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Celebrity dressing up box goes under the hammer

DAVID Cameron’s cycling helmet, Anne Robinson’s glasses, Esther Rantzen’s jewellery and Anthony Worrall Thompson’s chef’s whites are just some of the items from a veritable celebrity dressing up box that will go under the hammer in the Cotswolds in aid of disadvantaged children.

Individual celebrity donations will be sold in a silent auction by event sponsor Moore Allen & Innocent at the biennial Country House Car Boot Sale at Stowell Park near Northleach, the home of Lord and Lady Vestey, on Sunday, September 21.

The lots also include jockey silks from British Jump Racing champion Tony McCoy and Irish National Hunt trainer Jonjo O’Neill, Formula 1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton’s baseball cap, and a cookbook from Michelin Star chef Michael Caines.

Auctioneer Philip Allwood explained: “The lots will be sold by means of silent auction. There will be no rostrum; instead, people will place their bids before and during the event and at the end of the day the highest bidder will win the item.”

The Country House Car Boot Sale, which is run by the Cotswolds branch of the NSPCC, has quickly established its place in the Cotswolds social diary. The owners of 200 country houses in the Cotswolds have been invited to clear out their attics and sell their antiques, car boot style. The NSPCC hopes to raise £30,000 from the event.

Experts from Moore Allen & Innocent will be providing a roaming antique valuation service, advising the posh car booters on what price to put on their more valuable items.

Members of the public will be able to view the celebrity donations at Moore Allen & Innocent’s salerooms at Norcote, near Cirencester, on Thursday, August 14, Thursday, August 28 and Thursday, September 11.

	Auctioneer Chris Surfleet with some of the lots in the silent auction, including Anne Robinson’s glasses, David Cameron’s cycling helmet, Anthony Worrall Thompson’s chef’s whites, Lewis Hamilton’s baseball cap and a cookbook from Michelin Star chef Michael Caines; all of the lots on display.