Celebrity leftovers: The fascination with crumbs stars leave behind
A couple in Cornwall are showcasing food left behind by stars. Why are some people drawn to such celebrity ephemera? It's one of the great cultural phenomena of the 21st Century - the appetite for learning about famous people's lives, no matter how banal the details. Gossip magazines and newspapers are stuffed with information about such minutiae. And for eight years, a seaside cafe in Cornwall has hosted an experiment exploring this obsession by displaying the food left behind by public figures. It may sound bizarre. But people can go to great lengths to get hold of something a celebrity has owned, or even just touched. A half-eaten banana signed by Kate Garraway fetched almost £2,000 In November 2010 John Lennon's molar tooth sold in Stockport for £19,500 ($30,276). Winston Churchill's false teeth, ashtray and cigars have also sold at auction in recent years. On the other side of the Atlantic, an eye patch that John Wayne wore in the 1969 movie