The Biggest Waste of Time - But It's Made Me Happy

5th December 2025

Follow the complete auction journey of just one item discovered by James Lewis at a roadside junk shop, north of Poitiers in France. A decorative but dirty copper pan needs the full "Repair Shop" treatment back home in the UK. Copper pans are very popular in France and used for everyday cooking. But this one - thought to date back to the 1800s and used for making jam or preserves - has certainly seen better days. Bought for just £25, can his judgement and a bit of elbow grease (well, quite a lot of it actually) turn it into a profit? Any money James makes, he's pledged to donate to the conservation charity Born Free (https://www. bornfree.org.uk) of which he is a patron.

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