Ripley’s Believe It or Not, an entertainment franchise famous for collecting extraordinary oddities, has revealed itself as the buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s notorious solid gold toilet sculpture titled "America." The fully functioning 18-karat gold toilet, weighing 223 pounds, was purchased for $12.1 million at Sotheby’s New York auction on November 18, 2025. This acquisition marks the most valuable and dazzling exhibit ever to join Ripley’s collection, highlighting its flair for headline-making and extreme artefacts.

Only Surviving Edition After Palace Heist

The gold toilet is the only fully fabricated edition still known to exist after another edition was stolen from Blenheim Palace, England, in 2019. Thieves smashed into the stately home and ripped out the solid gold toilet in an auda

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