Lennon's toilet sells for £9,500 in Beatles auction (BBC news)

An overseas collector ...... £9,500 for John Lennon's toilet at an auction in Liverpool.
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The porcelain lavatory ...........by the music legend during the three years he lived at Tittenhurst Park, Berkshire, between 1969 and 1972.
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Lennon gave it to builder John Hancock, telling .........."to use it as a plant pot" after he installed a new toilet.
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It was expected to........for £1,000 but the investor broke the estimate at the 33rd Beatles Convention in Liverpool.
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Fab Four expert and auction organiser Stephen Bailey said: "It is unbelievable."We had bids coming in from ........the place but it went to a private overseas buyer."
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The sale took place in the The Paul McCartney Auditorium ........ Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts
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