If there is a piece from your ancestral home that you would like to keep to preserve its memories in the future, what would it be? It could be the dining table where your family once share special moments, the living room set where the family used to gather, your mother's coffee table, or father's office chair. Anything that would remind of your fondest memories at home will undoubtedly be priceless.
But just recently, a bizarre home piece is put up in an auction only because a famous person behind once sits on it like his very own throne.
According to Mirror, the toilet seat that once belonged to German dictator Adolf Hitler was recently listed in an auction with a starting bid of $5,000.
The unique relic's origin could be traced back to the Second World War when Hitler leads the Nazi Party.
How Hitler's toilet seat reached the auction?
According to reports, when American M.P Ragnvald C. Borch was sent to liaise with the French 2ieme Division Blindee. He was one of the first Americans who had an opportunity to enter the ruins of Berghof in the Bavarian Alps during the Second World War. The said place has been a total wreck after the Allied bombing during the last days of the war.
When he arrived at the historical place where the Nazi leader once stayed, they were told to "get what you want" as a souvenir. Borch went straight to Hitler's bedroom where he found the dictator's World War I armoured vest and two oil painting, which he grabbed as a personal memento.
But aside from the vest and painting, Borch also eyed the toilet seat and removed it by himself.
When asked by his fellow military police "What are you doing with that toilet seat?" He replied with "'Where do you think Hitler put his ass?"
The bathroom essential measures 19-inches from front to back and 16-inches wide. Two chromed steel fittings join the two-piece wooden toilet seat.
The young M.P shipped back all his Hitler memorabilia to his family home in New Jersey and displayed the items in the basement. It has remained untouched in the basement since then.
The Auction
Borch's family is now selling Hitler's toilet seat in an auction in Chesapeake City, Maryland. The prices possession includes photos, Borch's service record, and a 2001 New jersey article about the toilet seat history.
Alexander Historical Auctions listed the precious item, which is expected to reach $15,000 auction price.
According to Bill Panagopulos of Alexander Auctions, the toilet seat is by far "one of the most eye-catching items one could ever add to a collection of World War II relics."
The auctioneer explained how it could be considered as a priced item.
"This was from Hitler's personal bathroom, from as close to a "throne" as the dictator would ever get," Panagopulous said.
"One can scarcely imagine the plotting the tyrant undertook while contemplating the world from atop this perch," he added.
The last toilet item with a record-breaking sale was a 1975 toilet seat cover with a Rolling Stones tongue logo which belongs to Bill Wyman. It was auctioned for $1,166 last year.
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