Return Of The Car Boot Sales

4 months ago 11th Jul 15:07

Les Turton of Chevrolet comments: "It's great that boot sales are enjoying a renaissance as they're a brilliant way to make your cash go further at a time when value for money is more front of mind than ever. Boot sales allow us to experience the thrill of shopping, without feeling the pinch."

The Chevrolet Epica "Guide to Car Booty" compiles expert shopping tips from Eric Knowles helping you maximise your boot sale buying potential and showing you how to spot local treasures. The guide also helps when searching for boot sales in your local area and can be downloaded from www.chevrolet.co.uk

The top ten best boot fair finds to date include:

1. A letter from Abraham Lincoln was bought for one pound and is estimated to be worth £500,000, Stratford-upon-Avon.
2. An 18th century Belgian painting of cats by artist Henrietta Ronner which cost 50 pence, sold at auction for £22,000, Inverness.
3. Four enameled glass tumblers bought for 25 pence each sold at auction for £21,600, Brighton.
4. An 18th century porcelain jug was found for 50 pence and sold for £9,200 at auction, North of England
5. An autographed Rolling Stones album found bought for two pounds sold at auction for £4,000, Derbyshire.
6. A 20th Century Scottish artist Stanley Cursiter painting was bought for one pound and sold for £3,200, Taunton.
7. A certificate awarded to an officer who rescued Titanic survivors in 1912 was bought for ten pounds and is worth £3,000, Pease Pottage.
8. A Fabergé vodka cup bought for 20 pence sold at auction for £2,000, Lyme Regis.
9. A signed Broons annual was bought for five pence and sold for £1,350, St Andrews.
10. A 1937 Rupert Bear annual was purchased for 10p and is worth £400, Kent.

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