One of those naked Trump statues could be yours
UPDATE: Oct. 24, 2016, 11:44 a.m. EDT Updated to include information about auction sale.
Remember those naked Donald Trump statues that popped up in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and beyond last month? The life-sized likenesses that featured bouffant hair and a healthy orange paunch but no testicles?
Well, one of them could be yours for your very own home.
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The Los Angeles Trump is up for auction and the sellers believe it could fetch between $10,000 and $20,000. Don't expect it to help fund The Wall though; profits are destined for an immigrant support group.
Julien's Auctions are looking after the sale of the item, which is one of art collective Indecline's "The Emperor Has No Balls" series. It's inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story "The Emperor's New Clothes."
This particular Trump showed up outside a gift shop in the Los Feliz neighborhood of LA. To protect it from the fate of other statues across the country, which were dismantled or removed, workers from a nearby art gallery moved it onto their private land.
It will be on view at the auction house from Oct. 17 with the sale taking place on Oct. 22.
Other items available include a Banksy print and a somewhat more flattering portrait of President Obama.
Here's the statue in all its glory. It's NSFW. Think before you scroll.
According to NY1, as of Oct. 22 the statue officially has a new owner.
The artistic depiction of Trump reportedly sold for a whopping $22,000 at an auction on Saturday in Los Angeles, California. A portion of the proceeds plan to be donated to the National Immigration Forum.
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