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Sothebys has announced it will auction a solid gold toilet, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan called America. The auction is set for Nov. 18 in New York. (Sotheby via AP)

LONDON – For sale: The world’s most valuable toilet, a lavatory literally worth its weight in gold.

Sotheby’s announced Friday that it will auction off the solid gold cistern, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan entitled “America.”

The auction house calls it an “incisive commentary on the collision of artistic production and commodity value.” It’s also a fully functional toilet, identical to one that gained global fame when it was stolen in an audacious heist from England’s Blenheim Palace in 2019.

The starting price at the Nov. 18 auction in New York will be the price of the just o

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