It was just 5 days ago that Island Echo first reported on the bizarre twist of events of the Compton monolith, which was listed on eBay with a starting bid of just 99p. Now, bids have exceeded a whopping £50,000 – but will someone genuinely pay such a large sum of money?
It was a thing of beauty and shrouded in mystery when it first appeared on the beach at Compton, but the now dismantled and damaged monolith is looking very much worse for wear.
The monolith made international headlines after Island Echo first reported about the 10ft reflective object. Whilst it may not now be international news, it is certainly a continuing topic of conservation locally…
After being defaced and damaged, the remains of the structure were hauled up to Hanover Car Park for disposal last Friday. It was then ‘purchased’ by the owner of a local removal business from the National Trust and soon appeared on the popular auction website eBay.
Discussions between the seller and the original artist, Tom Dunford, have been ongoing and it has now been decided that any money raised from the eBay auction should go to charity.
Under the online auction rules, the winning bidder is entering into a contract to purchase the item and should pay the full amount – but it remains to be seen what the monolith will finally fetch and whether the money will come to fruition.
Non-genuine bidders are being asked to withdraw their bids…
these was presents from my kind tf
Take me to your leader
Some people are really stupid, I hope this is a cull and not a virus, too many idiots taking up valuable space on this planet
If you’ve got 50k to spare give it to charity in the first place not some broken bit of (tongue in cheek) sculpture… but if this is true hope it is given to charity in the end.