Shatner’s Kidney Stone Sold for $25,000
Thursday, January 19th, 2006Who is weirder: the person who sold the kidney stone or the people who bought it?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Going maybe where no other actor has gone before, “Star Trek” star William Shatner has sold a piece of his body for charity.
Shatner, famed for playing Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise in the original “Star Trek” TV series, sold his kidney stone to online casino GoldenPalace.Com for $25,000. The money will be donated by Shatner to Habitat for Humanity to build houses for the poor.
But Shatner said it wasn’t easy parting with a kidney stone, even if it had already left his body. He also said he would never sell unless he had visitation rights.
“When I was contacted about selling my kidney stone to GoldenPalace.Com for an original price of $15,000 I turned it down, knowing that my tunics from Star Trek have commanded more than $100,000,” Shatner said, adding that he countered by offering to sell the ring-sized stone for $25,000.
Is there no limit to the lengths that celebrity worshipers will go to obtain a piece of their favorite celebrity? GoldenPalace.com is going to include the stone in a tour of unusual items. Perhaps it will be joined by that cheese sandwich which had an image of the Virgin Mary on it.
Maybe I should try to sell my non-functioning kidneys and pancreas to GoldenPalace.com. I could use $50,000 right now.
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