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Sir Jimmy Savile's Rolls-Royce sells for £130k at auction Sir Jimmy Savile goods auction raises £320,000 for his charities
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A sale of the late Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions and mementos has seen the DJ's Rolls-Royce go for £130,000 to an internet bidder. A marathon auction of Sir Jimmy Savile's huge collection of mementos and personal belongings has raised around £320,000 for his charities.
The silver Corniche convertible has JS 247 as a number plate, BBC Radio 1's original medium wave frequency. Three auctioneers worked in relays non-stop during the almost 13-hour sale which saw the broadcasting legend's Rolls-Royce go for £130,000.
The broadcaster and Top of the Pops host asked for the memorabilia to be sold in aid of his charitable trust. His original red Jim'll Fix It chair reached £8,500, and hundreds of smaller items went for hundreds of pounds each.
Sir Jimmy, who ran more than 200 marathons, is thought to have raised £40m for charity in his life. The sale was conducted in the former DJ's home city of Leeds.
href="http://www.dnfa.com/search.asp?view=keyword&keyword=%7C%7C&noperpage=20&auction=13560&catname=Full%20list%20of%20lots" >Items on sale in the broadcaster's home city of Leeds included a £12,000 gold and diamond encrusted Rolex watch, gold identity bracelet and rings and the first ever chair from his Jim'll Fix It TV show. Even as the hall emptied towards the end of the sale, a simple Jim'll Fix It badge sold for £2,000 to an internet bidder.
The sale at Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries, saw about 300 people packing the room and many more bidders taking part over the phone and internet. Fans' determination
Lot one, a tweed jacket and kilt, sold for £280. It was the first of 549 lots to go and was bought by a local man. Earlier, hundreds of people packed Savile Hall, at the Royal Armouries Museum in the city, for the start of the auction.
As the auction continued, some items started to soar above their estimates. Many at the sale were fans determined to pick up smaller items including lamps, egg cups and pieces of his famous gold jewellery.
Sir Jimmy's distinctive yellow BMW Isetta bubble car went for £22,000 to a woman in the room. Pre-sale estimates were that it would reach £5,000 to £8,000. Nick Beckwith said he was determined to get one of Sir Jimmy's bikes and managed to secure lot 27 - a Falcon 21-gear mountain bike.
A Scottish shepherd's crook estimated to sell for between £30 to £60 went for £380. "I just wanted to buy it so one of the bikes would stay in Leeds," said Mr Beckwith, who is from Garforth, in the east of the city.
The DJ, who died just before his 85th birthday last year, nicknamed his Rolls-Royce "The Beast", and it has just 4,420 miles on the clock. "You don't know, with everybody on the internet and on the phone, where they're going to go. I will ride it round Roundhay Park, which is where Jimmy rode it and had many hours of fun."
Mr Beckwith said his father used to ride with Sir Jimmy many years ago.
The first item to go was one of the late DJ's Highland suits which went for £280.
The tweed jacket and kilt was the first of the 549 lots to go under the hammer - all in aid of Sir Jimmy's charitable trust.
Distinctive cars
Lot 549 - Sir Jimmy's favourite ashtray complete with a Romeo Y Julieta cigar - went for £140 at 2310 BST.
The Rolls-Royce, which Sir Jimmy called "The Beast" and still has his personalised JS 247 plate, became the highest priced single item at £130,000 when it was snapped up by an internet bidder.
Another car, the DJ's distinctive yellow bubble car, was bought by care home owner Angela Swift for £22,000 for her new home in Barnsley.
As the sale reached the Jim'll Fix It memorabilia and the famous chair, auctioneer Will Richards said: "We're still going at nearly 12 hours. It must be a record."
A tireless charity worker, Sir Jimmy is thought to have raised more than £40m for good causes in his lifetime.
He died just before his 85th birthday last year and requested his belongings be sold for charity after his death.
The sale was watched by relatives including Sir Jimmy's niece, Amanda Mckenna, and his nephew, Roger Foster.