Original TV Sooty sells for £3100
AN ORIGINAL Sooty made for creator Harry Corbett sold for £3100 yesterday.
The glove puppet was bought by entrepreneur Michael Flacks, 51, at the auction in Derbyshire – as a present for his Sooty fan wife, Debbie.
The vintage toy had been expected to sell for £1200.
Previous owner Tina Stewart, from Dunblane, said the Sooty was given to her dad by Corbett when they lived in the same Dorset village in the 70s.
Sooty Show owner Richard Caddell said: “This is without question an original television Sooty.”