Overview
- Justin Gignac picked up litter from public sidewalks near Madison Square Garden on July 3 and 4 and sealed fragments into 50 one-inch acrylic “Not Invited Edition” cubes for sale.
- Each cube contained small debris such as bottle caps, cigarette butts, a left AirPod, Ring Pop wrappers, a caution tape strip, straws, utensils, and an ovulation test kit.
- Gignac listed the boxes for $25 apiece and the run sold out in about 24 hours, bringing in roughly $1,250 from the drop.
- Reporting and Gignac’s own descriptions make clear the items came from outside the venue’s security perimeter and there is no independent authentication tying the trash to the wedding interior or specific guests.
- The sale revives Gignac’s long-running New York City Garbage project and has prompted wider conversation about how collectors and fans attach value to objects linked to celebrity events and what that means for taste and fandom behavior.