The Most Overpriced Junk Ever Sold On eBay
Every generation thinks it has witnessed peak nonsense, until someone logs into eBay and pays real money for something that should have stayed in a donation box. The site has become a global flea market where hope wrestles with common sense, and common sense rarely wins.
Some listings feel like jokes, others feel like dares, and a few seem crafted to see how far impulse buying can go. Still, buyers keep showing up, scrolling happily in search of their next treasure.
That is why this gallery exists to honor the most spectacularly overpriced junk people somehow managed to sell with a straight face.
Leftover Toast
Cold bread scraps abandoned by Justin Timberlake sold for $3,154, bought as if celebrity bite residue were sacred relics.
Forgotten Cups
Fast-food promotional cups from the 1980s reached $7,000, valued as a complete surviving lot.
Bieber Follicle
Justin Bieber’s clipped hair sold for $40,668, offered in 2011 as a celebrity charity keepsake.
Woods Golf Ball
Golf ball linked to Tiger Woods sold for $6,500, attributed to supposed athlete contact.
Forehead Ad
Man sold ad space on his forehead for $37,375, offering brands a 30-day billboard on his skin.
Pepsi Hair Spark
Bidders pushed it to $12,700 for what was claimed to be a tiny scorched curl from Michael Jackson’s Pepsi-set fire moment.
iPhone Slip
Original 2007 purchase receipt for an iPhone totaled $7,500, kept as early tech ephemera.
Melted T2 Eyeball
Collectors sent the price to $18,450 after a warped rubber eye from a damaged Terminator 2 animatronic surfaced online.
Signed Sneeze
Scarlett Johansson’s used tissue fetched $5,300, auctioned in 2008 with proceeds going to charity.
Alien Props
Nonfunctional prop weapons from Alien closed at $9,500, labeled as cult-film memorabilia.
Britney Bubble
A wad of Britney Spears’ chewed gum sold for $14,000, turning discarded pop-star saliva into pricey fan memorabilia.
Retired Jet Wheel
Discarded airplane wheel brought in $8,000, valued as industrial salvage.
Phelps Suit
Michael Phelps’s used swimwear went for $5,200, collected as athlete-worn gear.
Baywatch Relic
Pamela Anderson’s worn swimsuit landed at $5,500, sought for its 1990s TV provenance.
Berlin Rubble
Certified wall fragment from the Cold War era earned $15,000, marketed as historical debris.
Lennon Molar
John Lennon’s extracted tooth reached $31,000, acquired by a Canadian dentist in 2011.
Haunted Jar
Claims of a trapped spirit pushed this sealed jar to a reported $50,000, making paranormal hype unexpectedly profitable.
Life for Sale
Ian Usher’s house, job, and social circle were transferred for $380,000, framed as a full restart.
Baby-Name Rights
Naming control for a newborn went for $15,000, secured by a buyer promoting his website in 2009.
Virgin-Mary Melt
Ten-year-old grilled cheese showing a face pattern closed at $28,000, purchased by Golden Palace Casino.
