{"id":29344,"date":"2017-02-09T15:40:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T20:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=29344"},"modified":"2019-07-30T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:42:16","slug":"harambe-cheeto-sold-for-nearly-100000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/harambe-cheeto-sold-for-nearly-100000\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cheeto Sells for Nearly $100,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First we had the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/food-drink\/food\/a21918\/virgin-mary-grilled-cheese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virgin Mary&nbsp;grilled cheese sandwich<\/a>&nbsp;that fetched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenpalaceevents.com\/auctions\/grilledmary01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$28,000<\/a> on eBay in 2004. Thirteen years later, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Gorilla-Hot-Cheetos-RARE-One-of-a-Kind-Cheetos-Harambe-Gorilla-\/172504352676?nma=true&amp;si=DcfC7VvjdsBa23W2ESoLXcLxUKM%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheeto shaped like Harambe the gorilla<\/a>&nbsp;has supposedly sold for $99,900 (no, that&#8217;s not a typo).<\/p>\n<p>Measuring about 1 1\/2 inches in length, the Harambe Cheeto&nbsp;was advertised on eBay as a &#8220;one of a kind&#8221; item. The original Cheetos bag it came in was not included (presumably tossed after all of its contents were eaten), but the&nbsp;crunchy morsel will be shipped free of charge from Burbank, Calif. The cheese corn snack received 132 bids on eBay over 10 days, with the auction opening at $11.99 on Jan. 28 and ending Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I opened up a bag of Flamin Hot Cheetos and as soon as I looked inside I came across this unique Cheetos that looks like Harambe the gorilla,&#8221; the seller, named valuestampsinc, recalled in his listing. You may remember Harambe as the silverback gorilla who was <a href=\"http:\/\/cincinnatizoo.org\/harambe-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo<\/a> last May after a child fell into his enclosure. His death was a topic of contentious debate on the news and sparked an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-harambe-meme-evolution-20161221-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explosion of&nbsp;memes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/02\/07\/harambe-hot-cheeto-sold-ebay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ<\/a>, who spoke with the seller Tuesday, reported that eBay was confirming&nbsp;whether the winning bid was legitimate.<\/p>\n<p>Now hopeful sellers are trying to make a quick buck after seeing the, er, success of this auction. &#8220;Rare&#8221; Cheetos of literally all shapes have been posted on eBay in the past couple of days, including those that resemble the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/OBO-CHEETO-Looks-Like-THE-HEISMAN-TROPHY-Shaped-UNIQUE-FRITO-LAY-ONE-OF-A-KIND-\/302195562272?hash=item465c425720:g:KEcAAOSwImRYPLEd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heisman Trophy<\/a>, a &#8220;unique&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Unique-Bald-Eagle-On-Branch-Collectors-Item-Flaming-Hot-Cheeto-L-k-\/191936493527?hash=item2cb04e77d7:g:OncAAOSweXhXmVVW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bald eagle on a branch<\/a> that&#8217;s proclaimed as a collector&#8217;s item, and even a set of four that depict the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Cheetos-RARE-One-of-a-Kind-Harambe-Gorilla-Cheeto-Theory-of-Evolution-Lot-of-4-\/112297169311?hash=item1a256ed19f:g:Yf0AAOSw9GhYm3gt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">theory of evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><small>Feature Photo Credit: eBay user valuestampsinc<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call it crazy, but more than 130 bids were submitted for a Flamin&#8217; Hot Cheeto resembling Harambe the gorilla<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":29353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[14807,18910,2319,18906,2877,18908,18909,18912,17709,18911,18907],"coauthors":[940],"class_list":["post-29344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cheese-bites","tag-alyssa-kim","tag-burbank","tag-california","tag-cheeto","tag-cincinnati","tag-ebay","tag-harambe","tag-heisman-trophy","tag-pop-culture","tag-tmz","tag-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-sandwich"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - 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