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Hong Kong Jeweler Clings To His Golden Toilet

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 07/08/2008 - 8:26am

You can't put a price on a dream — at least not all of it. An entrepreneur in Hong Kong says he grew up obsessed with gold.

He became an apprentice goldsmith, then a wholesale jeweler. He built a house full of gold. Now that gold prices are soaring, the Wall Street Journal says he's melting it down.

But no matter what the price, the man says he will keep his solid gold toilet.