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HOLY WATER-STAINED PLASTER

  Posted June 24.05

(Original headline: Another sacred sighting )

Two weeks ago, Jeff Rigo stepped out of the shower in his Lawrenceville abode and yelled, "Jesus Christ!" This alarmed his girlfriend: "Oh, my God, what is it?" Jeff pointed to the wall and said, "No -- Jesus Christ!" It seems that a water leak had produced interesting results. Like all Americans who come upon the image of a deity or some diety's close relation, Rigo's first thought was: eBay. And so, once again America would prove to be a great country. To eliminate the riff-raff, Jeff started the bidding on the online auction site for "the section of plaster wall depicting the image of Jesus" at $2,000. ("If I had to cut it out of my wall, I wanted to make it worth my while," Rigo told The Morning File.) And $2,000 is what he got Tuesday night from the religious zealots at the Internet casino GoldenPalace.com, the same folks who paid $28,000 for the grilled cheese sandwich with what looked like an image of the Virgin Mary, and hold the pickle.

Eye of the beholder
Not everyone who checked out Rigo's stained plaster saw Jesus. Other nominees: Shakespeare, Kris Kristofferson, Charles Manson, Cat Stevens, Frank Zappa, Johnny Damon, Rasputin, Pete Townshend, Steven Wright and John Lennon. Rigo, a 30-year-old Internet network engineer, plans to use the money for a vacation. At least 75 eBayers wrote in to him during the auction, in search of other priceless images in unlikely places.

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