Share

A tiny bag, a discoloured tooth, a chip and a banana – see the auction items that fetched jawdropping amounts

accreditation
Share your Subscriber Article
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend!
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
loading...
Loading, please wait...
0:00
play article
Subscribers can listen to this article
A Dorito chip, pointing man and a banana are some of the quirky and odd items that have been auctioned. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Alamy)
A Dorito chip, pointing man and a banana are some of the quirky and odd items that have been auctioned. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Alamy)

It's so small it’s practically invisible to the naked eye – but the price tag of this microscopic bag is anything but tiny.

It’s smaller “than a grain of sea salt and narrow enough to pass through the eye of a needle”, say its creators, the Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF. That’s roughly 0,762mm wide.

Yet the teeny florescent neon-green bag bearing Louis Vuitton’s signature monogram sold for a whopping $63 750 (R1,19m) at an online auction.

Read this for free
South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.
Try our free 14-day trial
Already a subscriber? Sign in
heading
description
username
Show Comments ()