A pair of dentures belonging to Winston Churchill recently sold at auction for $23,750.  The final purchase price was more than three times the amount the chompers were predicted to fetch.
Related Fact: The same auction house also sold one of Churchill’s partially smoked cigars for over $6,000.
[Source: The New York Times. See previous Numbers of the Day here.]
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I think that’s cool in that “I have a pair of Churchill’s dentures” history nerd sort of way, but at the same time, you have to think that you just spent $23,750.00 on WINSTON CHURCHILL’S DENTURES.
posted by okiemelissa on 8-6-2010 at 10:43 am
Winston Churchill’s dentures? His partially smoked cigars? Seriously? Is someone trying to clone him?
posted by Joel on 8-6-2010 at 11:30 am
Do you think Dental Insurance would cover part of the cost of purchasing Churchill’s Dentures? Especially if the person had them put in?
posted by Henry Ford on 8-6-2010 at 12:21 pm
winston to adolph ” bite me “
posted by dirk alan on 8-7-2010 at 12:01 am