The Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail auctions have ended on a high with a night of frenzied bidding at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow. Fifty Oor Wullie statues have brand new owners following tonight’s auction in Inverurie. Oor Wullie raises £883,000 for Tayside Children's Hospital A charity auction of 70 individually designed Oor Wullie sculptures has raised £883,000. Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail Aberdeen Auction - 17/09/19 (#772) 17/09/2019 7:30 PM GMT+1 CLOSED Auction Information. They sold for £800, £700, £700, £700, £500, £500, £500 and £500. The Edinburgh auction of all 60 statues, which included The Proclaimers, raised £318,000 for Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity. ‍♂️ ‍♀️. A piece by the artist Sleek featuring Oor Wullie and Fat Boab was also under the hammer, fetching £1,000. "The support we received was just incredible and we know it means everything to Dad. Oor Wullie. View details. Roslyn Neely, CEO of Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, said: "Tom is an incredible man and has been such a fantastic supporter of ours for many years. 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He is well known in Edinburgh, where he is regularly seen with his collecting tin and trademark tartan trousers on Princes Street and the Royal Mile. "Wherever Tom decides to put this little sculpture, we know it will be loved and admired for many, many years to come.". The war veteran is a familiar face on Princes Street,where has been collecting money for the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity for … An auction of dozens of Oor Wullie statues has raised more than £800,000 for a children's hospital. Fifty Oor Wullie statues have brand new owners following tonight’s auction in Inverurie. Get a round-up of stories from The Sunday Post every week. On 19 September at Prestonfield House there is an invitation only event when all of the lifesize sculptures and four of the mini ones will be up for auction. Douglas Gilzean, son of Mr Gilzean, said: "It would have been a wonderful gesture if we were able to purchase my dad's Oor Wullie sculpture as a tribute to him but we always knew that this may not be possible. Here is a list of the lots in full – and what they went for: As well as the statues, a few buckets were auctioned off. "What is most important to dad is that his sculpture has raised such a huge amount for Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity to support children and young people in the Sick Kids. Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail is the first ever nationwide public art trail, here on the streets of Scotland’s cities for 11 weeks from 17th June. Oor auctions are underway! Prospective buyers for the north-east’s artistic Oor Wullie sculptures have been treated to a sneak preview. He raises money for Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity - which had supported the move to keep his sculpture in the capital. Over £883,000 was raised for the charity through the sale of all 54 statues. In aid of the Archie Foundation, which is the official charity of the Highland Children's Unit at Raigmore Hospital, the auction raised a total of £316,700. .css-1xgx53b-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-1xgx53b-Link:hover,.css-1xgx53b-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. Big Bucket Trail: Oor Wullie statues inspire musical children to hit the high notes ahead of auction next week by Gayle Ritchie September 13 2019, 7.32am Updated: September 13 2019, 9.56am By Angie BrownBBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter. Oor Wullie's BIG Bucket Trail is live! Winning Bid N/A; Status CLOSED; Lot 8 We all scream for ice cream. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. All Rights Reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. It follows a crowd fundraiser which raised £7,000 to buy the statue so it could be kept on display in Edinburgh. Oor Countryside, inspired by artist Annie Grant’s daughter’s love of exploring the great outdoors, sold for an impressive £14,000. With the total raised by the Edinburgh Oor Wullies standing at a whopping £318,000! Now's your chance to bid to buy one of the sculptures from this summer's trail! With lots of bidders present at the auction, both in person and online, every single Oor Wullie statue was sold. © DC Thomson Co Ltd 2021. Hand-painted themed sculptures of the cartoon character had been displayed in locations including Dundee, Aber- deen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Invemess. Mrs Gibson, who was at the auction but has since travelled back to the states, bought two statues on the night. The artist who made the statues has now pledged to make and gift a small Oor Wullie sculpture to Mr Gilzean in recognition of the prolific fundraiser's efforts. View details. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}The Edinburgh family of a 99-year-old war veteran who has raised more than £1m for charity have been outbid for his Oor Wullie statue. "As he holds such a special place in all of our hearts, our wonderful friends at Wild In Art are going to commission a mini Tom Oor Wullie sculpture to gift to him and his family. The Grand Oor Wullie Bucket Trail Auction Tue 13 September at 6pm. If you combine that with the other host city auctions a total of £1.3 Million was raised! A team of north-east auctioneers from a fly-on-the-wall documentary will help raise vital funds for charity as part of a popular summer sculpture trail. "It is his life's passion to fundraise for the hospital so he is absolutely over the moon with the amount that his sculpture achieved at auction and through our crowdfunding efforts, and that this will now be donated to this wonderful cause. 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It was part of the Scotland-wide Oor Wullie's Bucket Trail over the summer - and one of 60 in the capital alone. Find out about the Oor … It was a fantastic night, which saw more than £318,000 raised for the charities being supported throughout this initiative; The Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity, The Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity and The Archie Foundation. A total of 200 life-sized Oor Wullie sculptures will be sold off by ANM Group Auctioneers Alan Hutcheon, Colin Slessor and Mark Barrack, with the online auctions facilitated by Alan Donald. 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Hundreds of Oor Wullie sculptures will go under the hammer next week to raise vital funds for children and young people in hospital. Tom Gilzean's sculpture went for £13,000 at auction on Thursday night to a mystery buyer. Read about our approach to external linking. September 14, 2016, 7:36 am Action from last night's auction. Oor Wullie Bucket Trail charity auctions raise f1.3m More than 200 sculptures from the Scotland- wide Oor Wul1ie Bucket Trail have raised more than f.l.29m at an auction for three children's charities. A new Oor Wullie sculpture has been commissioned for fundraising hero Tom Gilzean, after a mystery bidder scooped up the original statue at auction. "We would like to say a huge, heartfelt thank you to each and every person who contributed to our crowdfunding page, including Central Taxis for kindly sponsoring the sculpture and for their generous donation. An auction of 70 specially designed Oor Wullie statues has raised £883,000 for charity. 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