Mmmmm must resist David Lynch autographTime is running out on this one but there's some great stuff (some going for a song too)!
https://bid.jg.limited/auctions/5-JKX73/history-culture
I see many of these went for way below the estimate. I also notice the auction house can't decide if Ford was the 38th or 40th President of the States! (38th)Time is running out on this one but there's some great stuff (some going for a song too)!
https://bid.jg.limited/auctions/5-JKX73/history-culture
They'll be second hand by then I guess!An Alarming Auction.
A man who has spent 30 years and £16,000 amassing a massive alarm clock collection is set to startle bidders.
Frank Randell said his time-consuming passion turned into an obsession, resulting in over 550 alarm clocks. The 79-year-old's items have been stored in cabinets at his home in Nottingham. Time will tell how much the clocks sell for, as due to the size of the collection, it will go under the hammer at a few auctions.
Mr Randell, a retired transport director, got his hands on his first alarm clock in the 1990s - a James Bond-themed timekeeper.
"Wherever my wife Ann and I went in the world - America, France, Japan, China - if I saw a clock that suited my collection I bought it," he said. "I documented every clock, where I bought it and what it cost. And every six weeks I checked over them all, replacing any dead batteries."
IMAGE SOURCE, HANSONS Image caption, Mr Randell said he would search for alarm clocks at collectors' fairs
IMAGE SOURCE, HANSONS Image caption, The clocks are from the 1930s onwards
Mr Randell's collection largely consists of 20th Century alarm clocks, dating from the 1930s onwards.
After ticking off hundreds of items, Mr Randell has decided to call time on his collection.
"The kids don't want them," he said. "I'd like to see them go to collectors who will enjoy them as much as I have. I am keeping a few for my three children, six grandchildren and great granddaughter."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65260653
Can you buy them on Tick?They'll be second hand by then I guess!
Are you sure this whole thing isn't a wind up?
Don't be silly. . . that sort of comment just raises alarm bells!Are you sure this whole thing isn't a wind up?
You could probably hear them on a promotional TikTok made by the auction house?Don't be silly. . . that sort of comment just raises alarm bells!
What you might well call a promotional wind-up!You could probably hear them on a promotional TikTok made by the auction house?
Barely visible to the human eye, the fluorescent yellowish-green bag is based on a popular Louis Vuitton design — though it is the work of a New York art collective, not the luxury label itself.
The object was made using two-photon polymerization, a manufacturing technology used to 3D-print micro-scale plastic parts. It was sold alongside a microscope equipped with a digital display through which the bag can be viewed.
The sale was hosted by Joopiter, an online auction house founded by American musician, record producer and designer Pharrell Williams.
Just goes to show what can be achieved when you purse'vere!
Totes!Just goes to show what can be achieved when you purse'vere!
'Totes,' mmm, 'totes erm,' seems to ring a bell somehow - bit of an unusual description, can't quite put my finger on it though!Totes!
I'd love to own this but I'd definitely also wear it so it's probably best I don't ..An upcoming Julian's auction where you can own Elvis' wristwatch or Cadillac, Buddy Holly's autograph, an authentic 'Penny Lane' street sign plus a whole lot more. There's some great stuff here!
https://www.julienslive.com/auctions/catalog/id/471
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Could be just a load of hot-air!Selling airspace, vacant possession guaranteed.
The future of London housing might lie in the sky, as a plot of "airspace" goes under the hammer this month in Battersea, south-west London.
Space at 47 Northcote Road is being offered with a guide price of £10,000. Despite there being no planning permission to build, auctioneer Phillip Arnold thinks it could fetch more.
The sale listing states the freeholder "will be providing landlord's consent to develop" on top of the roof of the flat below.
Mr Arnold explained that the plot next door was currently being redeveloped with an additional storey and another, two doors down, had permission for the same.
"You'd like to think there's a better chance than most with this," he said.
Located within walking distance of Clapham Junction railway station, the plot sits above two self-contained flats and a ground floor restaurant that is being redeveloped into a café. The airspace is offered "with vacant possession" and the auctioneer's website says "a new 150-year lease with a peppercorn ground rent will be granted upon completion".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67575318
Could be just a load of hot-air!
Wonder if they'll put a price on the very air we breath in future?Selling airspace, vacant possession guaranteed.
The future of London housing might lie in the sky, as a plot of "airspace" goes under the hammer this month in Battersea, south-west London.
Space at 47 Northcote Road is being offered with a guide price of £10,000. Despite there being no planning permission to build, auctioneer Phillip Arnold thinks it could fetch more.
The sale listing states the freeholder "will be providing landlord's consent to develop" on top of the roof of the flat below.
Mr Arnold explained that the plot next door was currently being redeveloped with an additional storey and another, two doors down, had permission for the same.
"You'd like to think there's a better chance than most with this," he said.
Located within walking distance of Clapham Junction railway station, the plot sits above two self-contained flats and a ground floor restaurant that is being redeveloped into a café. The airspace is offered "with vacant possession" and the auctioneer's website says "a new 150-year lease with a peppercorn ground rent will be granted upon completion".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67575318
50p.I own a very small piece of one of his famous black turtlenecks. I wonder what that'd be worth?
50p.
Amazing!Newport zesty bidding war sees 285-year-old lemon fetch £1.4K
BBC News, West Midlands
A zesty and unlikely bidding war has seen a lemon that is nearly 300 years old fetch more than £1,000 at auction.
Brettell's Auctioneers in Newport said the initial bid was just £40, but then the bids for what is thought to have been a love token just escalated.
The lemon has inscriptions carved in it stating it was given by Mr P Lu Franchini Nov 4 1739 to Miss E Baxter.
Auctioneer David Brettell said he told bidders: "You are never going to see an object like this at auction again."
"It is completely unique," he added. It is thought the fruit was brought back to the UK from India.
There were 35 bidders in the end, but it went to a British collector paying a total of £1,416 including auctioneer's fees.
Mr Brettell said the ancient citrus fruit was discovered in the bottom drawer of a 19th century chest salvaged during a house clearance.
It is thought to have been a love token and sold for £1,416 after a bidding war
The vendors were sorting through their uncle's possessions and thought the cabinet may be valuable so brought it in.
Mr David Brettell said: "The lemon arrived in an ordinary late 19th century Chinese collector's chest.
"It was right at the back of one of the drawers so we took it out, who knows how long it had been in there for, but I suppose it is not something you would have ever taken out," he said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-68228491