<br />MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- The people at eBay were no believers in this cheesy miracle: half of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich whose owner claimed it bore the image of the Virgin Mary.<br /><br />Diana Duyser put the sandwich up for sale last week, drawing bids as high as $22,000 before eBay pulled the item Sunday night. The page was viewed nearly 100,000 times before being taken down.<br /><br />An e-mail Duyser received from eBay said the sandwich broke its policy, which "does not allow listings that are intended as jokes."<br /><br />But, Duyser, a jewelry designer who has bought and sold items on eBay for two years, insisted this was not a laughing matter.<br /><br />"How could eBay do this to me?" Duyser said Monday, hours before the online auction was supposed to have ended.<br /><br />EBay spokesman Hani Durzy said he did not have enough information to comment specifically on the case.<br /><br />Duyser thought eBay would be the best place to show off the sandwich, made on plain white bread with American cheese. It was cooked with no oil or butter.<br /><br />Duyser, 52, said she took a bite after making it 10 years ago and saw a face staring back at her from the bread. She put the sandwich in a clear plastic box with cotton balls and kept it on her night stand.<br /><br />At first, she was scared by the image, "but now that I realize how unique it is, I wanted to share it with the world," Duyser said.<br /><br />The sandwich, she added, has never sprouted a spore of mold.<br />
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