Price to own a piece of 'royaltea': Teabag used by Queen Elizabeth goes on sale for Rs 9.5 lakh
India Today
According to the seller on Ebay, the teabag was smuggled out of Windsor Castle in 1998 by a special exterminator. It also came with its own Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Institute of Excellence in Certificates of Authenticity (IECA).
Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 on Thursday, September 8. She was the longest reigning monarch of the UK. Soon after her death, people started listing her memorabilia up for sale to pay tribute to her 70-year-long reign. That also included a teabag used by her in 1998, which was put up by a user on Ebay for USD 12,000, which is approximately Rs 9,55,872.
According to the seller on Ebay, the teabag was smuggled out of Windsor Castle in 1998 by a special exterminator. It also came with its own Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Institute of Excellence in Certificates of Authenticity (IECA). It mentions that the IECA “has determined beyond any doubt that the following statements are absolutely true: This is a teabag.”
“This is the very teabag you might have seen on CNN in late 1998. Own a piece of History! Priceless!" the listing reads, according to the NY Post.
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As per the NY Post, the seller in Decatur, Georgia had taken down the listing by Thursday evening; the seller in Decatur, Georgia had taken down the listing.
Some of the other listings on Ebay include two life-sized wax statues of the Queen. As per a report in the NY Post, the statues were both listed by the same seller. The descriptions, meanwhile, claimed that each figure had real human hair, resin eyeballs designed based on a human pupil and teeth designed using dental veneer templates.
