# BHF’s ‘Hall of Fame’ of donated items - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/06/16/bhfs-hall-of-fame-of-donated-items/ - Published: 2023-06-16T15:43:51+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has released a ‘hall of fame’ showcasing some of the best donations that have passed through its doors this year (plus a top one from 2019) and how much some of them have fetched for the charity.** It is encouraging people to both donate their unwanted items, and shop with charity shops over the summer months. ## Advertisement The [BHF’s](https://www.bhf.org.uk/) top donated items include: 1. **THE BEATLES ‘Love Me Do’ 7 Inch DEMO  PROMO ‘McArtney’ Spelling Parlo Rim** The record was donated in 2019 to the BHF Midhurst shop and sold on eBay for £9400. The winning bidder loaned it to The Beatles Museum where it is on display. This was the promotional record that made the Beatles famous and before this they were an unknown band even the spelling of Paul McCartney’s name is wrong and is printed“ McArtney”. 2. **18 carat Cartier Tank Française** The watch was donated to the BHF shop in Hounslow, west London in January this year, before making its way to the charity’s online eBay hub in Leeds for verification. The watch sold for £9,766.66, the highest selling item the BHF has sold. ![Beatles promo album](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/06/BHF.-Beatles- promo-album.jpg) ![Cartier watch](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/06/BHF.-Cartier-watch. jpg) ![Beatles White Album](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/06/BHF.-Beatles- White-Album.jpg) ![Wurlitzer juke box](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/06/BHF.-JukeBox. jpg) ![Harry Maguire football shirt](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/06/BHF.- Harry-Maguire-shirt-rotated.jpg) 3. **1968 Beatles White album** At over 50 years old, this iconic album was donated to the BHF Sutton Coldfield in May 2023, complete with the original inserts, a foldout poster and four colour prints of the band. The 12-inch mono record has a low 4-digit number, 0004528, and includes a misprint only found in the first version of the record, of which there are only 10,000 in existence. The album sold for £2,350. 4. **Wurlitzer Music Jukebox C2 H70** This eye-catching, floor standing jukebox system was donated this May/June to the BHF home store in Harrow. Bids for this piece of history close at 21:16 today, Friday 16 June. 5. **Manchester United FC shirt, signed by Harry Maguire** When the shirt was first donated to the BHF shop in Manchester this Spring (February/ March), the BHF shop team were unsure of its authenticity. However, when they were able to get it verified by the club, the shop team framed the shirt and auctioned it on eBay. After 17 bids, the shirt sold for £205.01. The BHF is the largest charity retailer on eBay, selling over 440,000 items on the platform every year, and also sells via its online shop, as well as its charity shops. Allison Swaine-Hughes, Retail Director at the BHF added:  > “One of the many joys of shopping second hand with the BHF is not knowing what > discoveries you’re going to make. >   > “Our hall of fame showcases the exceptionally wonderful items we have sold and > we hope this inspires the public to shop preloved with the BHF this summer. We > also hope this will encourage those who have any rare and unique pieces in need > of a new home to donate it to us, to help fund ground breaking research.” By shopping second hand with the BHF, the charity saves over 56,000 tonnes of goods from going to waste, and all the money raised helps the charity fund life saving research into heart and circulatory diseases. * **[Charity Car scheme reaches £1mn donation milestone](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/03/06/charity-car-scheme-reaches-1mn-donation-milestone/)**( 6 March 2024) * **[New £400k round of Virgin Media O2 & Hubbub tech lending scheme to provide 100s more devices](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/03/25/new-400k-round-of-virgin-media-o2-hubbub-tech-lending-scheme-to-provide-100s-more-devices/)**( 25 March 2024) * **[Popularity of resale apps not stopping people donating to charity shops, Scope finds](https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/04/04/popularity-of-resale-apps-not-stopping-people-donating-to-charity-shops-scope-finds/)**( 4 April 2024)