Coventry Stuff for Sale or Auction (inc. eBay etc.)

Cine film of the new cathedral here.

The weekend before last, I bought my first item from a timed auction at Easy Live Auction. Unlike a real auction there was no live auction with or without a guy with a gavel and a room full of bidders. It was not unlike Ebay but I discovered that a last minute bid, automatically pushes the auction lot end time back 10 mins. This means that other bidders have time to debate whether to up their bid. I hope that Ebay doesn't copy this trick! On the plus side, the auctioneers was better set up to post winning bids and was cheaper than other auction houses. I got the two gatehouse pictures for the all in price of £24.06. Note to self, check the measurements of things I bid on. I tend to assume that cheap stuff must be small.

An old view of Spon Gate viewed from within the walls here. Artist Henry Gilder who lived 1743-1808. Not the best rendition of the view but agrees with several others. As with many images from that era there is the obligatory random empty cart and a woman carrying stuff on her head. I suspect that this won't sell unless there are Gilder fans. It's expensive, not particularly charming and out of its country of origin. Updated - didn't sell.

There is a new listing for "A Thousand Years of Coventry Pubs" today