# Shaun in the City auction raises over £1 million for sick children in hospital

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/09/shaun-in-the-city-auction-raises-over-1m-for-sick-children-in-hospital/
- Published: 2015-10-09T15:39:41+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**An auction of 120 individually-designed sculptures of Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep
last night raised £1,087,900 in Bristol. The money will be split between two charities
helping children in hospital.**

The auction was hosted by TV presenter and Sotheby’s auctioneer Tim Wonnacott. Bids
were also taken online, and the auction was streamed online.

Many of the sculptures were designed by celebrities, artists and international brands.
These included Cath Kidston, Hello Kitty, Paddington Bear, supermodel David Gandy,
fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, DreamWorks Animation, and of course Wallace & Gromit’s
creator, Nick Park.

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![Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation. Charity no. 1043603 Shaun the
Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman Animations Ltd 2015](https://www.fundraising.
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and-gromit-childrens-foundation.jpg)

Auctioneer Tim Wonnacutt with Shauns. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity.
Charity no. 1043603 Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman Animations 
Ltd 2015

The sculptures were exhibited in London and Bristol earlier this year as part of
[Shaun in the City](http://www.shauninthecity.org.uk), a public arts trail from 
Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity, the team behind the award-winning ‘Gromit
Unleashed’ trail in 2013.

The trail involved 120 5ft sculptures of Shaun the Sheep, of which 50 were placed
in iconic locations in London and 70 in Bristol. The trail culminated in a public
exhibition and last night’s charity auction.

Shaun was recently voted the nation’s [best loved BBC children’s character of all time](http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-07-15/shaun-the-sheep-voted-the-nations-best-loved-bbc-childrens-tv-character)
in a survey by the Radio Times.
 

## Highest bid was £28,000

Auctioneer Tim Wonnacutt in action

The sculpture that raised the most was ‘Globetrotter’ by Sarah Matthews, which 
featured on the London trail. It sold for £28,000.

![Globetrotter. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation. Charity no. 1043603
Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman Animations Ltd 2015](https://www.
fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shaun-the-sheep-auction-globetrotter-
credit-wallace-and-gromit-childrens-foundation.jpg)

Col and Karen Needham with “Globetrotter”, the Shaun the Sheep sculpture that sold
for the highest amount. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity. Charity no.
1043603 Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman Animations Ltd 2015

Other valuable sales included:• ‘Sparkles the Unicorn’ by Emily Golden: sold for**
£25,000**• ‘Starstruck’ by film director, Richard Wiliams:** £24,000**• ‘Shaun on
the Cob’ by Katie Wallis:** £20,000**• Nick Park’s ‘Baaack to the Drawing Board’:**
£21,000**

![Nick Park at the Shaun in the City auction. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s
Foundation. Charity no. 1043603 Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman
Animations Ltd 2015](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shaun-
the-sheep-auction-nick-park-credit-wallace-and-gromit-childrens-foundation.jpg)

Aardman’s Nick Park celebrates the Shaun in the City’s final total. Photo: Wallace&
Gromit’s Children’s Charity. Charity no. 1043603 Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the 
City ©& ™ Aardman Animations Ltd 2015

![Bidding underway. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation. Charity no.
1043603 Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman Animations Ltd 2015](https://
www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shaun-the-sheep-auction-bidder-
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Bidding at the Shaun in the City charity auction. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s
Charity. Charity no. 1043603 Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman Animations
Ltd 2015

The income was being split between [The Grand Appeal](http://www.thegrandappeal.org.uk)
in Bristol and Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity.Nicola Masters, director, Wallace&
Gromit’s Children’s Charity, said:

> “We are over the moon that our ‘Shaun in the City’ auction has raised such an 
> incredible amount for The Grand Appeal and Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity.
> Our trails in London and Bristol this year attracted interest on a global scale,
> and we’d like to thank every single bidder for their support.
> “Wallace & Gromit’s
> Children’s Charity has funded almost 300 projects to date, from child-friendly
> ward improvements and play therapy to state-of-the-art equipment and counselling
> for families. The funds raised by our London sculptures will help us do even more
> to enhance the lives of young patients at hospitals all around the country.“The
> Grand Appeal will use the money raised by the 70 Bristol sculptures will be used
> to continue the funding of pioneering lifesaving equipment and family accommodation
> for sick children and their families at Bristol Children’s Hospital and neonatal
> intensive care unit.”

![Tim Wonnacutt. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation. Charity no. 1043603
Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™ Aardman Animations Ltd 2015](https://www.
fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shaun-the-sheep-auction-tim-wonnacutt-
in-action-credit-wallace-and-gromit-childrens-foundation.jpg)

Tim Wonnacutt in action at the Shaun in the City auction. Photo: Wallace & Gromit’s
Children’s Charity. Charity no. 1043603 Shaun the Sheep & Shaun in the City ©& ™
Aardman Animations Ltd 2015