A solid gold toilet — the satirical Maurizio Cattelan artwork once offered to US President Donald Trump — became the talk of the art world again on Tuesday when it sold for $12.1 million at Sotheby’s New York. The 18-karat, fully functional sculpture, titled America, weighs more than 220 pounds and opened bidding at $10 million. The auction took place during what Sotheby’s described as a “soft patch” for top-tier art sales, Forbes reported. Created by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, America has a history as striking as its materials. The work first drew widespread attention in 2016 when it was installed in a public bathroom at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, attracting nearly 100,000 visitors. The toilet also became a pop-culture curiosity when the Guggenheim, after

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