Man Sells Trash Collected Around Madison Square Garden During Taylor Swift's Wedding

Fan in front of Madison Square Garden, site of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding
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A man 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 a Canadian radio station, 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 repercussion surrounding the singer's wedding to create a symbolic memory of the ceremony.
"I try to record major events in New York and other cities around the world," said Gignac.
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 place.
Then, he packed the items in small containers identified as "New York City trash" and put them up for sale.
Still in the interview, Gignac said 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.
When 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 said he considered the objects a kind of souvenir of the event because they had were collected around the site 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 entire experience", said Gignac.

Source: G1