'Obama Sweet Potato' sells on eBay

BELMONT, N.C., May 28 (UPI) -- A Belmont, N.C., man sold a sweet potato on eBay Wednesday that he says resembles Democratic U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama.

The curious spud sold for $8.49 after only three bids.

Seller Wade Jones, whose eBay handle is howardrobardhughes, described the item as a "Sweet Potato that looks like future Prez Barack Obama."

He said in the item's description that he spotted the Illinois senator's face on the starch while talking politics in the grocery store.

"I was wearing my Obama 'Yes We Can' bracelet … when someone stopped me in front of the sweet potato bin, and asked me where I got my bracelet ... I then looked down, and saw 'The Barack Obama Sweet Potato' staring right back at me," the seller wrote.