Tattoo Artist Artur Mrozowski has spent 300 hours getting his entire body inked with jaguar spots by his wife, Monika at their tattoo studio in Blackpool.
His obsession with the big cats doesn’t stop at his skin, as he goes by the name of Jaguar.
He has put his skin on eBay for a whopping £75k, but you can only claim your item once the wearer has died. He hopes that the money will help provide for his family… I can think of better ways… and thinks the price is worth the pain he has endured. The listing has since been removed, but the bidding had reached £26.
He believes that his skin is a once in a lifetime opportunity for wealthy collectors, it will create the highest quality leather. He even states that it is in great condition due to his vegetarianism. Indeed there is a market for such oddities, with ‘legal’ human leather being sold in countries such as India. I am currently studying for a Masters degree in publishing, and I have come across book makers being asked to create bespoke books bound in tattooed human leather during my studies.
Also Amsterdam’s Tattoo Museum, houses a small specimen of preserved human skin.
My boyfriend and I have joked before that if we were to lose a body part that was heavily tattooed, we’d possibly keep the limb, or find a way to preserve the skin, mainly due to the money and pain that went into creating each tattoo.
Have you ever considered selling or preserving your tattooed skin? Let us know what you think by commenting below.
I am seriously considering it. I have a tattoo of a fist size of a little bunny rabbit on my thigh done by one of the most famous artists in the states. Mr. Cartoon. I saw one of his NIKE collaboed sneakers sold at an auction for around $25,000 If his design alone , I mean of course the NIKE Air Force 1 too is worth that much, why can’t I surgically remove and frame this small piece of my skin to be auctioned off to someone who wants to collect Mr. Cartoon’s artwork? I thought.