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Norwich elephants generate £203,000 at auction

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Howard Lake | 26 September 2008 | News

The 53 fibreglass model elephants that have graced Norwich this summer were sold at auction this week for a total of £203,000. Seventy five per cent of this will be split between the Born Free Foundation and CLIC Sargent.
‘Jemima’ by Susan Gunn sold for £25,000 with ‘Angel’ by Kate Munro selling for £16,000.
Elephant bus, Norwich, Summer 2008
Dr Who elephant, Norwich, Summer 2008
The project was created by The Forum Trust in partnership with Wild in Art, and had already raised nearly £200,000 in sponsorship from local businesses.
www.goelephants.co.uk

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.

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