Comments on: Gordon Brown auctions off Blair’s gift clutter

By: Andamom

Andamom — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:56:10 +0000

Granted, one may not have the trinkets and baubles in Tony Blair’s collection — but if you have a tremendous amount of stuff (or say you need to get rid of the belongings of a recently deceased or incapacitated family member), there are options. Have an estate sale! An appraiser can help you figure out what things are worth and if you lucky enough to have things of value, a firm that handles estate sales can do it for you. Or, you can call an auction house.

Of course, if you have less expensive clutter, you can still donate it to charity or have a yard sale.

By: Pascal Venier

Pascal Venier — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:18:09 +0000

This Frenchman living in the UK would if necessary be prepared to volunteer, “close his eyes and this of England”, and solve the problem by drinking this bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild.

By: mamacita

mamacita — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:05:55 +0000

Okay, so don’t those other governments know the regulations regarding gifts to the Prime Minister of England? And why would anyone give him a Segway? Why did Arafat give him a nativity?? Geez, I thought the scarf and gloves from Penney’s were random. Maybe the UN needs to draw names next year.

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:51:39 +0000

Leave it to the thrifty Scot to clear out the space and raise a few quid at the same time.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:37:08 +0000

I don’t know about world leaders, but I’ve auctioning off my gift bags from various events online, getting a total rush out of uncluttering!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:39:29 +0000

Jez, I totally agree. I would have been sure to drink them all before I left.

If only my clutter was all from world leaders. I’ve got a JCPenney scarf & gloves (still with the tags on) received from a co-worker in the company’s Secret Santa gift swap… bids anyone?

By: Jez

Jez — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:45:52 +0000

Would drinking those bottle of wine have been ‘taking’ them I wonder…