Matt Monro Forum

I am selling several items of dad that are just laying in the vaults of a bank and I think it is time for them to have a better home. Having thought it through carefully I have decided to list them here first to give my website members first bite at the cookie rather than they go to a stranger.

The items are:

Item 1aa
Vintage gold plated rollargas Dunhill lighter – given to dad by Richard Harris
starting price £25.00
reserve price logged

Item 1bb
Vintage gold plated rollargas Dunhill lighter - given to day by mum
starting price £25.00
reserve price logged

Item 1cc
Vintage gold plated rollargas Dunhill lighter - present
starting price £25.00
reserve price logged

The three items above are all different designs and were used by dad at different periods in his life.

Item 1dd
Vintage rare Dunhill black lacquer lighter – gift from Sammy Davis Jr
starting price £25.00
reserve price logged

Item 1ee
Tahitian black pearl tie pin – gift from Jack Benny
starting price £25.00
reserve price logged

Item 1ff
18 carat gold Sheaffer fountain pen and pencil set – gift from the Dallas Boys.
starting price £500.00
Valued at £1000.00
reserve price logged

The pictures are on a website called www.imageshack.com. The direct link is
http://img26.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=dsc05577.jpg



If you wish to bid go to the seperate header called ' Matt Monro Items for Sale;
Choose the appropriate item you wish to bid on and place your bid. If when you open a header a person has already left a bid then you will have to bid more for it to count.

If the items do not reach their reserve - they will be entered into a worldwide auction on Ebay in the near future.
Good luck.

Michele

Will there be any everyday items offered? For example, a tie tac or bracelet that he liked to wear. A tea cup? Perhaps it's not particularly rare, priceless, or a present from a celebrity, but we would be interested in seeing (and possibly bidding on) those items too.

I have my father's first adult cutlery set, a silver knife and fork fruit set, his silver tea strainer and an antique silver fork and knife fish set that he cooked with. There are also umpteen other pieces of silver cutlery but I didn't think that would interest anyone as much.

There is also 2 silk handkerchiefs that he used on stage in his dress suit and on television and three ties

Let me know what you think

I think you should consider putting these items up for bids -- if you care to part with them.

which are you particularly interested in because I would have to take photos etc and it is all time consuming

Hankerchiefs, ties, silver tea strainer.

I think his first adult cutlery set would be nice to own as it is an early part of your dad's history. If I get outbid on the tie pin or can't reach the reserve, I would be interested in bidding for this.
Marian

As requested I have added a few more items, some of which were gifts to the family, some I don't the origin of and some are in need a very good polish as they have been stored for the last 25 years at least!!

Good luck

Should us regular members have had first choice to bid on Mattts items. Now many other long lost members are coming out of the woodwork to bid on these items (not Paul and Sue or Anna though). Is that fair on us regular members, to be outbid by virtual forum strangers

Maybe emails could have been sent to all the members once the remaining unsold items were left or even when the unsold items were going to be displayed on eBay..........................just a thought

This forum is open to everyone. All of the people bidding are fans and have been fans for some time. In fact some have been fans for over 40 years. They liaise with me on a regular basis by email and hard mail. Some do not have access to the internet and some are shy of using the forum,bthat is one of the reasons for me starting 'Friends of Matt Monro' but it doesn't give them any less right to bid.

I thought long and hard about whether to list these items on Ebay and be done with it but after careful consideration decided that the true fans had the right to bid without the rest of the world knowing (especially dealers).

Users of the forum are vetted daily by Marian and myself and there are no strangers or undesirables here. This is a private auction and I sent out a mail shot of 600 and invited them to vote if they wanted to. No one outside of the fan club knows about the auction.

I am only too happy that some have come out of their comfort zone to join up and bid.

Some of these items are worth a lot of money - the black/gold Dunhill is sold for over £300.00 and that is without the celebrity connotation but I started it out at a very low price so as not to put people off. This sale isn't only about money it is about the right person having an item that they will cherish because it belonged to dad.

Happy bidding everyone

THE AUCTION

Artefacts touched by fame
through musical acclaim,
all bearing the provenance
of the Matt Monro name.

Lots held in the same hand
that made a mic a wand,
and conjured aural magic
that will time's test withstand.

Keith
(by request from Paul jh)

I know what you are saying Michele, but if these non regular forum members do not have access to the internet, then how can they bid on Matts items, which they are now doing. Some appear to be able to log in and bid, but there has been no sign of them on here since the forum started, and they probably would have had internet access, as many joined the forum from the beginning. It would have been nice to see them earlier

Hi Robert
I guess non-regularity should not incur a restriction;
yes a problem for Michele, the nice one of over-subscription.
Keith

Just a warning.... I have had a lot of private emails asking me when the auction is finishing and they have indicated they won't bid until the last minute. I don't want anyone to be upset if they get outbid at the eleventh hour because they thought their bid was safe, the other thing is anyone waiting until the last minute so as to keep the price low might not win because the reserve won't have been met. if you want an item then bid for it.

Also I must point out again that there are reserves placed on every item. Where the reserve has been met the word announcement precedes the description in the list. Once that message appears the item will be sold to the highest bidder.

Good luck to everyone

Hi all, just found this on a website (copy and paste into browser)

http://www.cigarsandfiretrucks.com/inde ... rrency=USD

This is one with silver edging so it makes you wonder what one with gold edging is worth.

I think Michele's underestimated the tea strainer - her description doesn't do it justice!!! take care, all the best, Paul and Sue.