Alan Carr is keeping one unwanted item from his castle auction – see what was sold
A concrete cow was the only one of the hundreds of items from Ayton Castle that failed to find a buyer.
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"Seven-and-a-half hours of selling non-stop and we only had one item that was unsold, which is quite a good record."
— Jim Railton , Executive
"For some reason we couldn't get a bid for it."
— Jim Railton , Executive
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A concrete cow was the only one of the hundreds of items from Ayton Castle that failed to find a buyer.
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