Back in June 2011, Richard Heene, of
Balloon Boy fame, tried to sell the balloon he had used in his hoax. He hoped to get $1 million for it, but ultimately had to settle for $2500.
But the guy who bought it from Heene resold part of the balloon to the Topps trading card company, which has cut up the balloon into small pieces and glued them on to Balloon Boy trading cards. (link:
Yahoo! Sports) It's part of a "used memorabilia" line of cards, but would also make a nice addition to their line of
Great Hoaxes Trading Cards, released in 2009.
Since I'm a sucker for any (affordable) hoax-related memorabilia, I'll probably end up buying one of these cards.
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