On appearance, there's nothing particularly special about the lettuce sprouting up from a garden box at Otakaro Orchard in Christchurch.
Sure, it's well-formed and bug-free, but, with only a week or two before being harvest-ready, the frilly vegetable is still on the smaller side.
The only reason it's been listed on Trade Me for four times what you'd pay for it at the supermarket happens to be that it was the first lettuce Prime Minister John Key planted.
Two months after Mr Key planted it during a photo opportunity at the opening of the $1.7 million community garden project in the North Frame of Christchurch's central city, the celebrity lettuce is being auctioned off with a current bid of $10.50.
Touts the listing: "He may never plant one again. Don't miss out on this opportunity to eat fresh produce from the Prime Minister's own hands."