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Someone Paid $14,000 for a Dozen Cronuts

Is the box made of real gold?
Is the box made of real gold? Photo: Zack DeZon Photography/Getty

It was for a good cause: At City Harvest’s Bid Against Hunger auction, it only took Dominique Ansel and Questlove twenty minutes to sell twelve Cronuts for $14,000. That’s $1,166 per Cronut, folks. Ansel knows: With great power comes great responsibility.

Someone Paid $14,000 for a Dozen Cronuts