A treasure trove of more than 60,000 items amassed by Britain’s biggest ever hoarder could fetch as much as £4 million at auction. The enormous collection was stacked floor to ceiling in every room of a terraced house in Nottingham, and got so vast the late owner had to move into a B&B for the last year of his life. He rented a one bedroom flat, two garages, part of a neighbour’s garden and 24 council wheelie bins just to stash all the stuff. The eclectic hoard includes thousands of items of Beatles memorabilia, signed photos and historical letters about President John F Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Gandhi and Elvis Presley.
There are more than 6,000 vintage comics, over 4,000 rare books, 3,000 vintage chemistry sets, brand new cameras and lenses, and 12 Rickenbacker guitars from the 1960s and 70s. There is also an ‘excellent’ collection of Russian and American space exploration memorabilia that includes slides and photos as well as cinema reels, radio equipment, ghetto blasters from the 1980s, Airfix models and lots of jewellery. The hoarder, who died suddenly earlier this year at the age of 44, was a bachelor who lived alone in the three bedroom house in Nottingham. It is thought he started collecting about 18 years ago with the intention of selling it all one day to fund his retirement. Neighbours said a Royal Mail van filled to the brim with parcels would visit the address once a week without fail. The hoarder worked as a computer programmer and it remains a mystery how he found the money to buy it all.
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