1 / 10 Adolf Hitler's personal toilet seat that was taken from his Bavarian retreat at the closing of WWII has sold at auction.2 / 10The rare and bizarre World War Two item was put up for bidding at Alexanders Historical Auctions before the gavel fell on the price of £13,750.3 / 10The relic sparked a bidding frenzy between collectors 'flush' with cash at the sale in the USA, with the white wooden seat eventually selling for $18,750 (£13,750).4 / 10The toilet seat was taken from the dictator's private bathroom at the Berghof - his mountain hideaway in the Bavarian Alps - where it was looted by a young US soldier.5 / 10Reported in The Mirror, Ragnvald C Borch was one of the first Americans on the scene as he was fluent in German and French and sent to liaise with the French 2nd Armoured Division.6 / 10He told by senior officers to “get what you want” from the Berghof, which had been badly damaged by Allied bombing in the last days of the war.7 / 10Choosing to take Hitler's toilet seat as a keepsake, Borch was asked by another G.I holding a chandelier why he chose the unusual prize, to which the Sergeant replied: “Where do you think Hitler put his ass?”8 / 10The soldier then shipped his trophy piece back his family home in New Jersey, where he put it on display in his basement.9 / 10Bill Panagopulos of Alexander Auctions hailed the 16-inch wide seat as 'one of a kind'. “This was as close to a 'throne' as the dictator would ever get.' He said. “One can scarcely imagine the plotting the tyrant undertook while contemplating the world from atop this perch.'10 / 10In addition to the toilet seat, other personal possessions belonging to the dictator were also up for sale. His personal porcelain shaving mug, bearing his portrait, that was taken from his Munich apartment fetched £15,600, while his personal monogrammed hairbrush that was also seized from the Berghof with four exceptionally rare small strands of Hitler's hair removed from the brush went for £1,650.