Casino
Buys Virgin Mary Sandwich, Columnist Takes It on Tour
11-25-04
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(antiTainment) Mother Mary, prayer for us
to be winners. Holy Grilled Cheese, Batman! You can't put a religious
icon in a casino! That hasn't stopped GoldenPalace.com from displaying
the 10-year-old half of a grilled cheese sandwich that some believe holds
the image of the Virgin Mary. The offshore, online casino came up
with the winning bid of $28,000 for the sandwich, which caused quite a
fervor when Diana Duyser, 52, of Dania Beach, Florida, put it up on eBay
for auction.
Duyser said that she made the sandwich
10-years-ago and when she went to eat the second half she discovered the
image of the Virgin Mary on the grilled surface. She preserved the
sandwich, which she says has brought her luck, and then decided earlier
this month to sell it on eBay.
The sandwich received immediate attention
from the international press and eBay, thinking that it was a joke, pulled
the item from their site. Once Duyser convinced the online auction company
that the auction was real, they relented and allowed her to relist it.
GoldenPalace.com placed the winning bid and when the auction closed on
Monday, became the new owners of the cheesy relic.
In a Reuters story about the auction, the
online casino's chief executive, Richard Rowe, reportedly said that the
casino plans to use the sandwich to raise money for charity. The
casino was quick to hop on the merch bandwagon and placed several t-shirts
bearing a picture of the sandwich and the company's logo on their website
for sale.
"We believe that everyone should be able
to see it and learn of its mystical power for themselves," Rowe said.
If that wasn't enough, Miami Herald columnist
Jim DeFede says that he has offered to transfer the sandwich to the new
owners via a roadtrip tour that will take DeFede across the country to
the ultimate destination, Las Vegas. DeFede announced the journey
in a column on Thursday for the Herald and set up a blog site so the curious
could keep tabs on the tour.
Writing on his "Follow the Cheese" blog,
DeFede tells of his family's reaction to his epic journey:
"Are you insane?" my sister said laughing
when I told he what I would be doing. "You are going to drive to
Las Vegas with a grilled cheese sandwich?"
"It's not just any grilled cheese sandwich,"
I said. "It's the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich. It's special."
Special, indeed! If you want to follow
the cheese, here
is a link to DeFede's blog.
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