Sunday 12 January, 2025

Slideshow: 7 weird celebrity sales

A selection of the strangest celebrity items to have ended up at auction.

A SCRAP OF PAPER with several verses of the lyrics to one of Bob Dylan’s best-known songs goes on auction next week, according to the Guardian.

Sotheby’s in New York expects the Times They Are a-Changin’ lyrics, torn form a notebook and given by Dylan to fellow folk singer Kevin Krown, to fetch up to $300,000 (almost €230,300).

To mark the sale, TheJournal.ie took a look at some of the (much) weirder celebrity items to have been bought, sold or presented at auction.

Check out these gems:

Slideshow: 7 weird celebrity sales

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Salinger's Toilet
This toilet was listed, quite rightly, as an "item you won't come across everyday!" Salinger's "personally owned and used toilet commode" was listed on eBay for $1m over the summer. The seller clarified that the toilet would be sold uncleaned. Source: E-bay
Roy Rogers Auction
Celebrity cowboy Roy Rogers was so fond of his horse and showbiz partner Trigger that when the horse died he had him stuffed. Some 40-odd years later, the horse was sold at Christie's for $266,000. Oh, and they also sold the stuffed dog. Bullet fetched $35,000 at the same auction.
Churchill's choppers
Former prime minister Winston Churchill's former dentures were auctioned earlier this summer for £15,200. The partial set was specifically made to preserve Churchill's distinctive speaking style. No word on what the buyer intends to do with them, though.
Ruby Slippers
The sparkling red shoes worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz, were sold to a private collector in 2000 for $666,000. TheJournal.ie hopes the buyer realised they weren't real rubies. Source: Photos o'Randomness on Flickr
Elvis Hair
A clump of hair once grown and groomed on the head of Elvis Presley was sold for close to $115,000 in 2002. (Ew.)
Michael Jackson House
The house that Michael Jackson was renting when he died suddenly last year was put the market for just under $29 million last summer. The 17,171-square-foot Bel Air mansion has seven bedrooms, 13 toilets, and at least one turret.
Timberlake's Toast
Hands up who wants toast? Yes, some French toast left over by Justin Timberlake was sold on eBay by the radio DJ he had breakfast with, for $3,154.