John Lennon's Tooth Up For Auction Next Month

Would you pay $16,000 for someone's old tooth? What if it happened to belong to John Lennon?

The late musician's tooth will go up for auction next month, reports BBC News. The item belongs to Dot Jarlett, a former housekeeper for the Beatles who received the tooth from Lennon back in the 1960s. Lennon reportedly planned to throw it out before giving it to Jarlett as a "souvenir" for her daughter, who was a Beatles fan.

"It is a truly unique item and it is really difficult to put a value on it," Karen Fairweather of Omega Auctions told the BBC, adding that the tooth could sell for as much as six figures.

The sale of Lennon's tooth joins the auction of a letter penned by Paul McCartney as just another event in the parade of Beatles-related news in the past few months:

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[dakotanprudle]

05:45 PM on 10/24/2011

No, to each his own.

[Proximate Cause]

11:27 PM on 10/23/2011

Don't know that I would pay for the tooth if I had the extra cash, but listening to the Beatles and their individual works get me through good and bad days. I can't stop listening. George is my favorite.

[imsixftsix]

01:09 AM on 10/22/2011

It's a tooth....One little tooth...It isn't gross at all..

[foerschnerr]

10:18 AM on 10/20/2011

Just gimme some tooth. All I want is the tooth.

[ABM777]

08:56 AM on 10/20/2011

SOMEHOW I GET THE FEELING THAT AN ANONYMOUS BIDDER WILL TAKE THE TOOTH. I DON'T THINK YOKO ONO AND HIS CHILDREN WOULD BE AT EASE KNOWING THAT LENNON'S TOOTH WAS OWNED BY SOME WEIRDO DOING CULT, MAMBO JAMBO THINGS WITH IT OR PERHAPS START A PILGRIMMAGE MOVEMENT TO THE ONLY KNOWN LENNON'S BODY PART THAT SURVIVED CREMMATION. AFTERALL, LENNON IS AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FIGURE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY-LIKE IT OR NOT- AND ATTRACTS A FOLLOWING THE PROMISES TO ENDURE THE TEST OF TIME. AS LENNON WOULD SAY: "THAT'S REALITY"

[Mrsbean54]

07:59 AM on 10/20/2011

I love John Lennon, but that's gross.

But, you can't blame them for auctioning it. I think it's gross that John gave it to the woman as a souvenier to begin with...must have been the very late 1960s....

[americancolonyinhell]

10:55 PM on 10/19/2011

I just paid a dollar fifty for Hitler's madoola oblamgada on Quibids.

[Heavenhound]

09:45 AM on 10/19/2011

In the Catholic church, if John Lennon were an actual saint--a title he's more deserving of than many of the existing saints--this would be considered a first-class relic, i.e., part of the body of a saint. (His glasses would be a second-class relic, as something he wore, and his guitar, say, would be a third-class relic, as something he owned.) Downside is that once you own something like this, canon law forbids you from making a profit on it, so it's a good thing they're selling it now, before the beatification (Beatlification?) process begins.

[Michael D OBrien]

09:28 PM on 10/19/2011

Bur. considering he was NOT a Catholic, your post, is meaningless!

[Heavenhound]

09:41 PM on 10/19/2011

No, only a satirical riff. Go to the dollar store and buy yourself a sense of humor.

[Greg Oropeza]

10:27 PM on 10/19/2011

There are over 10,000 named saints and beatified people from history, and the Catholic Church teaches that it does not, in fact, make or create saints, rather, it recognizes saints. Being catholic is not a requirement for recognition anymore than understanding satire is a requirement for posting on the Huffington Post.

[americancolonyinhell]

10:56 PM on 10/19/2011

Now, that is an absolutely brilliant post.

[ContraEgoiste]

09:18 AM on 10/19/2011

WTF !!

If this isn't a sign that we have reached perverted levels of consumerism, where anything is up for a buck, and there are people out there willing to play.

John must be spinning in his grave.

[mightytonkatruc]

09:49 AM on 10/19/2011

Remember the rumor of John Dillinger's penis in the Smithsonian?

[TaurusRose]

01:50 PM on 10/19/2011

Well, he ain't chewin'

[CSaction]

09:16 AM on 10/19/2011

Better header: "John Lennon's Tooth Up For Auction"
Tabloid header: "Part Of John Lennon's Body Is Up For Auction"

Get a clue

[TaurusRose]

01:51 PM on 10/19/2011

hideous exploitation in every word of every HP headline

[Michael D OBrien]

09:31 PM on 10/19/2011

Seek the truth, not the Bull-----------!

[nenitaB]

08:58 AM on 10/19/2011

The memento or memoir from the Beatles [being a fan ] I'd prefer is no other than their songs which up to this time i still enjoy listening after almost 5 decades ago. Love to sing , too,.[ at home only, lol ] Pictures okay but no body parts, please.

[Michael D OBrien]

09:35 PM on 10/19/2011

I sing at home too, with headphones on. Drives my 21 year old son nuts!
But he has a great appreciation of what the Beatles meant and still mean to music!

[nenitaB]

02:40 AM on 10/20/2011

Lol, my 24 yr old son doesn't know Beatle's songs either . Singing was my first love and like different sorts of music even some of those in the 40s and 50s It's always nice to enjoy music as one of relievers in time of distress and sorrows. Fanned and faved! .

[Kalik]

08:55 AM on 10/19/2011

Clone him!

[Wookiee1972]

08:44 AM on 10/19/2011

Gee, people... it's not like someone dug him up and extracted it from him!

[TaurusRose]

01:52 PM on 10/19/2011

HP wants you to think maybe they did... just long enough to CLICK

[MIMom]

06:40 AM on 10/19/2011

Ick.

[KenInd]

05:31 AM on 10/19/2011

Somewhere in the world are thousands of litres of water than John Lennon passed....can we auction that, too?

The only use for said tooth would be for anyone born in Hamburg ca. 1960 who is seeking proof of paternity....................................................