Nebraska Woman Sells Presidential McNugget for $8,000+
By Kiri Tannenbaum
Before you say, "Who would pay $8,000 for a piece of old food," know this: the money went to charity.
Rebekah Speight of Dakota City, Nebraska, somehow managed to save a McDonald's Chicken McNugget that she purchased three years ago. At the time of her visit to the fast-food giant, her kids had a few leftover McNuggets. Just when she was going to toss them in the garbage, she realized the breading on one was fried up in such a way that, to her, it was the spitting image of George Washington. She pocketed the piece like discovered money and decided to save it for a rainy day.
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That day finally came last month, three years later, when she posted the Presidential McNugget on Ebay with the goal to raise funds to send 50 children to a youth summer camp run by her church, Family Worship Center. The online auction started out at a respectable $100 (it's an old piece of poultry after all), but her story was picked up by news stations and soon the item was viewed 40,000 times.
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When the bidding closed on Monday, the winner had posted $8,100. The sale went against Ebay's rules, which forbid auctioning of expired foods, but the company allowed Speight to make the transaction because the money was going to charity.
We're assuming the winner doesn't plan to eat the McNugget, but what exactly will that person do with it?
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Perhaps the buyer is one of the many avid collectors of foods that look like celebrities and other famous folks. Surprisingly, there are many people who consider these "natural" and unusual likenesses worth keeping. Here are a few of our favorites:
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This "Cheesus" Pizza received 26 bids and ultimately went for $153 Australian (about $160 U.S.)
The Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese
This 10-year-old grilled cheese with the image of the Virgin Mary on it went for a whopping $28,000.
The Kate Middleton Jelly Belly
A British couple found this royal look-a-like jelly bean, which they planned to sell at auction with an opening bid of £500 (roughly $807).
If you had the money and knew it was going to charity, would you pay for the old presidential nugget? What would you do with the nugget?
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