Selling strange or unique objects

[3s_a_crowd]

Should someone tell the subject of this news story about the benefits of e-bay or is there a better market place ?
Russian wants to sell Hitler's 'penis' A Russian man who claims to be in possession of Hitler's mummified penis is to put it up for sale. Ivan Zudropov says he's prepared to allow a DNA test on it to confirm its origins. Mr Zudropov claims his father, Vasiliy, was a Red Army soldier who saw action in Berlin and was one of the troops who was first into the Nazi's command bunker, where he found Hitler's body. Mr Zudropov said the Russian soldiers had stripped the body of clothing, then kicked and punched it before hacking it up, and that his dad had decided to keep a piece as a souvenir. He told the Express Gazeta daily: 'My father wanted to take a souvenir from Hitler. He first wanted to cut off his head, but later he decided to cut off his penis.' He said he now wanted to sell the bizarre family heirloom for �12,000. He added that the mummified penis was just two-and-half-inches long. Story filed: 11:10 Friday 1st August 2003

[LeMarchand]

Surely a DNA test would only be of use if Hitler's DNA is on file (pretty unlikely, I would suspect)? I'm sure that it would fetch more than �12k on eBay (assuming selling mummified "bits" doesn't contradict their terms) - someone bought "nothing" for around $20!; but I would think that - especially if there was some way to prove that it was genuine - it would fetch far more on the private collector's market.

[paulz]

LeMarchand - they'd be a collector of privates then?

[the_dipsey_1]

LMAO - does it c u m giftwrapped!! sorry too much wine tonight!!! or maybe not enough!!!