Here we go again, in the old tradition of selling lives, personalities and organs on ebay…
An eccentric British Lord is selling his title and property on Internet auction site eBay and has attracted bids of over three million pounds, he said Friday.
David Piper, who describes himself as “Lord of the Manor of Warleigh,” includes a nine-bedroom house in Plymouth, modern art collection and two Bentley cars in the price. Also included in the auction are six acres of freehold land at Great Warleigh Farm, Tamerton Foliot, near Plymouth.
The 58-year-old entrepreneur said he is making the sale because he wants to move to London to receive treatment for advanced prostate cancer. “I have decided, as a result of having this rather advanced prostate cancer, and not having been able to work since January 2007, to have treatment done in London.
“Therefore I will sell everything up down here and move back to London,” he said, adding that he hopes to generate up to six million pounds from the auction sale. His advertisement says the sale “can include David, the existing eccentric lord of the manor physically as well, to a suitable purchaser.”So yes, you would be able to call yourself Lord of the Manor of Warleigh should you win his auction.
It is not the first time Piper has hit the headlines : Mr Piper received widespread publicity in 2002 when he placed a lonely hearts advertisement in the International Herald Tribune, seeking a soulmate with a sense of humour, receiving over 2,000 replies.
One of them was from US estate agent Rosaura Capelleri who moved to Britain to see how their relationship developed, but left Piper’s estate after two weeks.
Best of luck to the Lord of Warleigh regarding his health (source : AFP)
