It’s no secret that celebrities have die hard fans or stans for that matter that will go all out and do crazy things for their favorite celebrity. This includes buying celebrity memorabilia. There is nothing wrong with purchasing items that celebrities once owned or used. But at what point does celebrity memorabilia become completely weird? Is it when you’re going all out to buy precious locks of your favorite celebrities’ hair? What about a used pregnancy test? Or even some leftover food they didn’t finish? There are definitely some fans out there that would spend top dollar on anything that belongs to their favorite celebrity, even if it may come across as a little weird or creepy. Whatever floats your boat, if this is the closest you can get to coming in contact with your favorite celebrity, then go it! TheCelebrityCafe.com takes a look at the Top 10 weirdest items of celebrity memorabilia ever sold.
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10. William Shatner’s Kidney Stone
William Shatner sold his kidney stone to one fan through an online casino for $25,000. The proceeds went to charity. The stone was so big that Shatner said, "You'd want to wear it on your finger".
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9. Marilyn Monroe’s X-Rays
In 2013, Marilyn Monroe’s x-rays and medical files were sold at Julien’s Auction. The medical files revealed Monroe’s pregnancy in 1957 as well as a cartilage implant she had done to her chin to fix a deformity and procedures done to alter her nose, Complex reports.
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8. Gary Coleman’s sweatpants
The late actor, Gary Coleman’s, sweatpants earned $400,000 at an auction before they were exposed as fraudulent. Jimmy Kimmel eventually bought the pants for $500.
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Michael Jackson’s Burnt Hair
Strands from Michael Jackson’s hair that caught fire while he was filming a commercial for Pepsi in 1984 were sold for $1,845 shortly after his death. The executive producer of the commercial, Ralph Cohen, reportedly collected the hair and kept them for years before selling them.
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6. Justin Timberlake’s Leftovers
The DJ from radio station Z-100 in New York decided to sell the remainder of Justin Timberlake’s French Toast on eBay. One teen bought the French Toast for $1,025. So what did she do with the French Toast? ”I’ll probably freeze-dry it, then seal it…then put it on my dresser,” she said at the time.
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5. Britney Spear’s Pregnancy Test
In 2005, someone pulled Britney Spears positive pregnancy test out of the trash at a hotel she was staying at with ex-husband, Kevin Federline. The test was sold to a radio station and then put up for auction, where it was eventually bought for $5,001.
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4. Scarlett Johansson’s Used Tissue
In 2008, Scarlett Johannsson auctioned off the tissue she used on the Tonight Show after catching a cold from Samuel L. Jackson. She donated the $5,300 she earned from the tissue to USA Harvest.
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3. The Osbourne’s Lamp
In 2007, a lamp with a naked female figure shaped base was sold for $2,500. The lamp is believed to have caused the 2006 fire at the Osbourne’s house.
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2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s air
A jar of the air surrounding Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, which was said to have caught their breath as they walked down the red carpet was sold for $523 on eBay. Huffington Post reports the advertisement for the jar on eBay read, "Be the first to win this jar of Celebrity air, which may contain air molecules that came in direct contact with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt."
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1. Justin Bieber
A lock of Justin Bieber’s hair was sold on eBay in a signed box for $40,668 as part of eBay’s charity sale after Bieber handed them over to Ellen DeGeneres. The money was donated to an animal rescue foundation.