VIP Taskmaster experience and Joe Lycett art amongst auction items
A VIP Taskmaster studio experience, Adam Kay tickets, a hand-painted ceramic vase by Joe Lycett and an audio message from Paddington star Ben Whishaw are amongst a number of comedy-related lots in Piece of Mind: The Brain Tumour Charity Auction.
The auction, which is live now via auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull, features the following comedy-related lots. Bidding ends at 7pm on 21st June.
Lot 3 - VIP studio experience for four, for comedy show Taskmaster.
Lot 9 - Two tickets to see Mrs Brown's Boys live tour, plus a chance to meet cast members.
Lot 12 - Two tickets to see Adam Kay, plus a Michelin starred meal with the star.
Lot 17 - A hand-painted ceramic vase, by Joe Lycett.
Lot 18 - Two tickets to see Chris & Rosie Ramsey, with meet and greet, at Wembley Arena.
Lot 39 - Audio message for your child from Ben Whishaw, the voice of Paddington Bear.
Lot 44 - A clapperboard from Netflix's Sex Education.
Lot 45 - A curated day at Edinburgh Festival Fringe for two (from live show producers Avalon).
Lot 52 - Two tickets to new musical Operation Mincemeat, plus signed merchandise.
The auction also features Latitude Festival tickets, lunches with literary agents, luxury hotel stays, Paolo Nutini's guitar, a studio tour of The Chase, signed football shirts, golf hospitality, a private tour of London Zoo, and more.
You can see all the lots and make a bid via the Lyon & Turnbull website
The Brain Tumour Charity is the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours. Despite 12,000 people being diagnosed every year with a primary brain tumour, survival rates have barely improved in 40 years. Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer in children and adults under 40, yet investment in research is low, and there is currently no cure. The Brain Tumour Charity is working faster, and going further, to try and beat this cancer sooner.
Theo Burrell, who joined Lyon & Turnbull in 2011 and the Antiques Roadshow team in 2018, was diagnosed with an aggressive grade 4 glioblastoma in the summer of 2022. She says: "Receiving my diagnosis, at the age of 35, when my son was one year old, was devastating. Overnight everything had changed. Suddenly I'd gone from being a healthy person in the middle of my life with a new baby, to having incurable cancer with maybe only a year or two left to live. What followed was months of surgery and treatment to try and prolong my life, and although I continue to make the best of each day, my tumour will return and it will kill me. My care has been excellent and new advances in science have helped me fight cancer so far. However, only by funding research into brain tumours can we get closer to a life-saving cure."
Gina Almond, director of fundraising for The Brain Tumour Charity, said: "We are hugely grateful to Theo and everyone working together on the auction. There are some amazing items so kindly donated and the funds raised will make a huge difference to our work to accelerate a cure for brain tumours and double survival and halve the harm they cause."