Lemon believed to be 285 years old fetches 1,416 at UK auction
Briefly

We thought we'd have a bit of fun and put it (lemon) in the auction with an estimate of 40-60, said auctioneer David Brettell.
There are several examples in history of ordinary items fetching exorbitant prices in an auction. For example, in 2000, an eBay auction featured a piece of Justin Timberlake's half-eaten French toast at a New York radio station, fetching over 785. Another woman sold a piece of bubble gum that Britney Spears had chewed and spat out at a concert at Wembley Arena in 2000. The winning bid was about 10,000.
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