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Superlambanana Legacy
After ten weeks on the streets of Liverpool, the 125 Superlambananas that made up this years Trail were brought in. Seventy of the Superlambananas were included in a special preview on St George’s Hall Plateau in Liverpool, where over 47,000 people visited them over two days.
On Tuesday 9 September 2008, these Superlambananas were auctioned off in one of Liverpool’s most memorable nights. Sutton Kersh auctioneer Andrew Binstock led the auction, which lasted four hours, and saw bids of up to £25,000 for some of the most popular Superlambananas from the trail. The evening was a wonderful celebration of the spirit of Liverpool and at the end of the night it was announced that the final hammer total had reached over a half a million pounds.
A week later, a special Internet Auction was hosted by Sutton Kersh and AuctionYourProperty.com. Over the period of one week, this auction took bids from collectors and sold a further 33 for a total hammer price of just over £125,000.
Wild in Art, the organisers of the event generously donated the Superlambananas that didn’t feature in either of the auctions to community groups and charities in Liverpool. These Superlambananas will be kept in the public domain so they can be enjoyed for years to come. Some will be on display in public spaces, others will be used by schools and community groups.
If you have seen a Superlambanana in the last month, why not post your photographs and sightings on the Go Superlambananas Facebook page at www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20132075779
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