Well the auction has started and a few bids have been made. What is heartening is that lots of people are looking which means that news is spreading. Obviously as more people look the more chance there is of bidders so if you like the look of something - bid now or you may not get anything as the auction builds up publicity.
Latest arrivals
Drawings received from 3 Dec to 12 Dec 2006
Ian Botham Cricketer
Melanie C Singer
Phil Collins Singer
David Coulthard Formula 1 driver
Geraldine James Actor
Doon Mackichan Comedian/Actor
Warren Mitchell Actor
Eric Rose Artist
Shakin’ Stevens Singer
Imogen Stubbs Actor
Alan Titchmarsh Gardener and Author
Peter Vaughan Actor
Kim Wilde Gardener and Singer
Happy bidding - if you do
Les
Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Sunday, 10 December 2006
Morning of the Auction start
Its 11.10 on Sunday morning on a overcast day in Dorset and the auction starts in about 8 hours.
Here's the end of the list of items received up to a week ago. Ricky Gervais (The Office) and Chris Rea (Singer) have both produced oil paintings for us ! There are some more drawings in the charity office but I haven't seen them yet and the names of those artists will probably be on my mext blog in a day or so.
Here's the end of the list of items received up to a week ago. Ricky Gervais (The Office) and Chris Rea (Singer) have both produced oil paintings for us ! There are some more drawings in the charity office but I haven't seen them yet and the names of those artists will probably be on my mext blog in a day or so.
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Saturday, 9 December 2006
Ist items for sale
For some reason I couldn't log in yesterday so here's two days blogs in one. The auction will start Sunday 10th Dec as planned at 7.00pm British time. I'm starting slowly to allow some publicity to build up, so only 5 items at a time for the first 2-3 weeks and then up to 10 or12 a week.
First five, Lord Melvyn Bragg (broadcaster and author) - drawing, John Francome
(ex-jockey and author) - drawing, Lorraine Chase (actor) drawing and autographed photo, Ned Sherrin (broadcaster) - drawing.
Her's the next 20 or so from the alphabetical list. I note from my last item that the tabs on excel don't copy across very well - that's why it looks a mess.
Log on to the ebay site from the start and you'll be able to see what the items look like.
Les
First five, Lord Melvyn Bragg (broadcaster and author) - drawing, John Francome
(ex-jockey and author) - drawing, Lorraine Chase (actor) drawing and autographed photo, Ned Sherrin (broadcaster) - drawing.
Her's the next 20 or so from the alphabetical list. I note from my last item that the tabs on excel don't copy across very well - that's why it looks a mess.
| Jilly | Cooper | |
| Alan | Coren | |
| Robin | Cousins | |
| Daniel | Craig | |
| Edwina | Currie | |
| Peter | Davison | |
| Anita | Dobson | |
| Chris | Donald | |
| Nick | Faldo | |
| The Duchess of York | Sarah | Ferguson |
| Sir | Ranulph | Fiennes |
| Bob | Flowerdew | |
| Bruce | Forsyth | |
| Frederick | Forsyth | |
| John | Francome | |
| Sir | James | Galway |
| Liza | Goddard | |
| Sir | Peter | Hall |
| Christina | Hart-Davies | |
| Adam | Hart-Davis | |
| Harry | Hill | |
| Damien | Hirst | |
| Ian | Hislop | |
| Sarah | Kennedy | |
| Rula | Lenska | |
| Maureen | Lipman | |
| Gina | McKee | |
| Katie | Melua |
Log on to the ebay site from the start and you'll be able to see what the items look like.
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZmiltonabbas
Les
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
More celebrity drawings. 1st
We have 90 items in now but a list that long is almost unreadable, so I'll list about 20 a day to try to keep your interest.
I can confirm that the auction will start on Sunday 10 December at 7.00pm British time. I have hit a problem with scheduling auctions to begin at a time other than when I list and so have had to set up to run from my own login rather than the Wildlife site. It will now be hosted on
Here's the first 20 or so drawings in our alphabetical list.
I can confirm that the auction will start on Sunday 10 December at 7.00pm British time. I have hit a problem with scheduling auctions to begin at a time other than when I list and so have had to set up to run from my own login rather than the Wildlife site. It will now be hosted on
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZmiltonabbas
Please be assured that all proceeds will go to the charity, I'm just the volunteer who has organised it.Here's the first 20 or so drawings in our alphabetical list.
| Drawing | Wants to | |||
| or Photo | know result | |||
| Autog'd Book | David | Cameron | ||
| Autog'd book | Nanette | Newman | ||
| D | John | Alderton | ||
| D | Clive | Anderson | ||
| D | Lord | Paddy | Ashdown | |
| D | Michael | Aspel | ||
| D | David | Baddiel | ||
| D | Alexandra | Bastedo | ||
| D | Lynda | Bellingham | ||
| D | Rt Hon | Tony | Benn | |
| D | Dickie | Bird | ||
| D | Jennie | Bond | ||
| D | Y | Lord | Melvyn | Bragg |
| D | Jo | Brand | ||
| D | Piers | Browne | ||
| D | Y | Darcey | Bussell | |
| d | Sir | Menzies | Campbell | |
| D | Sir | Bobby | Charlton | |
| D | Jack | Charlton | ||
| D | Lorraine | Chase | ||
| D | Julian | Clary | ||
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
First news reprint from email but new here
Some of the names at the bottom of this posting will be unfamiliar to many people outside the UK. I'll post further names over rthe next few days. Among them, familiar names like Ricky Gervais, Daniel Craig - the nes James Bond, Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York and Nick Faldo.
Keep looking.
Les
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:29 AM
Keep looking.
Les
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:29 AM
Subject: Dorset Wilfife Trust Internet Auction NEWS 1
Hi everybody
At last I have something positive and substantial to report.
Before I get to to news I'd like to thank our sponsors. The generosity of Phillip Ward at Abbey Life who did all the posting for us of between 550 and 600 envelopes, Michelle Gerrard and Tom Groundes-Peace at Colart who provided watercolour paper and Mick at Board Envelopes will enable us to make considerably more for the Trust than if we had had to pay for everything. So thank you for for assistance, it is really appreciated.
On to the news. David Bellamy agreed to sign our request letter to the celebs as soon as he was asked and within a week or so the envelope packs were put together on my kitchen table and rushed across to Abbey Life. They were posted just over two weeks ago and the first drawings began to appear within only four days. Quite a number of refusals for various reasons have arrived but at least they were responses. We've received a couple of signed books, a keyring (no, I'm not kidding) and just over 30 drawings, some of which are very impressive. I've attached a list of what we have so far at the bottom of this email.
When I have about 50 items, selling will begin on ebay. I shall let you know exactly when and what address to call up so that you can see the drawings.
If anybody doesn't want to receive these updates which will be on an irregular basis because I don't want to do a 'weekly' and be scratching around for something to say, just reply to me with UNSUBSCRIBE as the messgae and I'll remove you from the address file. One thing I did want to point out is that everybody gets this as a 'blind' cc for confidentiality purposes.
I shall write again as soon as there is something worth reporting - WATCH THIS SPACE
Regards
Les Bunce
Auction Organiser
| Rec'd items to 13 Nov 06 | |||||
| Drawing | Wants to | ||||
| or Photo | know result | Title | first name | surname | |
| Autog'd Book | David | Cameron | |||
| Autog'd book | Nanette | Newman | |||
| D | Y | Lord | Melvyn | Bragg | |
| D | Rt Hon | Tony | Benn | ||
| D | Sir | Ranulph | Fiennes | ||
| D | Sir | Patrick | Moore | ||
| D | Y | Sir | Tim | Rice | |
| D | Sir | John | Mortimer | ||
| D | Clive | Anderson | |||
| D | Michael | Aspel | |||
| D | Dickie | Bird | |||
| D | Jennie | Bond | |||
| D | Piers | Browne | |||
| D | Y | Darcey | Bussell | ||
| D | Jack | Charlton | |||
| D | Alan | Coren | |||
| D | Edwina | Currie | |||
| D | Y | Anita | Dobson | ||
| D | Chris | Donald | |||
| D | Bob | Flowerdew | |||
| D | Frederick | Forsyth | |||
| D | John | Francome | |||
| D | Christina | Hart-Davies | |||
| D | Adam | Hart-Davis | |||
| D | Ian | Hislop | |||
| D | Rula | Lenska | |||
| D | Gina | McKee | |||
| D | Katie | Melua | |||
| D | Alan | Plater | |||
| D | Tony | Robinson | |||
| D | Ned | Sherrin | |||
| D | Rick | Stein | |||
| D | Y | Jimmy | Tarbuck | ||
| D | Michael | Winner | |||
| D | Greg | Wise | |||
| Keyring ? | Sir | Clement | Freud | ||
Monday, 4 December 2006
1st news
Four years ago we ran an internet auction of drawings by celebrities and raised just over £30,000 - another one is just about to start on ebay. Current date for the start is evening (British time) of Sunday 10 December.
Check out our webpage to find out more about us - we've got nearly 25,000 members.
http://www.dorsetwildlife.co.uk/
Our ebay 'About me' page is
http://cgi3.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=dorsetwildlife
I'll post another message with a list of who we've received drawings from later today.
Check out our webpage to find out more about us - we've got nearly 25,000 members.
http://www.dorsetwildlife.co.uk/
Our ebay 'About me' page is
http://cgi3.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=dorsetwildlife
I'll post another message with a list of who we've received drawings from later today.
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