John Lennon's toilet sold

2010-08-28 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 28 Comments
A Chinese porcelain lavatory belonging to John Lennon fetched £9,500 at an auction in Liverpool on Friday - almost ten times its guide price.

The toilet had been expected to sell for about £1,000 in the auction, which took place at the 33rd annual Beatles convention in the Institute for the Performing Arts in his native city.

Lennon used the lavatory for three years (non-continuously) between 1969 and 1972. He gifted it to builder John Hancock upon renovation of his house, telling the builder to "use it as a flower pot." Hancock stored it in a shed up until his death recently.

"It is unbelievable," auction organiser Stephen Bailey said. "We had bids coming in from all over the place but it went to a private overseas buyer."

Tagged: John Lennon

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maidenpmcc
August 29th 2010
1462 Comments


Some people are just keen enough, there's always someone...

Ire
August 29th 2010
41944 Comments


wow

Jakeitwasaghost
August 29th 2010
767 Comments


I'll punch it.

Obfuscation24
August 29th 2010
3938 Comments


I LOVE BUYING USED TOILETS FUCK YEAH

maidenpmcc
August 29th 2010
1462 Comments


and 2nd hand toilet roll :P

foreverendeared
August 29th 2010
14746 Comments


i wonder if you can still smell remnants of his turds

maidenpmcc
August 29th 2010
1462 Comments


Some old school fans would try and get high if they happened to discover his turds.

eternium
August 29th 2010
16358 Comments


"The ass of John Lennon was here."

"HOLYSHITWANT"

maidenpmcc
August 29th 2010
1462 Comments


haha

Huntthequattro
August 29th 2010
66 Comments


Only in my hometown...

taroo
August 29th 2010
2126 Comments


lol

TheBloodTypo
August 29th 2010
759 Comments


I wonder how much Paul McCartney's sink will go for.

Oh wait, he's not dead...

zaruyache
August 29th 2010
28856 Comments


(non-continuously)

lol

ThePalestMexican
August 29th 2010
2816 Comments


Probably a relative of Yoko Ono

BradMan
August 29th 2010
387 Comments


What item used by John lennon would NOT sell? I bet they could get more for selling a toothbrush he used once...

eternium
August 29th 2010
16358 Comments


Or a used condom.

OvrotLivesAgain
August 29th 2010
1497 Comments


How much would his love-child would sell for...?

BradMan
August 29th 2010
387 Comments


lol...starting bid at $5000.

Asiatic667
August 29th 2010
4651 Comments


News title should have been

"JOHN'S JOHN AUCTIONED ON"

Parallels
August 29th 2010
10219 Comments


"JOHN'S JOHN AUCTIONED ON"

i lol'd

bailar12
August 29th 2010
1766 Comments


i wanna shit where that man shat so many years ago

DiceMan
August 29th 2010
7066 Comments


"JOHN'S JOHN AUCTIONED ON"

top 10 funniest things i've seen on sputnik.

ShadowRemains
August 29th 2010
29076 Comments


JOHN'S JOHN AUCTIONED ON


fucking lol

kingsoby1
Emeritus
August 29th 2010
4970 Comments


charles manson probably bought it with his recent record sales

Big Baby Jesus
August 29th 2010
549 Comments


I wonder if there's a copy of Revolver in there

DUR HUR

El_Goodo
August 30th 2010
1016 Comments


Lennon used the lavatory for three years (non-continuously) between 1969 and 1972.


I laughed. But seriously this is pretty ridiculous, I can only hope it was a charity auction.

crowing51
August 30th 2010
3505 Comments


I laughed. But seriously this is pretty ridiculous, I can only hope it was a charity auction.[2]


pizzamachine
August 31st 2010
28312 Comments


THE TOILET ISN'T MAGICAL



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