A look inside the high-stakes world of weirdly shaped Cheeto auctions
Unusually shaped Cheetos have been listed for six figure values at auction
Despite knowing that people are willing to spend millions of dollars on Pokémon cards and sealed copies of readily available video games, the internet still manages to surprise us in its fervor over stuff as seemingly valueless as unusually shaped Cheetos. Vice has looked deep into this world of high-stakes financial deals centered entirely on items like “Cheeto Shaped Penis Balls Perfect Humor Oddity,” discovering that not only does this market exist, but it’s more complicated than we could have dreamed.
As an example, the above “Perfect Humor Oddity” listing is set at $5,000 USD (and is posed, naturally enough, next to a Stewie Griffin shot glass for scale) and is just one of the many Cheeto auctions that, as Vice reports, range in price from $0.99 to $899,999. Among these desirable items are snacks that kind of, just barely look like Tyrion Lannister ($175), a Rorscach test “Cheeto Shaped Tom Brady Jesus Pope Priest Heal! Nosferatu Zombie Mummy Fellatio!” (sold on Monday; $76,483), and a “VERY RARE!” cheese puff that’s meant to look like Elvis Presley ($100,000 or best offer).