Annie Cawood dropped by this morning with some wonderful news, she has managed to sell her sofa on e-bay. She was as pleased as punch with the transaction which in spite of what some people had warned went extremely smoothly. She told me that things had really started to hot up and became quite thrilling when, half way through the auction, a bidding war broke out between a woman from Woolfardisworthy and a bloke from Petrockstowe. This contagious conflagration succeeded in pushing the price up from a rather lowly £3.49 to the all the more impressive sum of £17.75. However, towards the end of the auction a lady from Wrafton came in with a killer bid of £23.15 which remained the top bid at the close of sale. She is now the proud owner of Ms Cawood's sofa. Anne was delighted that the much loved sofa has found a home in North Devon as it was originally from this area but it in it's lifetime has had a rather nomadic existence. It was bought in Chope's of Bideford at the turn of the century, so it is a period piece, and it's provenance shows that it was first given pride of place in a living room in Westward Ho! It then found itself on the move this time rather further afield, up the M4 to Staines where it remained for a number of years before being relocated to a semi in Harlingdon. However, in 2007 the sofa was returned to the area, initially to a garage in Landkey but after a couple of months it was dusted off and was more recently found to be located in a modest Roundswell reception room.
As you may be able to tell I am fast becoming a fan of e-bay as I have heard nothing but good things about it. Inspired by Annie's beneficial experience I have opened an account and in the next few days I shall be putting some of my beachcombing and mudlarking finds up on the site to invite bids from all and sundry. Who knows where my collection of single flip flops and sea shell craft pieces might end up?
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