Most Expensive Poops Ever Sold
Lloyds Bank Coprolite In 1972, construction workers discovered a 20-centimeter-long and 5-centimeter-wide (8 x 2 in) piece of human excrement while excavating in order to build a new branch of Lloyds Bank in York, England. The poop is valued at $39,000.
Jacu Bird Dung Jacu bird coffee is yet another expensive coffee made from animal dung. As the name implies, it is made from the poop of the wild jacu bird that lives in Brazil. Currently, a kilogram of it costs £700.
Civet Cat Poop Kopi luwak is also one of the world’s most expensive coffees. A cup sold for up to $90 in the US in 2015. In this case, the coffee is made with partially digested coffee beans picked from the feces of the civet cat.
Panda Dung Tea made from the panda poop-fertilized plants could prevent cancer. There was a catch, though. He expected a kilogram of the tea to cost $69,000, making it possibly the world’s most expensive tea.
Guano Guano is the excreta of seabirds and bats and is used as fertilizer. It was a big deal in the 19th century, when the United States and other Europeans nations did almost anything to get their hands on it. Guano was so valuable that Peru, a major producer, funded most of its budget with the money it made from exporting it.
Elephant Dung The dung of elephants living in Thailand’s Golden Triangle is used to make one of the world’s most expensive coffees. A pound of Black Ivory coffee sold for $500 as of 2012. A cup cost $50. The manufacturer says the coffee has a distinct, non-bitter taste because the beans have been processed by acids in the stomach of the elephant.
Meter-Long Fossilized Poop In 2012, an unnamed man dug up a 102-centimeter-long (40 in), brownish-yellow coprolite belonging to an unidentified animal that lived in what is now Toledo, Washington. The ancient poop sold at auction for $10,370 in 2014.
Elvis Presley In 2012, light blue underwear worn by Elvis Presley went on auction. One account simply mentions that the underwear was stained around the crotch area, while another explicitly states that it was stained with poop. The auction ended with the briefs unsold after several buyers offered to buy it for £5,000, which was £2,000 less than the £7,000 reserve price.
Piero Manzoni’s Feces Sometime in 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni decided to create some strange artwork with his feces. He pooped in 90 cans, sealed them shut, and put them on sale. Tate art gallery in London acquired one for £22,350 ($30,000) in 2007. The same year, a second can auctioned for £81,000 ($108,000) in Milan. By 2017, they were worth around $300,000 and will cost millions of dollars within a few years.
Ambergris Ambergris is fecal gold. It’s rare enough that finding a big enough hunk of it can make you an instant millionaire. In 2016, three fishermen from Oman found a 80-kilogram (176 lb) piece of ambergris valued at $3 million.