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A solid gold toilet is up for auction with a $10 million starting price
The fully functional 18-karat gold toilet, valued at about $10 million based on gold weight, critiques art and wealth, with the original stolen and never recovered.
- For sale: A solid gold toilet sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, entitled 'America', with a starting price of $10 million at an upcoming auction.
- The sculpture is a fully functional toilet, identical to one that was stolen from England's Blenheim Palace in 2019.
- Cattelan has said 'America' satirizes excessive wealth, stating 'Whatever you eat, a $200 lunch or a $2 hot dog, the results are the same, toilet-wise.
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thisisoxfordshire.co.ukSecond golden toilet to be auctioned after two jailed
A second golden toilet similar to the one stolen at Blenheim Palace is to be auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City in the United States.
·Oxford, United Kingdom
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The golden toilet bowl by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is considered the most famous – or at least the most infamous – toilet bowl in the world.
At one of the world's largest and oldest auction houses - Sotheby's in New York - you can currently buy the world's most expensive toilet.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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America, one of world’s most infamous 18k gold toilets, is set for auction — how much would you pay?
Maurizio Cattelan’s 18-karat gold toilet sculpture, ‘America,’ once stolen from Blenheim Palace, is set for auction at Sotheby’s New York, with bids starting around its gold value of $10 million.
·New Delhi, India
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