Flush With Value: $10 Million 18-Karat Gold Toilet To Be Auctioned By Sothebys | Metals Mine

  • Flush With Value: $10 Million 18-Karat Gold Toilet To Be Auctioned By Sothebys

    From zerohedge.com

    Here's a line we're certain we haven't written before: a second solid gold toilet — yes, actual sound money shaped like plumbing — is heading to auction after the first one was famously stolen. In a financial era defined by fiat excess and central-bank hubris, nothing illustrates the absurd contrast between hard assets and paper wealth quite like this 18-karat masterpiece. Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan created three fully functional golden toilets in 2016, according to the BBC. More than 100,000 people sat on the first one when it was installed at the Guggenheim. It later moved to Blenheim Palace, ... (full story)

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