2008-09-03UTC08:47:23Apothecary cabinet strangeness in SurreyYou will of course remember this cabinet that I bigged up recently, it was listed for £100 and I put in a few bids for it, as I liked it and it's full price would be over two grand and it matches what we've got. It sold in the end for £545 to someone... 2008-08-11UTC06:30:09Nice weekend, quiet weekendNice weekend. Changed our Friday night outgoing plans and had a quiet one in. Saturday went to a 92nd birthday tea for Clare's gran over in Tenterden, home for a brief siesta, and then out to The Guildhall with visiting family and friends. Took a bri... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11501/Nice+weekend%2C+quiet+weekend">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-23UTC12:29:25Woo we won a "Seven For All Mankind" auction at last!Clare has got some £200 quid jeans on the way for just £13 pounds. They're not as-new or anything obviously, but should still be good jeans. I am aware that is suspiciously low, there must have been some clue that the jeans were fake, that we missed.... 2008-05-31UTC08:46:07Three people selling Stereophonics Leas Cliff Hall tickets nowAnd <a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1-5435717?url=http%3A//search.ebay.co.uk/stereophonics-tickets" title="Ebay: stereophonics tickets">they all have bids</a>, all at around the £120 mark.<br /><br />Should we go, or shouldn't we go? <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11297/Three+people+selling+Stereophonics+Leas+Cliff+Hall+tickets+now"><img alt="Three people selling Stereophonics Leas Cliff Hall tickets now" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11297/Three+people+selling+Stereophonics+Leas+Cliff+Hall+tickets+now">Rated 4.86/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-03-26UTC03:27:45Colour of Magic: QUITE GOODEnjoyed The Colour Of Magic, we watched it last night. Next part to watch tonight, hopefully. Why not treat yourself to this signed first edition Terry Pratchett of The Colour Of Magic TERRY PRATCHETT - THE COLOUR OF MAGIC - SIGNED BY TERRY PRATCHETT... 2008-03-19UTC08:51:44The Luggage, but for realThe Luggage, from Terry Pratchett's Colour of Magic and other Discworld Novels, and it can be yours, all the money goes to charity.A unique opportunity to own a one-off replica of the luggage as featured in Sky One's adaptation of Terry Pratchett's T... 2008-01-26UTC09:19:39Four tables, four pricesHmm I suspect these four dining tables are actually the same table, but you can pay between 900 and 1250 pounds for them, depending on whether you want the table with just four chairs, four chairs and a bench, five chairs and a bench, or two chairs, ... 2007-11-20UTC08:44:41A couple of modern affordable Harry Clarke booksFirstly Queens, I have a copy of this book, and it's nice but slim, it's a collection of colour plates of a series of nine windows that are in private hands, I think I paid twenty four pounds for mine, happy bidding... Secondly, a book that we got ne... 2007-11-14UTC07:39:22I am outbidI figured out how to get the furniture I am after couriered down from Preston with the help of a really cool website (that I have temporarily forgotten the name of) where you advertise what you want doing and all sorts of couriers and hauliers and ma... 2007-11-12UTC08:50:22Bidding's going crazy on the Bergerac Oak sideboard9 bids so far, up to over 650 quid, looks like being not such a bargain for me when you take into account getting it couriered down from Preston. Still no bids on the bookcase but I expect that'll pick up today or tomorrow too. Interestingly (well, r... 2007-10-05UTC01:03:42Tales of Edgar Allen PoeSee this ebay auction, loads of really good scans of Harry Clarke illustrations there, worth checking out out just for those, even if you don't bid... In fact, please don't bid, because I might.There is a much later reprint available, that's too high... 2007-09-29UTC08:55:46Cure ticketsCure tickets are on their way, though of course I didn't buy them from ebay at a vastly inflated markup, I got them from | Ticketbastard at a vastly inflated markup instead. Thirty five pounds each for the ticket, then another fiver each in ticketbas... 2007-06-15UTC05:09:33Who sets their ebay auction to finish at 6pm on a Friday?Just in from work too late, this Habitat Radius tallboy that I was after just went, for 360 quid, and it was in Kent, bah. As always, I should have put in a higher bid to start with, but not being around at the end of the auction I'm sure I would ha... 2006-11-21UTC09:32:37Wii wii wii wii all the way homeNintendo Wii Console goes on sale today.This is the one with the barking remote control device: Expected to sell out right away, people in this office have bought them already, they're doing the business on ebay already. Not quite reaching the prices... 2006-11-09UTC10:06:58Paul Clarke Meet & Greet PackageNo not really, I just got an email about a Paul Stanley thing you can bid on, promoting his new solo album. He's the singer with KISS like you didn't know...To celebrate the new release, and his current club tour, we are offering a once-in-a-lifetime... 2006-10-19UTC06:21:32Harry Clarke watercoloursFirstly this painting of a dancing lady, bids open at $2000... It's the selling auction house that calls him British, not me.Harry Clarke (British, 1891-1931), watercolor and graphite portrait of a woman dancer, signed middle right "Harry Clarke", 18... 2006-10-01UTC08:25:50Another Harry Clarke auctionHans Anderson's Fairy Tales, with colour plates intact. Low price, but high postage. Still getting plenty of bids though, will we ever get lucky with a copy of this?Published by G. Harrap & Company Ltd, Portsmouth, 1931 HB Cloth. Harry Clarke (illust... 2006-08-07UTC09:55:37My last thingsMy last day at this job started with my last delayed train on the way in to this job, fifteen minutes late, though I hardly noticed as I slept quite well on the way in. I suffered the grimness of the last blocked train toilet on this commute too, ble... 2006-07-25UTC08:55:22Yep, I'm going to be in troubleJim wanted it when I told him about it, I said hold on and see what it goes for and we'll know what sort of amount we should bid next time... he'd have paid more than that, we might have got it. I did mean to check in again but I forgot.There's one i... 2006-07-18UTC08:52:46I don't want it now, I can't afford itI went a bit mad pushing the price up for fun, and now I might get stuck with it, gah... As you say I'm sure there will be more bids at the end, surprising there were any bids before me actually.UPDATE: praise be I've been outbid, I couldn't really a... 2006-07-17UTC02:27:54Harry Clarke on EbayJust searching on a whim and I found this Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by Harry Clarke. This is Harry Clarke who is Clare's great grand uncle, no blood relation to we Clarkes, but now part of my family. The book must have just been put on... 2006-06-22UTC11:00:35What to buy..?I have a five pound Amazon voucher that expires this weekend, should I buy a new wireless network card, or a book? Ideally want to not spend any extra money, but I do need another network card, AND we've got a big stack of Reginald Hill books that we... 2006-03-28UTC10:24:38BBC fights Blue Peter badge salesBadgetastic, there are still tonnes of Blue Peter Badges on sale though, going for crazy prices - is this the ebay guerillas spoiling the auctions? Nice work!Sadly finished Nathan Barley last night, it's a brilliant series, and should be compulsory v... 2006-03-27UTC01:06:16Habitat Radius book caseNo reserve! But with a starting bid of £35 surely that' the same as having a reserve of £35..? These are only 90 quid new, think I'll skip it...i10.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/ae/8a/b7_1_b.JPGI did see a nice bit of oak furniture in an ad for www.pinepine.co... 2006-03-15UTC12:47:34Boo... RAH!I thought with the film coming out and everything, about now would be a peak value time for my old V for Vendetta comics. I've never sold anything else when I maybe should have done (like the first Darkness single), I always hang on too long until th... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4803/Boo...+RAH%21"><img alt="Boo... RAH!" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/38190906_3f7d8c2f90.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4803/Boo...+RAH%21">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-12-06UTC04:15:02ZX81 T-shirt - A physical ZX81 taped to a t-shirt (item 8734270114 end time 13-Dec-05 14:55:50 GMT)You are bidding on a one of kind ZX81 T-shirt. This is not simply a t-shirt with a ZX81 print, but has an actual ZX81 brown taped to the front of a t-shirt.COOL!... 2005-06-14UTC08:43:08SoMichael Jackson got off, and we didn't get Live 8 tickets... Who would have bet on that double? It looked like a cert (the tickets).Nice to see lots of fake bidding on ebay, got to shut these buggers down.... 2005-06-06UTC10:02:47Chitty Chitty Bang BangWell, great weekend in London with all the family, though it got off to a bit of a damp start for me... Left work at 5, picked up some beers and headed to our hotel to meet Clare, and got caught in the FIERCEST downpour ever! Frantically tried to dry... 2005-04-13UTC02:11:58If you have a downstairs neighbour who annoys youWhy not bid on ebay the interweb auction site, for indie legend Jim Bob to come around your house (or flat, or even maisonette) to perform 60 minutes of acetastic acoustic versions of all the Jim Bob, and Carter USM... If you win Jim Bob will perform... 2005-02-03UTC10:46:42How to Cut...Got me a nice set of Global knives for Christmas so info like this is very useful: The tomate (tomato) is very common, especially in Southern France. Its unique structure presents the need for some unique cutting methods. No more severed finger tendo...