When fashion photographer David Bailey popped in to Michael and Francesca Bennett's cafe in Cornwall, UK, the couple wanted to commemorate his visit. But a snapshot of the star hugging the beaming patrons would not do. Instead, they decided to scrape a piece of his leftovers - some sandwich crust - and put it in a transparent, thimble-shaped presentation unit. And so their Museum of Celebrity Leftovers had its first exhibit.
Started in 2004, the exhibition runs the full gamut of celebrity. It takes in Prince Charles, household names from the arts world like Michael Winner and Peter Doherty, journalists like newsreader Jan Leeming and local weatherman Craig Rich, former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, and rocker Steve Swindells of Hawkwind.
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It was less of a list of "Who's Who" and more like a list of "Who Cares"
Those are modern day, secular relics.
Reminds me of the piece of Beatles' toast. Christies once auctioned off a piece of toast which had supposedly been left unfinished by George Harrison. The toast was supposedly almost 30 years old and not only was their no corroboration, but Harrison actually denied it was his saying he always finished his toast. People still bid for it.
We might think this stuff is worthless, after all what makes Bailey's leftovers any different from mine on yours? However there are people who think any celebrity memorabilia has worth.
To my mind this is not a good advertisement for the eatery in question. Were the place any good surely there would be no leftovers.
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