Grilled Cheese Virgin Mary Has a Home

Last week I posted an article on the Grilled Cheese Virgin Mary for sale on EBay. This is the 10 year old grilled cheese sandwich with an image of the Virgin Mary on it. The sandwich sold on EBay this week for $28,000.

I guess this is the beginning of the Christmas season. What better gift for the person who has everything? I thought perhaps a whole grilled cheese Nativity scene would make a cool gift.

So, who has $28,000 to pay for a relic such as this? Perhaps a one of the faithful who believes in the power of the image? A collector of oddities? An eccentric millionaire? Kraft Foods?

Wrong on all counts — the Grilled Cheese Virgin Mary was purchased by an online casino.

It seems that GoldenPalace.com a Canadian Internet Casino purchased the sandwich. I googled GoldenPalace.com and discovered that they are  one of the leading online gaming sites and that they have a flair for promotion.

Among the casino's stunts male and female streakers, with the casino's URL written on their bodies, at the Super Bowl, the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and the PGA US Open.  This is the same organization that asked Dennis Rodman to run the Bulls (thankfully Dennis wore the traditional white clothing with red sash) wearing a casino hat.

The casino also purchased a one-of-a-kind Ellen Degeneres Cabbage Patch doll with the intention of sending it into space.

For sports fans, they purchased the infamous Beckham Ball. This is the ball from Beckham's missed shot in the European Cup overtime shoot-out versus Portugal. The casino has used the ball in a variety of charity fundraisers to raise money for a Polish Children's Hospital.

Richard Rowe, CEO of GoldenPalace.com, indicated that the casino would use the sandwich to raise money for charity. This is just one of those heartwarming Thanksgiving stories. A group of Canadian (no surprise there) philanthropists, buying the sandwich for the sole purpose of raising money to help the less fortunate.

Actually their motives may not have been quite so pure. ABC News reported that the sandwiches maker, Diana Duser of Florida, claimed miraculous powers for the sandwich. According to ABC, Duser claims to have won $70,000 from a local casino since making the sandwich — she even offered to show the receipts to the high bidder. Do you see the connection?

GoldenPalace.com was just scared that someone would buy the sandwich and use it to beat the house.