Milligan memorabilia sale exceeds expectations

IT WAS going, going, Goon yesterday as the auctioneer’s hammer fell on Spike Milligan’s personal possessions, raising tens of thousands of pounds.

Milligan fans packed the auction house, and splashed out above all estimates for a chance to own the comedian’s personal possessions which included a collection of his scripts, scrapbooks, recordings and furniture.

The surreal comedian shot to fame in the 1950s, writing and staring in the Goon Show alongside Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. He died six years ago, aged 83.