A car number plate owned by comedy legend, Jethro, has sold – for a whopping £30,500.
The J35 TER plate owned by the late Cornish comedian was snapped up at auction.
The star who died in 2021, ran a farm.
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He always used the number plate on his personal vehicle and it was even on the Toyota Land Cruiser that carried his coffin to his funeral.
Jethro, real name Geoffrey Rowe, died in 2021, aged 73.
He lived in Lewdown, near Okehampton, Devon.
His funeral took place at Truro Cathedral in 2022.
The Land Cruiser itself, which had over 129,000 miles on the clock, sold for £26,500 at the same auction of his vehicles and agricultural machinery.
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But his personalised plate was the star of the online auction on Thursday as reported by What’s The Jam.
Speaking before the sale, Harvey Pile from Stags Auctioneers, said: “It is one of those iconic pieces where, to some extent, it’s worth whatever somebody is willing to pay for it.
“It is a cliche thing to say but how do you value a piece of comedic history that in years to come will always be linked to the famous man?”
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He made his first national television performance in 1990 on the Des O’Connor Show, making several subsequent appearances.
He also appeared five times on Jim Davidson’s The Generation Game show, twice giving a demonstration of how to make a Cornish pasty.
In 2001, he appeared on the Royal Variety Show and went on to become one of the biggest stars from Cornwall.
His funeral at Truro Cathedral in January 2022 was attended by hundreds of people, including fellow comedian and close friend Jim Davidson.
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