WINNING bids topped £330,000 at St Richard’s Hospice auctioned off 41 penguin statues from its popular city-wide trail.

The Waddle of Worcester penguins that went under the hammer included 40 large and one baby penguin.

Experienced auctioneer and star of TV shows Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip, Philip Serrell, led the auction on behalf of the hospice at the DRPG building in Hartlebury.

‘Waddle I Do Without You’ went for the highest value at £21,000 while four other sculptures broke the £10,000 mark on the night.

Here’s the full list of the winning bids:

  1. Starlit Journey: £11,000

  2. Welcome to Worcester: £5,000

  3. Sanctuary: £6,000

  4. Skating on the Severn: £14,000

  5. Nebula: £6,000

  6. Picasso Penguin: £6,500

  7. Sprinkle: £5,500

  8. Azura: £7,500

  9. Fisherman’s Friend: £20,000

  10. Wish Upon a Star: £5,500

  11. Percy: £6,000

  12. Doing the Worcester Wiggle: £7,500

  13. PengBot001: £7,500

  14. I Spy Penguin: £5,000

  15. It’s ‘penguin-ing’ to look a lot like Christmas!: £5,000

  16. Penguin on Holiday: £6,000

  17. Edmund Ironsides: £18,000

  18. Penguins at Play: £5,500

  19. Blossom: £6,000

  20. Kingfisher Azure: £8,500

  21. Fancy a Cake?: £9,000

  22. Blue Penguin: £7,000

  23. Precious Penguin: £8,000

  24. Ice-Ickle: £8,000

  25. Hairy Monster: £4,000

  26. Little Blue Makes a Wish: £7,500

  27. Woolly Waddler: £8,000

  28. Doodle McZenguin: £6,500

  29. Elgar’s Enigma: £6,500

  30. Captain Blackbeak: £8,000

  31. Kingsley the Kaleidoscope Penguin: £9,000

  32. Dr Waddlecog of Worcester: £8,500

  33. Wiggly Waddle: £8,000

  34. Eighties Eddie: £7,000

  35. Silk Snowdrops: £7,000

  36. Waddle I Do Without You: £21,000

  37. Flower Queen: £6,500

  38. The Swan: £8,000

  39. Calvin the Copperplate Penguin: £6,000

  40. Spirit: £7,500

  41. Conservenguin: £7,000



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