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Taylor Swift fans pay $25 for pieces of wedding day rubbish from outside Madison Square Garden

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A selection of the rubbish from near Taylor Swift's wedding
A selection of the rubbish from near Taylor Swift's wedding. Picture: NYC Garbage/Instagram

By Asher McShane

A New York artist has been selling rubbish he collected from outside Madison Square Garden on the night of Taylor Swift’s wedding.

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Each small item of filthy waste plucked from New York pavements is being sold for $25 a pop.

The rubbish is put into clear plastic boxes and stamped with the slogan JUST&T MARRIED - the same slogan used by Swift on the exterior of Madison Square Garden moments after she tied the knot with Travis Kelce.

Rather astonishingly, the entire collection - painstakingly collated by artist Justin Gignac - sold out within hours.

None of the rubbish was from inside the venue - it was found on the surrounding streets.

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Rubbish idea: Artist Justin Gignac
Rubbish idea: Artist Justin Gignac. Picture: NYC Garbage

Dressed in a black tie and a pair of yellow rubber gloves, Mr Gignac used a litter picker to make keepsakes out of items like a left AirPod, used straws, and other miscellaneous items of rubbish.

He posted on his website: “Collected from the edge of a love story outside Madison Square Garden, as close to Taylor & Travis’s big day as you could’ve gotten without an invite. This is the debut of Pocket Garbage, so you can carry a piece of the greatest day of your... I mean, their lives, wherever you go.”

 “Each sculpture is carefully arranged and sealed so it won’t leak or smell,” he added.