We all want a piece of our favourite celebrities. But how much would you pay for a literal piece of them? For some diehard fans, it could be quite a bit…
A golf ball once played by James Bond author Ian Fleming is expected to sell for £4,000, as the Daily Star revealed this week. If you’re not a 007 fan, you might not think it’s worth the, ahem, money(penny).
However, that’s nothing compared to the other bespoke – frankly bizarre! – celeb memorabilia diehard devotees have splashed out on over the years…
Fang-girling: Beatlesmania hit icky extremes when a John Lennon superfan forked out for one of his gnashers. In 2011, an extracted tooth belonging to the late music ledge went up for sale. He had ‘gifted’ the rotten molar to his housekeeper Dot Jarlett.
Fittingly, the not-so-pearly white was sold for £19k to a Canadian dentist. Can only Imagine where they keep it…
Piece of Me: Turns out poor Britney Spears can’t even enjoy a stick of gum in peace. Back in 2004, there was a whole lotta, erm, Hubba-Bubba-baloo when bidding reached over £10.6k for a squished-up ball of the sweet stuff apparently chewed by the pop princess. Brit much, if you ask me!
Breadwinner: At the peak of his fame with noughties boy band NSYNC, Justin Timberlake tucked into brekkie at New York radio station Z-100 amid a promo blitz.
Young JT didn’t finish his French toast, so the show’s hosts shopped the leftovers to a fan for £805. “I’ll probably freeze-dry it, seal it… then put it on my dresser,” she said. Talk about earning your crust.
Madge for it: Some folks are so obsessed with Madonna that they would cough up cash for just about anything she owned. Her iconic conical bra? Understandable. But an old credit card that expired in August 1990? Hmm.
The Queen of Pop’s defunct bit of plastic was swiped for £1,940 in November 2016.
A load of Shat: Trust Star Trek fave William Shatner to boldly go where few other celebs would dare. In 2006, he auctioned his kidney stone for a whopping £18.9k.
When it was removed, it was so big, Shat boasted: “You’d want to wear it on your finger. If you subject it to extreme heat, it might turn out to be a diamond.”
‘Glad’ you came: A-lister Russell Crowe gave away a bunch of movie memorabilia at his 2018 Art of Divorce auction, marking his split from missus Danielle Spence.
US chat show host John Oliver paid £6,474 for the jockstrap he wore for Gladiator, gushing: “[It is] a big price to pay for what Russell’s balls smelled like in 2005.”
Bless you!: Savvy Scarlett Johansson knows even her mucus can be a real moneymaker. During an appearance on The Tonight Show in 2008, host Jay Leno handed her a tissue because she needed to blow her nose.
The actress went on to raise £4,018 for charity by placing the snot rag on eBay.
Nailed it: Claws in the air for Lady Gaga’s rabid Little Monsters, whose adoration for their idol knows no bounds. In 2012, one of her black-and-gold acrylic nails was nabbed for £9k.
A crew member found the falsie backstage at a gig and initially thought it was a guitar pick. Wonder how much a toenail would’ve raked in…
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
