Sharon for sale on eBay, alleging that she had an affair with a coworker.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by Connoisseur(m): 3:40pm On Feb 09, 2017
RoyalBlak007:
There are tens of thousands of meteorite specimens known to science but just over a hundred of them come from Mars, which is why the Martian meteorite named Zagami sold for whopping $450,000 in an auction in 2003.

Did the write up just mentionNigeria?
Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:40pm On Feb 09, 2017
After a heartbreaking divorce, Ian Usher from the UK was sick of his life so he decided to start over and sell his old life including all his possession, house and even his job in an auction. After an unknown bidder bought his life for more than $300,000, Usher used the money to purchase a deserted island in the Caribbean where he has been living a happy life since then.

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by chuksp09(m): 3:41pm On Feb 09, 2017
RoyalBlak007:
There are tens of thousands of meteorite specimens known to science but just over a hundred of them come from Mars, which is why the Martian meteorite named Zagami sold for whopping $450,000 in an auction in 2003.

U have any idea why "Nigeria" was inscribed on that slab?

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Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by dayleke: 3:42pm On Feb 09, 2017
Very funny
Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:43pm On Feb 09, 2017
In 2011, a latex Halloween mask of Casey Anthony, an American woman accused and later acquitted of murdering her two-year old daughter, was sold on eBay for $1 million. The mask was described as “possibly the most frightening mask on the planet.”

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:44pm On Feb 09, 2017
chuksp09:


U have any idea why "Nigeria" was inscribed on that slab?

I have no idea

Probably the meteorite fell in Nigeria..
Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:45pm On Feb 09, 2017
Connoisseur:


Did the write up just mentionNigeria?

Yes...
clearly written....
Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by RoyalBlak007: 3:47pm On Feb 09, 2017
Auctioned by the Ottawa radio station Hot 89.9, a positive pregnancy test that allegedly belonged to Britney Spears sold for $5,001 in 2005. The test was found in the waste basket of the singer´s bathroom in a hotel in Los Angeles where she stayed with her then husband Kevin Federline

Re: 25 Most Bizarre Things Ever Sold On Ebay by Abbeyme: 4:23pm On Feb 09, 2017
Nice compilation.

Good reading

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