Without his gold-plated false teeth wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill would never have been able to make such rousing wartime speeches.
Indeed, they were so crucial to him that he carried a spare set at all times.
And a collector clearly held them in equally high regard, bidding more than three times the guide price at this afternoon's sale to snap them up for £15,200.
I mean, would you buy one of Abe Lincoln's stovepipe hats without trying it on and reciting the Gettysburg Address? I think not.
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