Your chance to own an item of jewellery worn by Joanna Lumley
It's being auctioned online by the Butterfly Conservation near Wareham
Last updated 5th Mar 2021
Ab Fab fans are being given the chance to own an item from Joanna Lumley's personal jewellery collection as part of an online auction raising funds for the Dorset-based wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation.
The actress and charity campaigner has donated a nature-themed brooch to the auction, which features a school of glinting fishes swimming in a stream.
The item comes with a handwritten note, in which she wrote:
"This is my adored fish brooch which I wear on coats and jerseys - it comes to you with much affection; and hopes for the future of butterflies everywhere on earth. xx Joanna Lumley".
The brooch is one of over 50 lots being auctioned by the Butterfly Conservation, whose head office is in East Lulworth. It is hoped the auction will raise £10,000 to help the charity continue its vital work of protecting butterflies and moths around the UK.
The auction takes place online from now until 9 April and people are being invited to place bids on a wide range of unique items and experiences including weekends away, original artwork and a chauffeur driven trip in the 1925 'Avengers' 3 litre Bentley to a private SSSI valley.
Head of Fundraising at Butterfly Conservation, Sandra Muldoon, said:
"We can't thank Joanna Lumley, and everyone else who has donated an item, enough.
"There really is something for everyone - whatever your budget and regardless of whether you're interested in butterflies and moths or not."
The ongoing pandemic restrictions have forced the cancellation of many of the charity's fundraising methods so the auction will be one of several virtual events taking place throughout 2021 to raise money and awareness of the work it does.