(CNN) — The opportunity to sit on the same toilet as Frank Sinatra doesn't come around often.That's why eager fans paid thousands to snag his gold-seated commodes at auction.
Furnishings from his executive suite at the former Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, were auctioned off Sunday by SS Auction, Inc.
Casino mogul Steve Wynn selected décor from all over the world to furnish the gigantic suite, which totaled over 6,000 square feet, for Sinatra.
Wynn opened the hotel in December 1980, and Sinatra sang there for several years. No one else was allowed to stay there when Sinatra wasn't in residence, David Berenblit, marketing manager at the auction house, told CNN.
Sinatra's Italian marble and gold-seated toilets were highly sought after. One sold for $4,250, and his "basic" marble toilet without the gold seat sold for $1,800.
"Typically toilets like those would maybe go for $2,000 online," Berenblit said.
"There must have been some gravitas attached because they were Frank Sinatra's because they over performed."
Seems like a lot for a toilet?
Those prices were a steal for Sinatra fans wanting a taste of his lavish lifestyle. New marble Sinatra-like toilets would cost around $27,000, he said.
Some idiot is attempting to sell on eBay a life preserver from my old ship for $4,000.
A life preserver which very faintly bears the letters/number "USS CONCORD AFS 5." For $4,000. Down from $5,000, so I guess the seller thinks it's a real bargain now.
I shit you not.
Granted, sailors generally develop an attachment to their old ships, and the Concord now rests on the bottom of the Pacific, having been sunk for target practice after being decommissioned, so it's not like anybody who is feeling nostalgic about her can go for a visit. But if I was Bill Gates I wouldn't shell out four grand for a fucking life ring from an old cargo ship. That's insane. Hell, I wouldn't pay $20 for it.
But who knows - maybe somebody will buy it one of these days. There's a sucker born every minute. [Reply]
It doesn't really seem that expensive for a marble toilet. The marble and gold is a little high, but if I was redoing my bathroom I'd consider paying $1,800 for Frank Sinatra's marble toilet. It's a conversation piece and it's functional. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
It doesn't really seem that expensive for a marble toilet. The marble and gold is a little high, but if I was redoing my bathroom I'd consider paying $1,800 for Frank Sinatra's marble toilet. It's a conversation piece and it's functional.
You could people charge folks $10 to use it, $25 w/pic of them taking a crap. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
It doesn't really seem that expensive for a marble toilet. The marble and gold is a little high, but if I was redoing my bathroom I'd consider paying $1,800 for Frank Sinatra's marble toilet. It's a conversation piece and it's functional.
You won’t be able to use your standard acidic bowl cleaner (would dissolve the marble). However, you can use a bleach containing TBC so it’s not a deal breaker. Perhaps this is a bit of leverage and you can talk them down to $1500? [Reply]
