Here she is: Noelle the Dancing Queen, who I paid £13 for in yesterday’s Eccentric City auction at The Anchor Inn, Digbeth. She’s worth every penny.
It was a brilliant event, led by Citizen Smith lookalike auctioneer and Eccentric City newspaper editor Harry Palmer, ably assisted by Si.
People came from far and wide, most notably Eccentric Creator of Bizarre Contraptions and auction celebrity guest John Ward, who came all the way from Spalding and was granted a massive ’18′ key to the city for his trouble.
As well as Noelle I got a rather special 20th Century History of Rubberised Roadside Repair after losing my head in a bidding war with Sandra Hall. It’s a shoe-box full of puncture repair tins for cars and bikes old and older. I’m not even going to try to do justice to them with my crappy camera but will get some nice pictures taken of them soon.
What I didn’t get (despite buying FOUR raffle tickets and crossing everything) was my own tabloid page in the next edition of Eccentric City. However, Harry has said I can submit an article which I’m working on now.
I ended up spending far more than I should have but as Midge Diabolik pointed out, “It’s hardly the kids in Africa, but it’s a good cause.”
Reanimator Hamster: Maybe i’ve been working in a horror shop too long but thats the typical sort of thing thats usually cursed and comes awake at night to commit evil deeds! :).