You know how I love reading and sharing all those crazy coin auctions that go for wife changing money and today's post is one of those stories.
Well kinda. Instead of a coin we have a numismatic novelty. A graded cricket to be more specific.
Yes a fucking graded cricket. In a PCGS-slab. It went for about 6000 $, which may not be wife changing money but hey. It's just a random cricket. Not bad 😂
But how did a cricket end up getting encapsulated in a PCGS slab?
One day in the grading room there was a cricket whose chirping was irritating the graders — and after a ‘search and destroy’ mission, they found the cricket, but instead decided to ‘slab’ it!”
Later in October 2021 the cricket was auctioned and sold for $5,906.25
The item did came with a warning to potential buyers
“Please note: the cricket remains are very fragile and may break into additional parts in the future,”
As for the grading...
“a solid MS-65 Full Head (Detached).”
Lmao !
Anyways,this is the quick backstory behind this hilarious... numismatic item 😂😂
Here's a link if you'd like to read more on the story.
Now that's a great piece for any coin collection. As someone who loves animal themed coins I'd definitely fall for it...If I could afford it with ease 😂
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Dis is hilarious!! !LOLZ Wonder how it may hold up in da slab being a fragile ting. And still a 65 grade with head detached! Priceless!!!
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whata????
I can't even comment on that!! lol I am also an animal lover but this one is weird!! hehehe
You just too poor to afford it!
Next they'll slab the President's fingernail clippings.
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That cricket in a slab for $6,000 😳That's wild brother. Numismatic collectors find the craziest things for real bro. !HUG
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I've seen insects in amber, but this is the first time I've seen them served this way, crickets are gaining popularity not only in gastronomy lol !VSC
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I wouldn't be the chump to say $6K for a dead cricket, it its a funny back story though!
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I read about that in there quarterly magazine. I laughed pretty hard.
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PT Barnum said something about, "... a sucker born every minute."
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It's a weird thing to slab and I think it's way too expensive. It makes me wonder if other people can just slab some more and make some money off of it.
This is alarming 😂😂😂
6k$ for just 1 dead cricket?
I'd give them 5 for 4k$....
Where are the stupid rich folks 😭😞
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STOPCrazy people would pay that!