The fuhrer’s “throne” is going to auction Monday.
Taken from Adolf Hitler’s Berghof home by U.S. forces, the one-of-a-kind toilet seat is one of several linked to the Nazi madman and his girlfriend Eva Braun up for sale online Monday and Tuesday at Maryland’s Alexander Historical Auctions.
The auction house, one of Secrets’ favorites because it regularly sells incredibly rare and sometimes topical historical artifacts, said that the toilet seat was taken by American M.P. Ragnvald C. Borch after the U.S. invasion.
According to the auction house description, Borch was told, “‘Get what you want.’ He made his way to Hitler’s bedroom, taking a World War I armored vest on display and two oil paintings. He saw the toilet seat and removed it, being asked by another M.P. holding a chandelier: ‘What are you doing with that toilet seat?’ The young M.P. smartly replied: ‘Where do you think Hitler put his ass?’”
It could fetch up to $15,000. As of noon Sunday, the bidding had already reached $6,500.
The auction house is also offering several of Braun’s undergarments, including her lace panties.
Alexander President Bill Panagopulos told Secrets today, “How could we possibly embarrass and denigrate Hitler more than offer his toilet seat and his wife’s undies? The image of Hitler on the ‘throne’ is just ridiculous.”
He said that his Monday-Tuesday sale is drawing huge attention, in part because he also has rare items tied to President Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Secrets wrote recently about baseballs signed by Biden, Obama, and Vice President Kamala Harris and a check signed by Trump.
In his description of the toilet seat, Panagopulos focused on its rarity. “This is a one-of-a-kind piece! While a toilet removed from Hitler’s yacht, the Aviso Grille, gained great notoriety after it turned up in a New Jersey gas station a few years ago, it was one of perhaps 10 or 20 on that vessel. This example was from Hitler’s personal bathroom, from as close to a ‘throne’ as the dictator would ever get. One can scarcely imagine the plotting the tyrant undertook while contemplating the world from atop this perch!” he wrote.
