Have you imagined that your pearly white in your mouth could become
a pricey affair. That is what you call the perks
of being a celebrity. Even after you are gone
from this world your possession and
things would be the most sought after by the public. This has been the case
with many yesteryear legends whose articles
had set the auction market
to ransom.
Dr. Michael Zuk was also not new to this generation old
adulation. Dr. Zuk a dentist from Alberta paid 31,000 U.S Dollars for a John
Lennon’s molar tooth. He successfully won the bid at Stockport over telephone. The
rotten tooth gets all the attention for having been in to the mouth of a legend.
Lennon who became an international sensation with Beatles gave the molar tooth to Dot Jarlett , his housekeeper during the 1960s and it was
part of a collection of memorabilia owned by Alan McGee, former boss of record
company Creation Records. Mr. Zuk
is an avid fan of celebrity teeth and has written a book about famous peoples'
pearly whites. He said that when he heard about the auction for Lennon's tooth
he just had to buy it. Dr Zuk
felt the tooth was indeed worth the
price but admitted that he was offered much more than what he had actually paid to acquire it.
Zuk
will now display the tooth in his surgery in Alberta and also has plans to take
it to dental schools and show it to colleagues at other dental practices.
Mr. Zuk
said that he realized the fact that the
molar will not be everyone's cup of tea and some people will think it is
extraordinary, while others will find it rather disgusting.
In
1980, Lennon was shot in the back four times by Mark David Chapman. The shots
came as Lennon was walking into the entrance of his New York apartment.
The Most expensive Tooth worth 31,000 U.S Dollars (£19,500) was set Dr. Michael Zuk for a John Lennon’s tooth at Red Deer, Alberta, United States of
America on April 2,2012.
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