Rare 'perfectly round egg' sells for 91 pounds in UK

The egg is a billion-to-one find, according to Forklift driver Mark Cameron, who shelled out just 21p for the unusual foodstuff.

Just two such eggs have been found in the UK in recent years, despite Brits consuming 11 billion eggs every year.

The 45-year-old discovered it in a box of six eggs from a Morrisons store in Thamesmead, south London, as he started to prepare himself an omelette, the 'Daily Mail' reported.

Instead of cracking it for a meal he decided to put it on eBay to see how much it would fetch.

To his astonishment, the egg racked up 38 bids over five days. It was eventually sold for 91 pounds.

 

The eBay listing read: "Rare Unique Item, Round Chicken Egg 100 per cent real with Lion time and date stamp. Only One in a Billion chance of finding such an egg".

"The egg has become 'eggstreamly' popular and I have decided to donate the money raised to a UK-based charity. The winning bidder will decide which charity the money will go to and proof of donation will be given," it said.

"Item will be very securely packaged within a bubble wrapped parcel," it said.

However, Cameron added that the egg cannot be eaten as it is past its expiry date.