Auction for TOLFA
A group of friends, trustees and supporters of TOLFA assembled in leafy Linden Gardens, London W2 to hear Jonathan Kydd, actor and gravelly voice of many well-known TV ads like L’Oreal Revitalift and Age Perfect, strike his gavel on the bread board to galvanise, so wittily, the eager bidders.
A selection of the artwork on offer at the Auction for TOLFA being carefully guarded
An assortment of lots were flogged including a gorgeous watercolour pencil on paper of “Weevers, Hoopers and Sugar Birds” by Johnny Dewe Mathews, generously donated by the Rebecca Hossack Gallery, a selection of the famous “Yuck” books dedicated to the bidder by the illustrator, Nigel Baines, a stripped picture inspired by Bridget Riley created by Charles Ward-Jackson and a vast red canvas entitled “Rose Hips” in oil daubed by Rosie Schellenberg. There was also a dog friendly weekend B & B in the historic town of Richmond and a stylish piece of knitwear from Sophie’s Wild Woollens.
The guests, many suitably dressed for the Indian themed soiree, munched contentedly on Indian canapés cooked up by Reza of the Star of India, Old Brompton Road, who was also star of the TV series – ‘Delhi Belly’, ‘Coconut Coast’ and ‘United States of Reza’ and ‘A Place in France’, washed down with a few bottles of Cobra!
Verity, previous Project Raja volunteer and our star chef Reza Mahammad
Rachel, Kim, Nadine, Serena, as TOLFA trustees, and Verity, volunteer vet, mingled with the guests describing TOLFA’S vital work.
A short and moving film on the work of TOLFA was projected onto the wall - written by Richard Saunders, edited by Arianna Thomasing and mixed by Seb and Charlie of Morgan van Dam, with the voice of Jonathan Kydd
Many new supporters of TOLFA were recruited and the evening raised about £1,800.
Congratulations and thanks to the successful bidders, Martin Herbert of Banhams, Gahtan Vahidy of Lahore, Angela Holder of Holland Park, James Heywood of Dorking, Rupert and Beatriz Barclay of Lima and Notting Hill, Vishaka Doshi of Calcutta and Hampstead and Catherine Usiskin of Primrose Hill.
Rosie Schellenberg, painter of Rose Hips with the Countess of Westmorland