Cornflake “shaped like Illinois” sold for $1350 on eBay

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in March 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

A cornflake shaped like the state of Illinois has been sold on eBay for $1350. The cornflake was bought by the owner of a trivia website; Monty Kerr from Trivia Mania says he is starting a collection of pop culture and Americana items.

The cornflake was sold by two sisters from Virginia. It had been listed once before but the auction was cancelled as it violated eBay’s food policies. This time, they sold a coupon which the lucky winner will be able to redeem for the actual cornflake.

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Naturally the cornflake has caused a flurry of copy-cat listings, including a cornflake shaped like Ohio and a cornflake shaped like both Illinois and Ben Franklin.

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Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at 4:04 pm
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6 Responses to “Cornflake “shaped like Illinois” sold for $1350 on eBay”

  1. Biggles on March 22nd, 2008 7:18 pm

    A coupon. So I could sell a coupon for my kidney?

  2. justin time (to offer a thought). on March 25th, 2008 7:17 pm

    newsflash - the police are hunting down the cereal killer that trod on several cornflakes….. :twisted:

  3. Sue Bailey on March 25th, 2008 7:20 pm

    *groan*

  4. Chris Dawson on March 25th, 2008 7:31 pm

    Have you heard the one about the child in tears because they couldn’t do the jigsaw with the big red and green bird on the outside of the box?


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  5. justin time (to offer a thought). on March 25th, 2008 8:34 pm

    hi - great stuff :lol:

    but….

    wierd, i heard someones been selling those jigsaws with the big cock-a-doodle-doo on ebay, their boxes are full of blanks too.

    buyers can’t get their refunds ’cause they’re sold by some bogus op’ running out of china :wink:

    j.t.

  6. Josordoni on March 25th, 2008 9:10 pm

    buyers can’t get their refunds ’cause they’re sold by some bogus op’ running out of china :wink:

    I would have thought if they run out of china they could use a nice glass bowl….

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