FROM BRA TO DIRTY SOCKS: WEIRDEST AUCTIONS
Pop star Madonna isn’t going to let her personal items get sold at an auction. (Story on Pg 27) But there are some whackiest celeb items that have gone under hammer and bought at whopping prices!
BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIE’S BREATH
A jar allegedly containing Brangelina’s breath went up for sale on eBay. It sold for $523.
JD SALINGER’S TOILET
In August 2010, a toilet purportedly owned by the literary giant was listed on eBay for $1m (£644,000). The vendor said he obtained the “used toilet commode” from a couple who now own the writer’s former home, although listing indicated the vintage toilet from 1962.
MICHAEL JACKSON’S UNDERWEAR
New Jersey businessman Henry Vacarro got hold of the King of Pop’s white size 28 Calvin Klein briefs in a bankruptcy case. They were up for auction with a reserve of $1million.
MONICA LEWSINKY’S NEGLIGEE
A floor-length black negligee belonging to Monica Lewsinsky was sold as part of a 32-piece lot put up for auction by auction house Nate Sanders in 2013.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’S HALF EATEN FRENCH TOAST
Radio station Z-100 nabbed a slice of Justin Timberlake’s half-eaten French toast he left behind and put it on eBay. A 19-year-old fan bought it for $3,154.
WINSTON CHURCHILL’S DENTURE
The gold-plated dentures were ‘snapped up’ at an auction at Keys Salerooms in Norfolk in 2010, for £15,200 by a Gloucestershire man who already owned the microphone Churchill used to announce the end of the Second World War.
WILLIAM SHATNER’S KIDNEY STONE
Shatner passed a kidney stone in 2006, and Captain Kirk auctioned it off for charity. Online casino, Golden Palace, was the
winner who raised $25,000
JOHN LENNON’S TOOTH & HAIR
In 2011, Omega Auctions sold the tooth of John Lennon, for around £20,000 bought by Canadian dentist Michael Zuck. Lennon’s lock of hair was bought for £25,000.
ELVIS PRESLEY’S DIRTY UNDERPANTS
Presley’s underpants went up for auction in 2012. Remarkably, nobody saw fit to bid enough to break the £7000 reserve, so they remained unsold.
BRYAN ADAMS - DIRTY SOCKS - £600
The rockstar’s dirty socks were bought for £600, four years after his greatest hit Summer of 69