John Lennon's toilet seat sold at an auction for 14,740 dollars, which is apparently 10 times as much as its estimate according to the article by Reuters.com. The auction was part of a Beatles festival in Liverpool and the toilet wasn't the only piece of Beatles memorabilia but certainly the most notable, I'd say!
Lennon had the porcelain potty removed from his home in Berkshire (where he lived from 1969 to 1971) and of course he replaced that toilet with a new one. According to the auction catalog, the builders who took the old toilet away were told to use it as a planter or something similar.
One of the builders, John Hancock, stored it in his shed for 40 years until he died and then the celebrity commode was sent to auction.
Can you imagine sitting on that for 40 years? No, no, not the toilet-gross! I mean knowing that you have John Lennon's toilet and knowing how famous The Beatles continued to be! Why did it just sit in a shed for 40 years? Was Mr. Hancock keeping quiet out of respect? Did he forget he had the famous porcelain throne? Or did he think that no one would want a used toilet, regardless of who owned it before? I'd have to believe that he thought no one would want it. I'm a big Beatles fan but I would in no way shape or form pay for that toilet or any other famously used toilet for that matter. Especially with a 14,740 price tag!
I wonder if you get all of the background information and all your questions answered, if you won the toilet? Just typing that makes me giggle. "Won" the toilet? Who would normally think of that as a prize? But I guess if you are a HUGE Beatles fan, you might think you've scored the mother load. Ohh, that was gross. But buying a used toilet is too! And how can you read a story about a toilet and not expect some toilet humor?
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