nurktwin 2,143 Report post Posted August 28, 2010 LONDON (AFP) – A toilet belonging to Beatles legend sold at auction in Liverpool on Saturday for 9,500 pounds (15,000 dollars, 12,000 euros) -- nearly 10 times its guide price, organisers said. Lennon used the porcelain lavatory, which is painted with blue flowers and a blue border at the rim and at the base, when he lived at Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire, southeast England, from 1969 to 1972. The loo was removed when the house was being refurbished, and suggested the builder, John Hancock, take it home and "put some flowers in it". Instead, the builder carefully stored it in a garden shed, where it remained for 40 years until he died, and his son-in-law put it up for sale. At the auction at the 33rd annual Beatles Convention in Liverpool, the toilet was expected to fetch about 1,000 pounds. "It is unbelievable," said auction organiser Stephen Bailey after it sold for almost 10 times that. "We had bids coming in from all over the place but it went to a private overseas buyer." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NightDriver 208 Report post Posted August 28, 2010 This private overseas buyer is badly in need of taking a historically significant dump, I deem... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nurktwin 2,143 Report post Posted August 28, 2010 i'd like to have 1 of his ric's, but i'll pass on his toilet!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amber 70 Report post Posted August 28, 2010 Wow, an expensive crap, I'd say. Some folks just don't have both feet on the ground. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
