Cereal flake sells for big bucks: What's the world coming to?

From Medialifemagazine.com reports the following: Illinois-shaped cereal bit sells for $1,350 Who says your breakfast cereal isn’t worth taking a closer look at? A corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois has sold for $1,350 on eBay. The flake will find its home in a collection of Americana and pop culture items, new owner Monty Kerr says. Kerr runs TriviaMania.com and is interested in starting a traveling museum. He plans to have someone pick up the flake by hand to avoid damaging it. The now-famous flake was discovered by two Virginia sisters while eating breakfast. It has sparked other state-shaped corn flake auctions as well as a cottage industry including Illinois corn flake T-shirts. The auction lasted more than a week. The sisters, who plan to use the auction proceeds for a family vacation, say they are just relieved the auction and the hoopla surrounding it are over.