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| That round egg (courtesy of auction house Thomson Dodik Callan) |
The egg was found in a shop in Ayr, Scotland, among a dozen eggs. A woman first discovered the egg. Then it went to auction house Thomson Dodick Callan. A buyer was intrigued by the shape of the egg. He bought the egg for $187. He later donated it to a charity in the UK. The round egg was later sold at auction for $250.
Only one round egg was found in a billion eggs. The egg buyer, Ed Pownall, from Lambourn, Berkshire, said he was excited to see the egg in that shape at the auction after drinking. He later bought the egg from there. He later donated it to the Juventus Foundation, an Oxfordshire organization that works with young people's mental health.
The charity, which raises funds, sold the egg for $250 through the website Website32. Foundation official Rose Rapp said they raised $6,250 by auctioning several other items on the website.
Rapp admitted that when Ed Pownall first donated the egg to them, they thought it was a “joke.”
“We’re delighted that this egg has been sold at auction,” Rapp said. “It means we can continue what we’re doing.”
Ed Pownall said the round egg was first discovered in a box by a woman in a supermarket. However, he felt it was a “waste of money” to buy the egg from an auction house.
David Miller, an official at Thomson Dodik Callan, the first auction house, said that experts believe that “one in a billion eggs” could have such a round egg.
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