Artnet

Do You Dream of Using a Hippo as a Bathtub (or Toilet)? Now Sotheby’s Is Offering a Full Les Lalanne Hippo Bathroom Set for $2.7 Million

All the bidders who lost out on buying the bronze hippopotamus-shaped bathtub by the French designers François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne—which sold last fall for a stunning $4.3 million, nearly three ...
Robb Report

This Life-Size Bronze Hippo Bathtub Just Sold for $4.3 Million—25 Times What the Owner Paid for It

This is certainly one hungry, hungry hippo. A bronze sculpture of a life-size hippopotamus, which doubles as a bathtub, sold for a gobsmacking $4.3 million at Christie’s New York last night, eclipsing ...
Forex Factory

Hippo Bathtub Fetches $4.3 Million, Reaps Whopping 2,500% Return

A bathtub shaped as a golden hippo sold for $4.3 million at Christie’s on Tuesday in New York, returning almost 2,500% to its owner, who purchased the work more than a decade earlier. The work by ...
Artnet

A Bronze Hippo Bathtub Made a Giant Splash at Christie’s, Selling for $4.3 Million—25 Times What Its Seller Bought It For

A determined bidder may soon be redoing their bathroom to accommodate one of their newest prizes: a bronze François-Xavier Lalanne tub that sold at Christie’s New York last night for an astronomical ...