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The Internet is full of one-off examples of silly over priced auctions and purchaces. This doesn't nessesarily mean that such an item could command that price again, but more like some fool with too much money decided to blow some of it on something they thought would be funny, or would give them the impression of novelty.

• Potato Salad Kickstarter ($55,492)
• Pretty much any posting on Rich Kids of Instagram ($168k bar tab?)
• Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday Mr. President" Dress ($1,267,500)
• Lock of Elvis Presly's Hair ($115,000)
• Any painting by Jackson Pollock (or any number of other "artists")

And so on...