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"There's a sucker born every minute."
--P.T. Barnum

Two sisters, looking for $10 on e-Bay, instead got $1350 for a cornflake shaped like the state of Illinois.

It was not reported the brand of corn flake.

$1,350 was the winning bid late Friday on eBay.

"We already have the money," a joyous Melissa McIntire, 23, one of the Chesapeake sisters selling the item, said minutes after the sale ended and the winner made an electronic payment.

"We are so excited," McIntire said. "There's a lot of good spirit here. We're still amazed we sold a corn flake for over $1,000! Who would have thought?"

Melissa's 15-year-old sister, Emily, found the flake earlier this month. They decided to sell it on eBay.

There were 68 bids from 29 bidders. The highest had appeared to be $1,325, placed Thursday at 3:26 p.m. Then, just six seconds before the close of bidding, TriviaMania.com boosted the price by $25.

The flake will now have a new home as part of the "Traveling Trivia Trove, which is a traveling museum of pop culture," McIntire said.

So.....what's the big deal? I found several foods shaped like states.

Wonder what I could get for these?

Floridasparagus


Teggsas




Toast shaped like Wyoming


California shaped pork sausage





Tennessee shaped bacon

The sale (of the cornflake) also generated a host of other related sales, including an offer of a picture of Illinois favorite son and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, with twin images of the flake (one reversed) in place of his ears. The top bid was $1.74.

by RidesAPaleHorse
images: RAPH
Sources:
* A Cereal Killing on E-bay
* Illinois-shaped Cornflake Fetches $1350 on e-Bay



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Always wanted to be a mass murderer, but never had the time or opportunity? Well now you can feel like one as you ride down the road in your 1973 Mercedes-Benz Pol Pot Special Edition Killer!

[Note: The four on the floor might be bodies.]

If you got the bucks, E-bay's got the car. From der Spiegel:

He was one of the most brutal dictators of the 20th century. Now Pol Pot's car is up for grabs on eBay. A Brit is offering the 1973 Mercedes Limousine that is said to have once belonged to the Cambodian dictator for 35,000 pounds.

"For Sale - one classic 1973 Mercedes Benz Stretch Limousine (short-wheel base stretch) -- previously used by one infamous owner -- Pol Pot who led the Khmer Rouge during its genocidal regime in Cambodia from 1975-1979." This is the tantalizing, if morally dubious, offer to car shoppers on eBay. The going price is 35,000 pounds (about €50,000 or $72,000).

Want to bid on an authentic slice of genocidal 20th-century history? Here's the page to bid on E-bay.
Current bid at post: $71,799.00.

Okay campers. Let the bidding begin.

by Mondoreb & Little Baby Ginn
[photo: Ebay]



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