Event features auction with incredible prizes on offer

The final preparations are being made by those organising a party to celebrate the life of a truly inspirational Little Princess Trust supporter.

Lindy Humphrey raised more than £26,000 for LPT after being diagnosed with cancer in 2015.

She sadly passed away last December and, as this month will be the first time friends and family won't be able to celebrate her birthday with her, they have instead organised an event to raise money for our charity which was very close to her heart.

Lindy lost her hair – and much of her confidence - shortly after she began treatment for peritoneal cancer in April, 2015.

Lindy, from Stourbridge, could not bear the thought of a child experiencing similar hair loss and so with the help of her daughter, Pippa, set up a fundraiser for LPT.

Their hope was to try to raise £500 but they hit that target within an hour and the total soon reached £5,000.

Lindy knew right then that she could do even more to help us – and her fundraising just grew and grew.

The event at the Copthorne Hotel in Merry Hill on August 20 will see even more money raised for LPT in Lindy’s name.

The night will see guests enjoy a three-course dinner and entertainment throughout the night which will include a live auction featuring some unique prizes from the worlds of film, music and sport.

Anyone wanting to bid for an item, whether they are attending the event or not, can send their bid to lptauction@gmail.com before midnight on August 18.

On the night itself, there will be a list of the items displayed with their pre-received maximum bid. The auction will continue should anyone at the event wish to increase the maximum bid received.

The full list of auction prizes is as follows:

 

• Liverpool FC shirt signed by Trent Alexander-Arnold

• Framed Brazil shirt signed by Ronaldinho

• Signed Wolverhampton Wanderers football shirts

• West Bromwich Albion signed items

• Yorkshire Country Vikings signed shirt

   

  

• Warwickshire County Cricket signed shirt

• Wasps signed rugby shirt

• Signed artwork featuring gold medal-winning UK athletes.

• A signed 1977 snooker poster.

• Tyson Fury signed boxing glove.

• A round of golf for three people with Gladstone Small at The Cots Worlds Club.

• A one-week stay for four people at a two-bedroom apartment in Villars-Sur-Ollon in Switzerland.

• A one-week stay in a two-bedroom, beachside coastal retreat, for four people in Brean Sands.

• Two or three-night stay for four people at Forest Hide Lodge in Devon.

• A weekend break in a three-bedroom period town house in Dartmouth.

   

  

• Artwork by the Birmingham artist, Disney.

• An A4 sized commission by the artist Ben Flanagan.

• “Three Foxes” – resin art by Shirley Wright.

• A commission by the artist Richard McDonnell.

• An Antoria Semi-acoustic electric guitar with Marshall MG10 amp and jack lead.

• A private dining experience for six people with the chef Andy Humphrey.

• Dinner for four at Franco’s in London.

• Two dresses from Jasmine Harman.

• A rare, Ledaig 2009 Olorosso cask whiskey.

• A gyroplane flight from Wolverhampton Business Airport.

• A pike fishing experience on the River Severn.

• A half-day session at the Porsche Silverstone Circuit in Towcester.

• An overnight stay for two people at the Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool.

• Items from films including:

• A shirt worn by Vin Diesel in Chronicles of Riddick.

• A ‘Necromunger’ helmet in Chronicles of Riddick.

• A coin featured in Sahara.

• A helmet from Johnny English.

• A weapon cleaning cloth from Lara Croft’s ‘The Cradle of Life’.

• T1000 debris from Terminator 2.

• A signed backpack from Kraven the Hunter.

 

Bids can be submitted from tomorrow and will be recorded. People will be informed if they have been outbid.

Details will be kept until after the event and, in the event that payment is not received, the item concerned will go to the next highest bidder.

For more information on the auction and any of the items, please email  lptauction@gmail.com