Taylor Swift wedding trash sells for $25 a piece, including cigarette butts and ovulation tests

An unconventional art project is turning trash from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's recent wedding into sought-after collectibles. New York-based artist Justin Gignac collected various items left behind on the streets surrounding the Madison Square Garden venue after the celebrity nuptials.

Gignac sealed these discarded objects in transparent plastic cubes and offered them for sale on his website, "New York City Garbage." The collection included a wide array of items, such as bottle caps, candy rings, caution tape, straws, cutlery, and even a single AirPod. Most notably, the inventory featured cigarette butts and ovulation test kits, items that have sparked significant discussion.

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Many buyers just want to own a souvenir that has 'a little bit of connection' to Taylor Swift's wedding.

Despite the unusual nature of the merchandise, all 50 pieces were reportedly sold out within 24 hours, with each cube priced at $25 USD (approximately 802 New Taiwan Dollars). The artist has indicated plans to potentially release more items from the event in the future.

Gignac stated that many buyers were simply seeking a memento connected, however tangentially, to the high-profile wedding. He views his work as a way to document significant cultural events in New York, transforming ordinary refuse into "time capsules" that preserve a sense of the city's contemporary memory.

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I hope to record important cultural events in New York through this creation, turning these seemingly insignificant objects into 'time capsules' that preserve the city's memories of the moment.