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The most delusional Internet auctions

Surely you've ever seen on TV, even if it's zapping, one of those auction programs in which the opponents bid for storage rooms or containers and inside find everything from collections of cards or books to motorcycles, passing for machinery, antiques or weapons.But it is not necessary to search in storage rooms, on the internet we can find treasures of the most curious.And if you do not believe it, here are the 15 rarest things that have been auctioned on eBay :

Britney's gum : A fan took the gum that the American singer chewed during her Wembley concert in 2000 and decided to auction it.

The most delusional Internet auctions

Britney's gum reached $ 14,000.A vegetable sandwich was sold later than the singer did not end for 500 dollars. Michael Jackson's underpants : we continue with the fenom eno fan.The Pop King's underpants sold for a million dollars, but not only had they belonged to Michael Jackson, they were also a test used in the 2003 sexual abuse scandal. Human organs : Although the sale of organs is illegal, an American took his liver up for auction on eBay.When the bid was for 5.7 million dollars, the authorities canceled the auction.What can be sold are the kidney stones William Shatner , Kirk in 'Star Trek', sold one of his own for $ 28,000. Food that looks like things : someone made a sandwich so that the shape of the Virgin Mary is intuited on bread.He decided to auction it on the internet and sold his work for $ 28,000, unless he paid for a cereal flake with the silhouette of the state of Illinois ($ 1,350) or for a Dorito rolled in the form of papal Miter ($ 1,200). One grandmother : very few of us would exchange our grandmother for anything, however, an English girl of 10 years decided to sell it on eBay highlighting that it was “annoying but mimosa.” Logically, eBay canceled a bid that reached $ 2 million in a few hours. Her daughter's name : no We can auction people, but if her name.During her pregnancy, an American woman took her future daughter's name up for auction.

The most delusional Internet auctions

Golden Palace, an online casino, put 15,500 dollars on the table so that the girl was called Golden Palace Benedetto. Advertising on the forehead : less It cost Golden Palace to get the advertising rights on Andrey Fischer's forehead that he decided to auction them for a month.They sold for 322 dollars, and Fischer took the tattooed casino website on his forehead for 30 days.Luckily for He was a temporary tattoo. His virginity : Catarina Migliorini, a young b Rasilena, she put her virginity up for auction because she wanted money to travel and know the world.Migiori said she was romantic and would never engage in sex for money.The bid reached 780,000 dollars and, despite getting to know the Japanese author of the bid , he leaned back despite recording a report for the television telling his story.Finally, he opened his own website where he again auctioned his virginity. A life : after his divorce Ian Uscher decided to make a new account, but this 48-year-old Englishman based in Australia took it to the letter and put up for sale his car, his house, his friends and hobbies such as diving with sharks, a course to fly airplanes and the rights to make a movie about his life-script included-.The winning bid exceeded 200,000 euros. Ghosts : There are several spooky auctions on eBay.For example, that of an American who claimed to have a ghost in an old jar, although the page I cancel to offer.Another user took out his vase with a ghost because it literally terrified him and he couldn't take it anymore.

The most delusional Internet auctions

After announcing it all over the world, the bid reached 50,000 dollars...although in the end the ghost was the buyer, who never appeared. An anti-vampire kit : some are scared of ghosts and others are vampires.anti-vampire kit auctioned on eBay included a wooden hammer, four stakes, the prayer book, a knife, scissors holy soil boats, holy water, anointing oil, holy incense, red and blue sera, a secret potion, a cross of wood or a garlic.It was sold for 2005.50 dollars, although the seller priced it between 29,000 and 51,000 dollars. The window from where Kennedy was killed : the historical objects are the most coveted at auctions Just explain that the frame and the window from where Lee Harvey Oswald murdered John Kennedy were sold on eBay for $ 3,001,501. One vote : now that the elections are approaching, it's not bad Remember the story of a student at the University of Minnesota who put his vote on eBay for sale in the face of the 2008 US elections.However, since 1893 a law prohibiting the sale of votes is in force, eBay withdraws the bid and the student was charged with bribery. Countries and citizens des : An Australian citizen could think of nothing better than auctioning off neighboring New Zealand for a penny.When the bid reached 2,000 Australian dollars, eBay withdrew because it could not prove to whom the oceanic country belonged On the other hand, Bobby Cave, owner of Albert, a ghost town in Texas, took it out for sale in 2007 for 2.5 million dollars.Two years later, Albert returned to the market for 883,000 dollars.Iceland was also put to the sale-and withdrawal-specifying that Bjork was not in the bid. Rhinoceros droppings : we end up with one of the most curious stories.The Rhino Foundation, which protects these animals in danger of extinction, decided auction the rhinoceros droppings to raise funds, a fairly original way to draw attention to their struggle.

And you, what is the weirdest thing you have found or sold online?

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