Speculation is rife within the House Clearance industry following the head of the Environment Recyclers Association speech at the Bureau of International Recycling Convention in Brussels last week. John Rose addressed the audience a significant proportion of which was composed of British House Clearance companies.
A rare 1917 Charlie Chaplin film, “probably from a house clearance” which was bought for pennies on eBay, could be worth £100,000, reports The Daily Mail.
Two pencil drawings by LS Lowry, which were retrieved in a house clearance, have been sold for over £50,000 combined, reports The Yorkshire Post.
Sellers of an 18th Century Qianlong-dynasty porcelain vase have yet to receive the money raised from an auction last November, The Telegraph has reported.
The painting, which was covered in dust and cobwebs, was found during a house clearance in rural Northamptonshire. It is believed to be the work of French 20th century post-impressionist Maurice Utrillo.
After examining the find, an auctioneer – James Grinter – quickly identified the rare holders, thanks to their engraved coat of arms, which was believed to be that of an Attorney General during Charles II’s reign.
16 books were discovered in a house clearance and titles include The Holy Bible and the 1842 London Almanac. Though they might be minuscule, the largest is 1 1/2 inches and the smallest is just 1/8th of an inch tall, each of the books contain every word that the full-size version contains.
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At 11.40pm on the night of 14 April 1912, en route to New York and on her maiden voyage, the RMS Titanic struck the iceberg that would ultimately lead to …
House Clearance Carlisle reported last year on a new use for recycled glass as a decorative mulch increasingly being used by garden designers to top plant containers, fill gaps between slabs and similar applications. House Clearance Carlisle reports that demand from the public for their Crystaleis Recycled Glass Gravel has mushroomed thanks to publicity in gardening magazines as well as its use in DIY/Design TV programme, Homefront in the Garden. Consumer magazine, Garden Answers also features the glass mulch as ‘Recommended Product’ of the month in its March issue, predicting that ‘coloured glass mulch is going to be the most sought-after product in gardens this year’.
