Seen on Luxuo
Here we go again, in the old tradition of selling lives, personalities and organs on ebay...
An
eccentric British Lord is selling his title and property on Internet
auction site eBay and has attracted bids of over three million pounds, he said Friday.
David
Piper, who describes himself as "Lord of the Manor of Warleigh,"
includes a nine-bedroom house in Plymouth, modern art collection and
two Bentley cars in the price. Also included in the auction are six
acres of freehold land at Great Warleigh Farm, Tamerton Foliot, near
Plymouth.
The
58-year-old entrepreneur said he is making the sale because he wants to
move to London to receive treatment for advanced prostate cancer. "I
have decided, as a result of having this rather advanced prostate
cancer, and not having been able to work since January 2007, to have
treatment done in London.
"Therefore
I will sell everything up down here and move back to London," he said,
adding that he hopes to generate up to six million pounds from the
auction sale. His advertisement says the sale "can include David, the
existing eccentric lord of the manor physically as well, to a suitable
purchaser."So yes, you would be able to call yourself Lord of the Manor
of Warleigh should you win his auction.
It
is not the first time Piper has hit the headlines : Mr Piper received
widespread publicity in 2002 when he placed a lonely hearts
advertisement in the International Herald Tribune, seeking a soulmate
with a sense of humour, receiving over 2,000 replies.
One
of them was from US estate agent Rosaura Capelleri who moved to Britain
to see how their relationship developed, but left Piper's estate after
two weeks. 
