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Even David Beckham's spit is a hot commodity. At least memorabilia hunters in New Zealand think so.
One seller is offering for sale a Coke bottle from which the football star allegedly drank during his recent visit.
In an effort to attract bids on the Trade Me online auction site, the seller notes that the bottle is still one-quarter full.
"Mostly backwash I would imagine," the seller says in answer to a query.
The bottle, which attracted one bid of $5000, is said to have been left on a table by Beckham after he ate at a fast-food restaurant in Wellington. The same seller is also trying to offload a partially eaten corn cob Beckham is said to have gnawed on and left at the restaurant.
But this has failed to attract a single bid since being listed for sale for the bargain-basement price of $80.
A local media report said a single chip dropped by Beckham as he walked around Wellington had also been listed, but the highest bid so far was $1.
Other goods up for sale include cutlery Beckham apparently used, and a photocopy of a signature he made on the boarding pass he used while travelling from Australia to New Zealand.
- AAP
