The Nottingham Evening Post has raised over £450,000 for Maggie's Nottingham and are this week making a big push towards their £500,000 target by holding an auction.

There are 60 prizes to choose from so you are bound to find the perfect Christmas present for friends and family.

Prizes include signed photos, CDs and books by a-list celebrities, including Dame Shirley Bassey, Michael Caine, Bon Jovi and Katherine Jenkins.

Each item will go to the highest bidder. Bids should be emailed to lynette.pinchess@nottinghameveningpost.co.uk or posted to Lynette Pinchess, Nottingham Evening Post, Castle Wharf House, Nottingham NG1 7EU.
Please put the name and number of the item you are bidding for in the subject heading or on the envelope and include the amount you’re bidding and your name and daytime phone number. Bidders must be 18 years or over. Postage must be paid for by the winner. If two people make the same highest bid, the first entry is the winner. The closing date is Sunday 6 December. Winners will be notified shortly afterwards. Payment, by cash or cheque, must be received before the item is handed over. The Post takes no responsibility for bids sent but not received. Usual NPG rules apply.
 
 
ITEMS FOR AUCTION
1. Goldfinger DVD signed by Honor Blackman
2. Get the Party Started CD signed by Dame Shirley Bassey
3. Paulo Nutini signed black and white photo and signed copy of his debut CD These Streets
4. Phil Collins self-portrait doodle and black and white photo
5. Vera Lynn signed portrait The Force’s Sweetheart by Tony Jackson
6. Signed Bon Jovi CD Lost Highway
7. Vicar of Dibley Christmas special 2004 script signed by Roger Lloyd Pack and signed black and white postcard photo
8. Su Pollard signed book Hearts and Showers, CD and novelty dog clock
9. CD and DVD, The First Barbarians, Live from Kilburn, signed by Ronnie Wood
10. Christine Hamilton’s spectacles and handwritten message
11. Alvin Stardust signed CD My Coo-Ca-Choo
12. Alvin Stardust signed CD Live at Ronnie Scott’s, The Birth of Rock and Roll
13. Natasha Kaplinsky signed colour photo and Five news script
14. Leona Lewis signed copy of Bleeding Heart CD single
15. Bob Hoskins signed DVD Mrs Henderson Presents and signed black and white postcard picture
16. Pork pie hat worn by Miss England at Ascot, specially commissioned by Pork Farms
17. Notts County FC signed ball and shirt 2007-08
18. Nottingham Panthers’ game worn shirt signed by the entire team
 
 
SIGNED BOOKS
19. Jodi Picoult: Change of Heart (signed insert)
20. Phil Vickery: Passion for Puddings
21. Henry ‘The Fonz’ Winkler:  Hank Zipzer novel Niagara Falls – Or Does It?
22. Henry Winkler: Hank Zipzer novel Day of the Iguana
23. Sally Gunnell: Be Your Best (also signed photo)
24. Janey Lee Grace: Imperfectly Natural Home
25. Michael Palin: Himalaya
26. Raymond Briggs: The Snowman (Japanese cover)
27. Kenneth Branagh: Signed copy of the award-winning play Edmond in which he played the eponymous hero
28. Jane Asher: Cakes for Fun
 
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS
COLOUR
29. Ian McKellen as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings
30. Nigella Lawson
31. Dame Judi Dench (postcard)
32. Michael Caine
33. Jeremy Irons
33. Doris Day
35. Tony Curtis
36. Keeley Hawes (postcard)
37. Katherine Jenkins
38. Craig David (postcard)
39. Christopher Biggins
40. Paul O’Grady and Buster
41. Dwane ‘The Rock’ Johnson from The Game Plan
42. Kim Wilde (postcard)
43. EastEnders’ Barbara Windsor (postcard)
44. Sam Beeton
45. Gavin and Stacey’s Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Ruth Jones and James Cordon, signed by Mathew Horne (postcard)
 
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS
46. Alan Rickman
47. Colin Firth
48. Jamie Oliver
49. Rik Mayall
50. Mackenzie Crook (postcard)
51. Ewan McGregor (postcard)
52. Tommy Steele
53. Mathew Horne (postcard)
54. Henry Cooper (two photos)
55. Emma Thompson
56. Timothy Spall (postcard)
57. Keeley Hawes (postcard)
 
A SNEAK PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK’S PRIZES
58. Part in Nottingham Playhouse’s panto Beauty and the Beast on January 23
59. Six-month fitness programme with personal trainer Nick Dunn, worth £300
60. Framed caricature