Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 25, 1992 TAG: 9203250124
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 12 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS LENGTH: Short
The patrician potty, which has tropical wood inlay, a marble lid and a French oak bowl, fetched 120,000 British pounds ($205,200) over the weekend.
"Women Working In The Field," a pencil sketch by Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh, sold for 200,000 German marks ($120,500) to a Spanish collector.
The toilet's seller, London antiques dealer Angela Grefen von Wallwitz, said the Louis XV-style piece likely belonged to an aristocratic or royal family. It is 4 feet wide, heavily ornamented in the style known as ormolu.
The privy was bought by a German couple. - Associated Press
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