Man Sells Taylor Swift's 'Wedding Trash' Reproduction/Instagram An American says he sold dozens of items of trash collected outside Madison Square Garden, in New York, during Taylor Swift's wedding. According to him, the objects were announced as souvenirs of the event and sold out within 24 hours. ? In an interview with Canadian radio, Justin Gignac said that for 25 years he has been collecting and selling unusual items found on the streets of New York to collectors from different countries. According to him, the idea was to take advantage of the repercussions surrounding the singer's wedding to create a symbolic souvenir of the ceremony. “I try to record big events in New York and other cities around the world,” Gignac said. Dressed in a tuxedo, Gignac said he went to the Madison Square Garden area last Friday night (3), when the wedding took place, and collected discarded objects near the security barriers set up around the venue. READ ALSO: BTS, Madonna, Shakira and Justin Bieber: what the 'halftime show' of the World Cup final will be like
Man sells 'trash from Taylor Swift's wedding' collected during the singer's party
Man Sells Taylor Swift's 'Wedding Trash' Reproduction/Instagram An American says he sold dozens of items of trash collected outside Madison Square Garden, in New York, during Taylor Swift's wedding. According to him,...
He then packed the items into small containers labeled "New York City Trash" and offered them for sale. Still in the interview, Gignac said that he produced 50 units, sold for US$25 each. According to him, all the items were sold in less than a day, which resulted in a raise of around US$1,250 (around R$6,400 at this Friday's price (10). Asked about the authenticity of the objects, he acknowledged that the material had probably not been discarded by the guests at the ceremony. "If I had to guess, none of them came from the wedding, because the party was still going on. It was all trash from New York City," he said. Despite this, he stated that he considered the objects to be a a kind of souvenir of the event as they were collected around the venue while the ceremony was taking place. "It's a small souvenir, a time capsule of that event. It's something from that moment and the whole experience", said Gignac.
