The most popular item on eBay today is not a rare signed copy of Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone.' Nope. It's a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich with a running price of over $16,000.
Did we mention that it bears the image of the Virgin Mary in its toasted center?
Diana Duyser put the sandwich up for auction last week and began drawing bids as high as $22,000 before eBay told her to 'hold the cheese!'
An eBay spokesman said the listing was removed because officials questioned whether Duyser could deliver the product, and sent an email to her announcing that eBay 'does not allow listings that are intended as jokes.'
Duyser, a jewelry designer who has bought and sold items on eBay for two years, assured eBay that the Virgin Mary grilled cheese was no laughing matter, and she was allowed to put it back up on the block.
Duyser said that she made the sandwich 10 years ago and on plain white bread and American cheese and cooked with no oil or butter.
'When I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me,' Duyser described the Holy moment. 'It was Virgin Mary starring back at me, I was in total shock...'
The sandwich is sealed in a plastic container, but Duyser specifies that the delicacy is not suitable for consumption.
'I would like to point out there is no mold or disintigration,' Duyser writes. 'It is like a miracle. It has just preserved itself which in itself I consider a miracle...'
For those potential buyers who are skeptical over the saintly powers of the grilled cheese sandwich, Duyser has said that since having the tasty treat in her possession, she's won a total of $70,000 at a local casino
'I can show the receipts to the high bidder if they are interested,' she offers.
The grilled cheese Virgin Mary is now taking bids on eBay, alongside other items, such as chewing gum bearing the image of the Virgin Mary and the Olsen Twins, and tee shirts bearing the image of the grilled cheese sandwich.