A “stunning” Cheetos chip has sold for a record-setting price over the weekend.
A Cheetos chip, shaped like a famous Pokemon, has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction. The chip officially sold at auction at Goldin Auctions early on Sunday morning. The final sale price: $87,840.
Why is this Cheetos chip so expensive?
Well, it’s shaped exactly like Charizard, arguably the most famous of all the Pokemon characters. One collector – or just chip fanatic -decided to pay up big for the cornmeal shaped like the Pokémon dragon.
Goldin Auctions announced the final sale on Sunday morning.
“CHEETOZARD FINAL SALE! 🔥,” the auction house announced.
“Final Sale Price on the “Cheetozard” – Pokemon Charizard-Shaped Cheeto – 3″: $87,840 Email us at [email protected] to consign your Collectibles to one of our upcoming Pop Culture Elite Auctions! 🤝”
CHEETOZARD FINAL SALE! 🔥
Final Sale Price on the "Cheetozard" – Pokemon Charizard-Shaped Cheeto – 3": $87,840
Email us at [email protected] to consign your Collectibles to one of our upcoming Pop Culture Elite Auctions! 🤝 pic.twitter.com/rUm2lD5cVc
— Goldin (@GoldinCo) March 2, 2025
The auction reportedly went into Sunday morning. It reportedly had 60 bids and lasted until after 2 a.m. E.T.
Collectibles store 1st & Goal Collectibles purchased the Cheeto on Ebay more than five years ago. It told Darren Rovell’s cllct that it purchased the Cheeto for $350 in 2019 or 2020.
“We’ve had the Cheetozard for about 5 years now and we totally forgot we had it until cleaning out the safe! Loads of offers have come in. If interested pm us,” the store wrote on it’s Instagram account in 2024.
Cllct had moreon food items selling for big prices:
Though out of the ordinary, it isn’t unprecedented to see foods shaped like people or characters sell for big money. A Cheeto in the shape of a sea horse sold for $179 on eBay in 2024.
Doritos Australia paid a teenager $14,663 in 2021 for a “unique puffed chip” after eBay delisted her auction for violating its food policy.
What is the most you would pay for a Cheeto chip? Of course, this assumes that you are truly hungry.