Nearly eight centimeters high is the gem, his name: "chocolate truffle cake with buttercream rose and gold flakes". In the US, the controversial artist Andres Serrano bought a 14-year-old pie, which was presented in 2005 at the wedding of the former estate agent Trump and the model Melania at the Club Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
The art newspaper "Art Newspaper" According to Serrano paid at the auction in Boston last week 1880 dollars, the equivalent of about 1700 euros. What the artist plans with the piece of cake is unclear. But he is known for the use of unusual materials: The New York-based artist has worked with sperm, breast milk and blood among others.
His photograph "Piss Christ" caused a sensation in 1987, showing a crucifix in a glass of his own urine. The work was destroyed in 2011 in Avignon, France, allegedly by Christian fundamentalists: The two traded the artwork and another image of Serrano with cutting and striking tools
Serrano had photographed Trump in 2003 as part of a series about the United States. At the wedding in Florida in January 2005, among others, the model Heidi Klum, Arnold Schwarzenegger, rapper P. Diddy and ex-President Bill Clinton were guests with Mrs. Hillary. The chocolate cake served as a substitute for the actual seven-story wedding cake, which cost an estimated $ 50,000 and was not served because of the amount of wire rack.
Wedding cakes are often considered lucky charms for newlyweds. So today is about usual that the couple cut the cake together. In the Anglo-Saxon area, the top part of a cake is also frozen, the common consumption on the first wedding anniversary should bring luck to the couple.