A lump of chewing gum masticated by pop star Britney Spears sold for $263. It was scraped off the floor of a London hotel where she had stayed and put up for sale online.
A man from Arizona sold an "air guitar" for $5.50.
A 10-year-old toasted cheese sandwich said to bear grill-marks with an uncanny resemblance to the Virgin Mary was sold on eBay for $28,000. The seller, Diane Duyser, said the toastie had never gone mouldy, and had brought her good luck, including a $70,000 win at a Florida casino. The original "Hollywood" sign sold for $450,400 in 2005. In June 2005, the wife of DJ Tim Shaw sold his Lotus Esprit on eBay at a "Buy it now" price of 50p after hearing him flirting live on air with the model Jodie Marsh. Legend has it that a "vampire-killing kit" was sold for $4,550. The mahogany box contained a crossbow, silver-tipped arrows, a wooden stake and holy water. The meaning of life: eight people slugged it out for the chance to win the answer to this age-old question. It fetched the princely sum of $3.26. A man sold his ex-wife's wedding dress online for £3,850. The listing was accompanied by a picture of the man modelling the dress. A man from Arizona sold an "air guitar" for $5.50. A Volkswagen Golf previously owned by Pope Benedict XVI sold on eBay's German site for €188,938.88. It was bought by online casino GoldenPalace.com. An enterprising Coventry University student sold a single cornflake for £1.20.via telegraph
