\n A Del Boy\u2019s tacky cocktail bar that appeared on the hit British sitcom was set to fetch a \u2018cushty\u2019 estimated \u00a3600 at auction this week in Stourbridge, however, it ended up being snapped up for 44 times what auctioneers anticipated.\n<\/p>\n
\n Following a 200-person bidding war on Thursday (September 25), Fielding\u2019s Auctioneers said a Only Fools and Horses \u201cmega fan\u201d won the battle with a final bid of \u00a322,720.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fielding\u2019s Auctioneers Director, Will Farmer, said: \u201cFor me, we are of course, thrilled. The vendor is thrilled.\n<\/p>\n
\n The bar was sold for 44 times the guide price(Image: Joseph Walshe \/ SWNS)\n<\/p>\n
\n “The buyer is thrilled and he’s already paid for it and collecting it tomorrow.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe\u2019s dropping the kids off tomorrow and driving up from Oxford. He’s absolutely off the scale delighted.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe\u2019s a brilliant guy, the new owner. They\u2019re absolutely thrilled. He saw it via the media and in his own words, he said \u2018I\u2019m having that\u2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhen it did \u00a310,000, we were shocked. It kept going, and it only takes two people to dig their heels in.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible result, the vendor can\u2019t actually believe it. He’s as shocked as anything.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: \u201cIt\u2019s one of the highest prices, it\u2019s the second highest for a piece of Only Fools and Horses memorabilia. I\u2019m going to be living the \u00a3500 to \u00a3600 estimate down for a few years to come.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is fair to say I feel a bit of a plonker about that.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Fans of the comedy show will remember the bar for being where Del kept his ready supply of cigars.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pineapple ice bucket also took pride of place on the booze cabinet which was featured in most scenes throughout the long-running series.\n<\/p>\n
\n 200 people bid online for the iconic set piece (Image: Joseph Walshe \/ SWNS)\n<\/p>\n
\n Rachel Holland, music and entertainment specialist for Fielding\u2019s, said: \u201cThis is a rare and fascinating piece of 20th-century popular culture.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBy repute, the bar was used on the set of Only Fools and Horses.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was acquired by the current vendor\u2019s father, himself a known actor and producer, on 19th January 1992.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe piece was purchased directly from the sitcom\u2019s prop coordinator following the studio\u2019s relocation from London to Bristol.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is offered together with a handwritten receipt from the seller reading: \u2018Bar used on set of Only Fools and Horses, Sold J. Williams 19.1.92, S.P. Haberfield.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis bar is more than just a piece of furniture – it\u2019s a slice of British television history.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Seven series were originally broadcast on the BBC from 1981 to 1991, with 16 Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Del Boy\u2019s tacky cocktail bar that appeared on the hit British sitcom was set to fetch a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-167610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}