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Taylor Swift fans buy wedding-adjacent trash for over $1,000

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Fans of singer Taylor Swift are purchasing trash collected near her wedding to NFL player Travis Kelce.
  • Items like cigarette butts and positive pregnancy tests are being sold for $25 each.
  • The artist selling the garbage has earned over $1,000, with items selling out within a day.

An unusual market has emerged for discarded items from the vicinity of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's recent wedding celebration in New York City.

Fans, dubbed "Swifties," are reportedly paying $25 for individual pieces of trash. These items, collected by a New York-based artist named Justin Gignac from streets around Madison Square Garden, include cigarette butts, positive pregnancy tests, bottle caps, candy wrappers, and even a single AirPod.

This attracts a lot of 'Swifties' who just want to own a small souvenir from the wedding.

— Justin GignacExplaining the motivation behind selling collected trash as memorabilia.

Gignac, who markets these items as "sculptures" sealed in plastic boxes on his website, New York City Garbage, has already earned over $1,000 by selling 50 pieces. He noted that some items were tied into knots to emphasize the wedding theme. The trash was collected from outside the venue where the couple held their reception for approximately 1,000 guests.

Swift's fans have shown intense interest in the couple's activities, with some traveling to New York in hopes of spotting the stars. The rapid sell-out of Gignac's garbage collection within 24 hours highlights the fervent dedication of Swift's fanbase and their desire for unique memorabilia, even if it's just discarded refuse.

sculpture

— Justin GignacDescribing the packaged trash items sold on his website.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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