I've heard of stamps and coins, but frankly this is a little disturbing. An Alberta dentist recently bagged himself a pretty rare collectible at Britain's Omega Auctions.
Michael Zuk admitted $31,000 was a "fair chunk of change for a tooth" after purchasing the tooth of the legendary Beatle front man who was shot dead in New York City in 1980. The tooth was reportedly obtained by Lennon's housekeeper, Dorothy Jarlett while she worked for him in 1964.
"This is perhaps the last piece of John Lennon's DNA, so it's pretty well priceless in my mind," said Zuk, who penned Confessions of a Former Cosmetic Dentist, a book about celebrities with unusual teeth. John Lennon was no exception to the British stereotype parodied (by Canuck comedian Mike Myers) in the Austin Powers movies.
Rather than keep the Beatles memorabilia safely tucked away, Zuk ought to showcase the rotten lower molar in his dentistry practice as a cautionary tale to patients to keep up with their flossing and brushing.
Do you collect anything? Is it ethical for things like teeth to be made available by public auction?
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