Cartier watch found in Hounslow charity shop raises £10,000

A Cartier ticker recovered successful a container of donations astatine a westbound London foundation store has sold for astir £10,000.

The Tank Française yellowish golden exemplary broke records arsenic the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) biggest online auction sale.

After 46 bids, the 18-carat golden ticker sold for £9,766.

It was recovered astatine a subdivision successful Hounslow, and verified arsenic a existent Cartier merchandise astatine the BHF's eBay warehouse successful Leeds.

The ticker was past treble checked by experts astatine an autarkic auction house.

"When you see the mean worth of an point donated to a foundation store is little than £5, uncovering a Cartier ticker is similar striking golden and winning the lottery astatine the aforesaid time," said Kama Villiers, endeavor lawsuit occurrence manager astatine Shopiago, the BHF's online buying partner.

"Whoever the generous donor was, they tin remainder assured that their donation volition spell a agelong mode towards warring bosom disease."

Cartier watches person been sported by celebrities including Jake Gyllenhall, Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama, arsenic good arsenic Diana, Princess of Wales.

In caller years the BHF has sold a 7-inch vinyl demo of the Beatles' Love Me Do for £9,400, and a second-hand Mercedes Benz E320 for £7,502.

The charity's eBay tract presently lists aggregate pieces from decorator brands including Gucci and Burberry.

Richard Pallier, caput of online retail astatine the BHF, said donations marque a immense quality to the charity,

"It's lone done the hugely generous donations of the nationalist that we tin proceed to bash this precise important work," helium said.