Well House, which formerly housed the village shop and post office until it closed in the late 1990s, is being sold by the great-grandson of coal merchant Thomas Powell who bought it for £320 in 1903. It has been in the family through four generations.
Auctioneers Hayman-Joyce of Winchcombe are quoting a guide price of £300,000 […]

A schoolboy who successfully bid for a PlayStation 2 on eBay, not only got the games console but found £44,000 in cash stuffed in the box as well.
The 16-year-old only paid £95 for the Play Station 2, which was supposed to come complete with two games, but when it arrived the games were missing and […]

Motorists have been warned that up to half of all second-hand tyres bought from online auction site eBay may be dangerous if fitted to a car.
A report commissioned by Continental Tyres and carried out by technical specialists entyrety checked the safety of twenty used tyres bought on eBay.
The report found that:
• One in five were […]

On 20 July Bonhams holds its second Racing Sale at Newmarket, this time at Tattersalls, Europe’s largest bloodstock auctioneers. The sale celebrates every aspect of one of Britain’s best-loved and oldest sports.
The catalogue will be available to view on line from the second week in July at www.bonhams.com and the sale will go on view […]

An extraordinary table ‘snuff mull’ in the form of a scrolling horn that was formerly at Edinburgh’s famous Lawnmarket Club is one of the highlights at Bonhams’ annual Scottish Sale, which will take place between 22 – 24 August 2007.
The Victorian table snuff mull to be sold at Bonhams features the inscription: “This horn was […]

A Tolworth man jailed for Kingston’s biggest ever counterfeit scam has been ordered by Kingston Crown Court to sell his flat and his car to pay back the profits of his crime.
Simon Waugh, 45, was jailed for 12 months in March after building up a criminal business with a £170,000-a-year turnover by importing fake designer […]

Manheim Auctions has launched Hammer Time!, a ground-breaking new subscription service which allows motorists fast access to hundreds of thousands of used cars, vans, HGVs and motorbikes online at manheim.co.uk/hammertime.
Subscribers can make unlimited searches to find vehicles which match their exact requirements from thousands of used vehicles going through Manheim’s network of 19 UK auction […]