Golden Egg

Someone Paid $700 on eBay for a Perfectly Round Egg

A very non-oval ovum.
A very non-oval ovum. Photo: Kim Broughton via eBay

Kim Broughton, the British owner of the chicken who laid this totally round egg says she “was literally about to crack it open to make a pancake,” which seems logical enough. That was, until a friend told her the orb was “one in a billion.” She put it on eBay instead, where it eventually sold for £480 (about $741). “When it was at £20 I thought, ‘Who’d pay that for an egg?’” Broughton told reporters, “and then it went through the roof.”

Broughton plans to donate the money to a cystic fibrosis foundation, but the payday has already brought others out of the woodwork with their own “one-in-a-billion” eggs. One copycatter just posted theirs at a bargain-rate starting bid of £4, possibly because it’s already a year old and the “contents seem to have dehydrated.” Meanwhile, Broughton says her fresh egg will ship “in a hard box” so it’s “quite safe.” The buyer has yet to step forward, perhaps because they don’t want the world to know they spent that much money for this:

Next to a regular egg, for contrast.
Next to a regular egg, for contrast. Photo: eBay

[BBC, NYDN]

Someone Paid $700 on eBay for a Perfectly Round Egg