Boxes of second-hand Lego in perfect condition. £4.
Over 700 individual pieces mostly of Harry Potter and Star Wars. Farm auction, Linconshire. Estimated retail value when new £160.
Saving £156.
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| Small box containing various items of silver. £130. Included single stem vase from Asprey, art deco sugar bowl, silver-plated creamer and smaller items. General auction in Lincolnshire. Resold to silver dealer for £640. Profit £510.
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Jewellery box containing small silver items. £30.
Chains, rings, bracelets and broken bits of jewellery. General auction. Sussex.
Cleaned up and sorted out and re-sold to antique dealer for £150.
Profit £120. |
| Quick aluminium concertina roof ladder. £46. Ex shop stock, new. Liquidation sale. Bristol. List price £258. Saving £212.
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John Deere ride-on lawn mower with various attachments. £470. Fair condition. General auction. Norfolk. RRP £1,499.
Saving £1,029. |
| Dualit Toaster. Cream. Incorporates sandwich maker. £5. Barely used. Perfect condition. Seized goods sale. Birmingham. RRP £129. Saving £124.
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Large tray containing 18 assorted house plants. £1. Geraniums, cacti, palms, lilies and one orchid – all mature, nicely potted and in good condition. Estate auction. Nottinghamshire.
Estimated value from nursery £180. Saving £179. |
| Edirol portable professional voice recorder. £25. Used but perfect condition. Music shop insolvency. Liquidation sale. London. Sold on eBay £200. Profit £175.
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Short wave radio system. £210. Ex-mini cab firm’s radio system. Liquidation sale. Northampton. Cost £1,300.
Saving £1,090. |
Box assorted decorative ceramic tiles. £32.
Tiles taken from fireplaces in Victorian and Edwardian homes. General auction. Essex. Included several Royal Doulton and Minton tiles.
Sold at specialist auction for £425. Profit £393.
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| 80 sets of men’s formal wear. £470. Ex-hire. Good condition. Evening and morning suits together with shirts and ties. General auction. Bradford. Purchaser decided to go into hire business from home. First six-months income. £1,250. Profit to date £780. |
Two pairs Prada frames. £16. Prescription glasses. Unused. Complete with cases. 2004 models. General auction. Yorkshire.
RRP for two frames (without lenses £360.
Saving £344. |
| Two bedroom house. Bridgend. Auction price £18,000. Mid terrace property in good overall condition. Cost around 40% less than value on open market. Saving £7,200.
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Black metal lamp with built in magnifying glass. £4. Poor condition. No plug. General auction, Suffolk. Turned out to be 1930’s laboratory lamp.
Sold at specialist auction for £380. Profit £375. |
Pile of second-hand bath taps. £1. General auction. Wiltshire. Four pairs were brass and worth cleaning up.
Cost of restoration £80. Sold on eBay for £467. Total profit £386.
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Palm Zire PDA Organiser. Brand New. In box. £236 Latest electronic personal organiser. Lost property sale. London. RRP £89
Saving £88. |
Three boxes of books. £3.50. Included 10 bound volumes of Punch from the 1880s, a 1930’s Grays Anatomy and various other semi-valuable volumes. General auction in Norfolk. Better books resold to dealer for £215.
Profit £215. |
| 1978 Classic Porsche 911 Turbo. £10,235. Top condition. FSH. One owner and low mileage. Company insolvency. London. Similar listed in Classic monthly £17,000. Saving £7,265.
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Chilled display cabinet. £50. From takeaway restaurant and within guarantee period. In good condition. Receiver liquidation sale. Re-sold to delicatessen for £300.
Profit £250. |
Canon photocopier. £82.
2005 model, untested but apparently in good condition – and turned out to work well. Liquidation sale, Gloucester.
RRP £1,600.
Saving £1,518.
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Bosch 1400 spin washing machine and tumble dryer. £176. Perfect condition. Liquidation sale. Cardiff. RRP. £817.
Saving £641. |
Solid teak garden table with matching umbrella. £50. From Grosvenor – one of the most expensive ranges in the UK. Second-hand but in good condition. Includes umbrella stand worth £110 alone.
RRP £670.
Saving £620. |
| Box containing assorted photography albums and photograph frames. £65. Estate auction. One of the albums was a Victorian musical album (when you opened it, it played a tune) and this was re-sold via a London auction house for £250. The rest were sold to a dealer for £55. Profit £240. |
Ladies’ gold Cartier wristwatch. £500. Fair condition, some scratches on glass. General auction. Edinburgh. List price when new. £1,300. Saving £800.
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Stainless steel designer kitchen with Bosch appliances. £2,300. Handmade kitchen including sink, worktops and storage plus hob and oven. Receiver sale.
RRP £6,000. Saving £3,700. |
| Leather Chesterfield sofa from DFS. £405. Black. Perfect. 6’. General auction Lincolnshire. RRP £1,210. Saving £805. |
| Pair of 78X55cms Velux windows. £70. Brand new. Part of job lot. RRP £340. Saving £270.
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Box of assorted screwdrivers, chisels and other small handtools. £6.50. Some nearly new. Farm auction. Lincolnshire.
Worth £30.
Saving £23.50. |
Case of 1 litre bottles San Pelegrino sparkling mineral water. £1.50. Company receiver sale. Edinburgh. RRP £22.
Saving £10.50. |
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Six high-backed leather chairs. £43. Leather in “as new” condition. Used in meeting room. Police auction.
RRP £540. Saving £497.
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Kitchen units in pine incorporating Belfast sink and including taps. £245. New. Available from John Lewis in Oxford Street for £1,400. Liquidation sale. Wiltshire.
Saving £1,115. |
Pure wool carpet. Dark green. New 190sq. feet. £35. Identical carpet in Selfridges £460.
General auction. London.
Saving £425. |
York paving stones to cover 12’ x 18’. £230.
Beautiful rectangular re-claimed York paving.
General auction. Lancashire. Value in excess of £1,000. Saving £770.
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Aluminium greenhouse. 12’ x 8’. £27. Dismantled and complete, apart form six panes of glass. General auction. Suffolk.
RRP £312.
Saving £285. |
| 3/4 size slate pool table complete with cues and light. £236. In perfect condition probably about five years old. General auction. Glasgow. RRP £685. Saving £449. |
Four 100% lambswool blankets from Harrods. £30. Still in original packaging. Police auction. Shropshire. RRP £320.
Saving £290. |
Toshiba Equium laptop computer. £50.
Only 18 months old but not in working condition. General auction. Hampshire.
Cost of repair £110.
RRP £980.
Saving £820.
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One week’s timeshare in Ibiza. £430. One week a year in a one-bedroom apartment every spring. Service charge of £65 a year. Legal costs to transfer title £210. Receiver sale. Northern Ireland.
Current value in region of £4,000.
Saving £3,360. |
Brand New Samsonite case £2. Company receiver sale, Cardiff.
RRP £75
Saving £73 |
| 1969 Mini Cooper. £895. A full restored Mini Cooper ‘S’ 1275 in excellent condition. Some service history. General auction. List price £8,000. Saving £7,110.
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Complete Panasonic switchboard and 12 extensions. £326. Working order. Three years old. Includes wiring and service unit. General auction. Somerset.
Price when new. £2,600.
Saving £2,274. |
| Three piece leather suite from Heals. £900. Perfect condition. General auction. RRP £4,420. Saving £3,520. |
Solid brass double bed (modern in antique style) and new mattress. £490. As new. General auction. Liverpool.
RRP £870.
Saving £380. |
| Bang & Olufsen Entertainment system. £1,340. Besound 3200 system. Police auction. London. RRP £3,995. Saving £2,655. |
| Smeg stainless steel cooker. £450.Brand new. Liquidation sale. Manchester. RRP £2,350. Saving £1,900.
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| Bouncy castle including pump. £47. Castle’s vinyl in need of repair and also grubby. Pump working. General auction. Devon. Repair and cleaning costs. £90. Now hired out to parties and fetes at £75 per day. First year gross profit £838. |
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Box containing assorted pairs of spectacles. £3.50. 43 pairs. Dating back to 1950s and 1960s including some cases. General auction. Manchester. Sold as antiques to optician in Knightsbridge, London for an average of £24 a pair.
Profit £1,028. |
Box assorted second-hand glass and tableware. £1. Bought sight unseen. Included five Waterford crystal sherry glasses and one Clarice Cliff saucer, which were sold on to a dealer for £50.
Profit £49. |
Crate of china. £1.
Over 50 individual pieces of china. Included two matching Denby teacups and saucers and four 19th century Spode plates. Farm auction in Lincolnshire. Better items resold via eBay for £160.
Profit £159.
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4 X 4GB Apple iPods. £50. Brand new and boxed. No papers. Police auction.
RRP £380.
Resold classified for £55 each.
Profit £170.
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Sofa Workshop sofa bed. £50. Dark blue cotton cover. Excellent condition. Receivership sale.
RRP £640.
Saving £590. |
| Gas boiler and nine assorted radiators. £211. Installed in apartment and then removed without ever having been used. General auction. Nottinghamshire. RRP £1,300. Saving £1,089. |
Hockney Print. £2,400. Limited edition print. Signed and dated in pencil by David Hockney. General auction. Price in Cork Street Gallery £7,200.
Saving £4,800. |
Pair brand new R.M. Williams leather boots. £2.
Boxed. Brown. Unworn. Size 11. Police seized sale. Liverpool. RRP in London shop. £165. Sold on eBay for £95. Profit £93.
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Sony FD Trinitron 32” widescreen television. £34. Second hand but in perfect condition. Police auction. Leeds. RRP. £350.
Saving £215. |
Six original Eames Eiffel Tower chairs. £210. Original fibreglass and stainless steel in excellent condition. General auction.
Sold on eBay for £200 each.
Profit £980. |
Four-berth J Crossfield Ltd. 1965 motor cruiser. £2,450. In need of restoration. Receivership sale. Estimated cost of work £3,000. Estimated value when restored £15,000.
Saving £9,500. |
1950s Stainless Steel Gent’s Rolex. £210.
Good condition. Collector’s item. Steel bracelet.
General auction. Staffordshire.
Value £850.
Sold on eBay for £650.
Profit £440. |
50 pairs of Nike “Air Max” running shoes. £198. Assorted sizes. Brand new.
Sold to market trader for £500.
Profit £302. |
| Pinball Machine. £590. In working order. General sale. Seen in specialist dealership for £2,000. Saving £1,410.
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| Two birth Compass Caravan. £415. Sound and roadworthy but in need of some remedial work. General auction. Kent. List price £3,995. Saving £3,580.
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