AN auction is being held this evening to sell off octopus sculptures which were part of a popular art trail.
The Octopus Ahoy! art works, which created a summer of fun across north Essex, will be raising money for the Essex Community Foundation and Tendring Community Fund.
All 30 large sculptures and a handful of smaller ones were are up for sale to the highest bidder tonight, Thursday, September 23, in the hopes of raising £100,000.
The KAT Marketing team with one of the sculptures
The auction will take place at Le Talbooth, in Dedham, and was led by Colchester auctioneers Reeman Dansie.
The popular trail has seen more than 22 million steps taken by explorers with the sculptures being found more than 103,000 times.
The art event, which was launched by KAT Marketing and Tendring Council, marked 400 years since the journey of the Mayflower from Harwich to the New World and 150 years since Clacton’s formation.
Katie Skingle, director of KAT Marketing, said: “The fantastic art pieces are bound to make tens of thousands of pounds for charity, so all art lovers need to make sure to get their bids in early and book tickets to the auction to grab a slice of local history.”
For more information on the auction, or to bid, go to www.octopusahoy.co.uk/auction.
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