John Lennon's Tooth Expected to Fetch $16K at Auction

Imagine having John Lennon's tooth. It's easy if you try.

A molar from the Beatle legend's mouth will go on the auction block next month, and the reserve price has been set at $16,000. For the Beatle fanatic, the slightly yellow tooth, which has a cavity, by the way, could be the most elusive piece of memorabilia. Or it could simply seem disgusting and weird.

"We get a lot of people buying memorabilia as investments," Karen Fairweather, owner of Omega Auction House, told CNN. "Or it could just be a fan that really, really wants a part of John Lennon."

The biter was handed down to Dorothy "Dot" Jarlett when she worked as Lennon's housekeeper at his home in Surrey, according to her son Barry. Jarlett was employed between 1964 and 1968, when giving teeth to the help was all the rage among the world's most famous rockers.

"She was very close with John, and one day whilst chatting in the kitchen, John gave my mother the tooth (he had been to the dentist to have it removed that day) and suggested giving it to my sister as a souvenir, as she was a huge Beatles fan," he said. "It has been in the family ever since."

Imagine having John Lennon's tooth. It's easy if you try.

A molar from the Beatle legend's mouth will go on the auction block next month, and the reserve price has been set at $16,000. For the Beatle fanatic, the slightly yellow tooth, which has a cavity, by the way, could be the most elusive piece of memorabilia. Or it could simply seem disgusting and weird.

"We get a lot of people buying memorabilia as investments," Karen Fairweather, owner of Omega Auction House, told CNN. "Or it could just be a fan that really, really wants a part of John Lennon."

The biter was handed down to Dorothy "Dot" Jarlett when she worked as Lennon's housekeeper at his home in Surrey, according to her son Barry. Jarlett was employed between 1964 and 1968, when giving teeth to the help was all the rage among the world's most famous rockers.

"She was very close with John, and one day whilst chatting in the kitchen, John gave my mother the tooth (he had been to the dentist to have it removed that day) and suggested giving it to my sister as a souvenir, as she was a huge Beatles fan," he said. "It has been in the family ever since."

By Greg Wilson

taken from http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/John-Lennons-Tooth-Expected-to-Fetch-16K-at-Auction-132524448.html