“We now have bids for the big Roche Bobois corner sofa,” he told his listeners at the time, sounding sorrowful.
“It is the only material regret because we don’t have room for this in our new living room, it’s just the best sofa ever!”
The sofa designer is a French retailer of top-end furniture collections, sofas, and accessories, with used items sometimes going for over a whopping £13,000.
No wonder the former BBC radio host was disappointed to see it go!
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