Dictator Art - buttock edition

October 28 2011

 

Lots of excitement in the press about the piece of Saddam's buttock that failed to sell at auction for £250,000. The sale was, it seems, to raise money for charity. But what a ridiculous price. They should have taken the top bid of £21,000, itself a silly value, and run. 

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