Everything
must go

Lot K10

Bamboo knife block with knives and blade tools · 1 block

A bamboo knife block by Evolve, filled with flexible bristles rather than cut slots, so any blade fits anywhere in it and nothing gets blunted going in. Two Chinese choppers, a kitchen knife, three pairs of scissors, a peeler and an oyster knife, and I'm happy to split a single blade out if that's all you want.

Lot D06

Black+Decker countertop microwave

Black+Decker countertop microwave, 900 watts and 0.9 cubic feet, with a turntable and a child lock. Takes up 19 inches of counter by 15 deep. Works. US plug.

Lot K14

Bowls and plates · ~33

Around 13 plates and 20 bowls in mixed blue and white patterns, plus a few small dishes. Enough to set up a kitchen from scratch.

Lot K21

Brita filter jug with spare filters · 1 jug + filters

Brita filter jug with a cartridge already fitted, and two separate stashes of spare cartridges to go with it.

Lot K31

COTEY professional egg ring set, 4 pack · 1 set

Four-pack of professional egg rings, still boxed.

Lot K73

Ceramic casserole pot

A shallow round lidded pot in cream and pink, hand-painted with cherry blossom, a lug handle each side and a notch in the lid to let steam out. Built to go from the stove straight to the table, which is how Japanese hotpot gets served.

Lot K22

Cocktail shaker and mixing kit · 4 pieces

A three-piece stainless shaker, a gold-coloured Hawthorne strainer, a twisted bar spoon and a double-sided jigger. It seals properly.

Lot D42

Denby teapot and two matching mugs

Denby stoneware. A round-bellied teapot with its lid and two mugs in the same glaze, the colour running from near-black at the top through blue down to a speckled white foot. One of the mugs has a small chip on the rim. All three go together.

Lot K34

Fridge door: whiteboard, thermometer and magnets · 1 lot

The small whiteboard with its marker, a DOQAUS digital instant-read thermometer that folds shut like a penknife, and the magnets that hold it all up. Those include an I-heart-Astoria raccoon, a wooden cat sitting in an affogato, an R'lyeh one from Necronomicon Providence, and four small coloured glass cubes. The spice tins on the side of the fridge are their own lot.

Lot K25

Glass tea press with infuser

A round-bellied glass tea press with a stainless mesh infuser on a plunger, so the leaves get pushed down once it has brewed. Yellow collar, green lid, blue knob.

Lot K61

KitchenAid oven mitts, long-cuffed · 1 pair

A pair of red KitchenAid oven mitts with long cuffs that cover your wrists as well as your hands.

Lot K28

MoMA La Maison Inondee bowl

MoMA Design Store bowl, La Maison Inondee, the blue seven-inch one with the little house sitting in the bottom of it. Still boxed and unused.

Lot K69

Mortar and pestle, small, white marble

A small mortar and pestle in white marble, heavy for its size, which is the point of a stone one.

Lot K20

Mueller glass kettle, 1.8L

Glass body with a black base and lid, 1.8 litres, and it lights up while it boils. US plug.

Lot D51

NutriBullet Pro 900 blender

NutriBullet Pro, the 900-watt one, with its tall and short cups. The blender that makes one smoothie in the cup you then drink it out of. US plug.

Lot K78

Saucepan with handle, ramen size

Small stainless saucepan with a long handle and its own lid, ramen sized. One packet, one pan, one bowl.

Lot K74

Soup pot

A lidded stainless pot, soup sized, with a glass lid so you can see in without letting the heat out. Bigger than a saucepan and a lot more manageable than the 23-quart stockpot further down.

Lot D65

Spirits, liqueurs and bitters · 1 lot

Campari, Aperol, a Jose Cuervo Blue Agave and a bottle of prosecco, none of them opened. Then Fernet-Branca and triple sec nearly full, Angostura bitters, and the last inch or two of a Breckenridge gin, a Basil Hayden and a Buffalo Trace. I may get to some of it myself on the day, but whatever is left is yours.

Lot K75

Stainless mixing bowls, nested set of five · 5

Five stainless mixing bowls that nest down into the space of one.

Lot K76

Steaming rack and inserts · 3 pieces

Three pieces for steaming in a pot you already own. A flat legged rack to stand a plate on, a low round trivet for the same job in a smaller pan, and a perforated basket with a folding handle to lift the whole lot out in one go.

Lot K17

The kitchen odds and ends drawer · 1 drawer

The odds and ends drawer, holding measuring spoons and cups, a lemon press, small funnels, a milk foamer, a can opener, a bottle opener, rice paddles and the wooden tray they sit in. The actual knives, forks and spoons are coming to London with me, so what's here is the gadget half of the drawer.

Lot D09

Toshiba rice cooker, model TRCS02

Toshiba rice cooker, 1.6 litres, with its paddle. Makes properly good rice, which is the only test that matters. US plug.

Lot K62

Cooking apron

A cooking apron. Takes up no room in a drawer and you always turn out to need one.

Lot K32

Aroma electric hotpot, model ASP-610 · 1 set

Aroma electric hot pot, stainless pot with a glass lid on a heating base. US plug, and it draws 1500W. Ten wire mesh strainer ladles go with it.

Lot K106

Bodum for MoMA Chambord glasses, a pair · 2

A boxed pair of Bodum for MoMA Chambord glasses, ten fluid ounces each, one with a yellow handle and one green. Double-walled, so a hot drink stays hot and the outside stays cool enough to hold. Unused.

Lot K80

Colander and straining kit · 1 lot

A white plastic colander, a fine mesh sieve, a long-handled mesh scoop for lifting noodles straight out of the pot, and the wooden-handled clamp that gets a hot dish out of a steamer without you burning your fingers.

Lot K105

Creme brulee dishes, a pair · 2

Two black ceramic creme brulee dishes with fluted sides, wide and shallow, which is the shape that gives the biggest sugar crust.

Lot K64

Ice bucket, metallic

Metallic ice bucket, 9 inches across and 10 inches tall, so a wine bottle sits in it with room for ice round the sides.

Lot K66

Large metal baking tray

A big metal baking tray with a rolled rim, 15 by 21 inches. A whole tray of roast vegetables fits on it without them steaming each other, though at that size it's worth measuring your oven first.

Lot E37

Mason jars · 4

Four Ball wide-mouth quart jars with lids. Clean and ready for whatever you ferment, pickle or store in them.

Lot K24

OXO fat separator, 4 cup

OXO fat separator, 4 cup, with a bottom-pour spout. The thing that makes gravy worth making.

Lot K100

Sink strainers, boxed two-pack · 1 box

A sealed two-pack of sink strainers.

Lot K65

Stockpot, 23 quart, stainless

23 quart stainless stockpot, 13 inches across and 12 inches tall. Big enough for a lobster, or for an unwise quantity of soup.

Lot K12

Utensil holder with cooking utensils

A white pot holding the everyday utensils, a whisk, a metal ladle, a slotted spoon, wooden spoons and a set of blue silicone spatulas and turners. A bamboo wok spatula, still sealed in its packet from The Wok Shop, goes with it.

Lot K95

Cruzin kitchen scissors, unopened

Kitchen scissors, still in the pack, with a nutcracker and bottle opener built into the handle.

Lot K26

Food storage containers · a number of them

A pile of food storage containers, mixed plastic and glass.

Lot K97

Glass tumblers · 4

Four glass tumblers.

Lot K53

Kitchen wrap and bags, the whole drawer · 1 lot

An unopened roll of heavy duty foil, three unopened rolls of Press'n Seal, a part roll of baking parchment, and four boxes of Ziploc bags in gallon and quart, one sealed and three opened.

Lot D87

Ceramic plant pots · 6

Six ceramic pots, no two the same: a cream and brown drip glaze with its own saucer, a plain white cylinder, a small ribbed green one, a blue speckled one, a green drip glaze, and a grey ribbed one somebody has already put stickers on. Nicer than the plastic ones.

Lot C17

Gardening lot: soil, perlite, pots, feed and tools · 1 lot

Everything needed to pot things up, which is three bags of potting mix and one of perlite, a stack of black nursery pots with saucers, Miracle-Gro plant food, RootBoost rooting hormone, Mosquito Bits for fungus gnats, organic wheatgrass seed, a trowel, a misting bottle and two pairs of gloves.

Lot D36

Round plant pot stand, wrought iron with scrolled feet

Low round plant stand in wrought iron with scrolled feet, 12 inches across and about three tall. Sized to lift a large pot just clear of the floor.

Lot C65

Full-spectrum grow light bulbs, six · 6

Six full-spectrum LED grow light bulbs, each still in its bag, with the manual. Eleven watts, 1000 lumens, and an ordinary screw fitting, so they go into a lamp you already own and turn it into a plant light.

Lot D99

Watering can, black

Black metal watering can with a long swan neck and a wooden handle. Coco has inspected it and found it acceptable.

Lot O22

Triceratops beanbag chair

A triceratops beanbag chair in green, with horns, a frill and a ridged spine down the back. Sit on it as a chair or lie on it as a dinosaur.

Lot E03

Ceramic vases, a pair · 2

Two tall ceramic bottle vases in the same shape and glaze, one a good bit bigger than the other, white with a grey wash brushed round the bottom that stops at a different height on each.

Lot C11

Empty picture frames, thirteen · 13

Thirteen empty frames, all new. Eleven white ones, mostly 8 by 10 inches with mounts and still shrink-wrapped, plus two black 8 by 12 frames in bubble wrap.

Lot E39

Glass vase

A plain glass vase, for when somebody turns up holding flowers and you discover you don't have one.

Lot B56

Large glass jars with lidded covers · 2

A matching pair of large glass storage jars with domed glass lids, each seven inches across and ten inches tall. Only one is pictured, but they go together.

Lot C05

Camping chair, purple, in its carry bag

Folding camping chair in its carry bag.

Lot C34

Cycling bundle: pump, panniers, helmet and cover · 1 bundle

Specialized floor pump with a gauge, a pair of rear-rack panniers in black and ticking stripe, a helmet in turquoise and white, and a full-size bicycle cover in its bag. One lot, for whoever wants the whole setup.

Lot C14

Intex air bed with built-in Quickfill Plus pump, in its carry bag

Intex PremAire I, full size and a proper 18 inches off the floor, so a guest gets in and out of it like a real bed instead of rolling off a mat. 54 by 75 inches, rated to 600lb, and the pump is built in, about two and a half minutes from bag to bed. US plug, so it's staying in America.

Lot C32

321 Strong foam roller, red

Firm foam roller in red, the standard 321 Strong size at about 12.75 inches long and 5.25 across. For the knots.

Lot L29

Thirty pound dumbbells · 2

Two 30lb dumbbells, about 27kg of iron between them. Bring a bag with handles.

Lot L31

Valhalla Fitness slam ball, 10kg

A 10kg slam ball. Dead weight with no bounce, so it's made to be thrown at the ground. Scuffed on the surface from being used exactly that way.

Lot C48

Pierre Cardin cabin case, navy, two-wheel

Navy two-wheel cabin case, Pierre Cardin, 14 by 10 inches and 21 inches tall, which is cabin size on most airlines.

Lot E49

IKEA MURVEL shoe organisers, four · 4

Four IKEA MURVEL shoe organisers in grey. Each one is a curved plastic shelf that takes a shoe underneath and a shoe on top, so a closet shelf holds twice as many pairs. They nest flat when you aren't using them.

Lot O19

IKEA SKUBB hanging organiser and three boxes · 1 organiser + 3 boxes

An IKEA SKUBB hanging organiser in dark grey, six compartments, 14 by 18 inches and just over four feet tall, hooking over a wardrobe rail on a velcro strap. Three matching SKUBB boxes go with it, the shallow 8 by 15 inch sort that sit in a drawer. IKEA sell the lot for about $23.

Lot O45

Monitor riser in pale wood, with a cable slot

A monitor stand in pale wood, with a slot cut through the top to pass cables and two plank legs.

Lot O20

Party balloons, 120 of them · 120

A bag of 120 party balloons in twelve colours, still in its packaging.

Lot O48

Potluck Showdown, second copy

Potluck Showdown, a card game about food and mischief, two to six players and rounds of ten to thirty minutes. I own two copies and only need one.

Lot O35

Tool kit in a hard case

Tool kit in a hard case: claw hammer, pliers, adjustable wrench, combination spanners, socket set, hex keys, screwdrivers, precision drivers and a utility knife. Enough to assemble or dismantle most flat-pack.

Lot O06

ViewSonic 24 inch monitor, 1080p

ViewSonic VX2453MH-LED, 24 inches, 1920 by 1080, LED backlit. Two HDMI inputs and a VGA, with audio in and a headphone socket. The label on the back dates it to May 2012. Working, and the power lead and an HDMI cable come with it. Thin and light enough to carry under one arm.

Lot L27

Woven basket

A woven basket with a handle each side, big enough for shoes, post or whatever collects by the door.

Lot E41

Black catch-all tray

A black tray with a hammered finish, the sort that lives by the front door and collects keys. Just the tray.

Lot L26

Coasters in a wire holder · 1 set

A set of round coasters in a black wire holder, stone-look, pink and grey marbling with copper veining.

Lot O46

Klask

Klask, the magnetic table game where you fish for your opponent's handle. Very good with a drink in hand. I'm only selling it because there's already a copy waiting in London.

Lot O47

Magic: the Gathering cards in a clear storage box · 1 box

A clear storage box of Magic: the Gathering cards, including some sealed theme decks. About eight pounds of cardboard.

Lot D95

Notebooks, three unused · 3

Three notebooks, all unused. A Leuchtturm1917 in copper, still shrink-wrapped, A5 with 251 numbered pages and a Financial Times logo embossed on the cover. A Kokuyo Campus with a Spy x Family cover and 30 ruled sheets. And a black JSM folio with a strap closure and a ribbon marker.

Lot O24

Woven bamboo basket

A woven bamboo basket with a herringbone weave and a bound rim, ten and a half inches across and the same again tall. About right for hiding a plant pot, or for the pile of things by the door that has never had anywhere to live.

Lot K45

Cleaning cupboard lot: soap, sponges, bags and detergents · 1 lot

The contents of the cupboard under the sink, meaning Cascade dishwasher pods, a box of Softsoap hand soap refills, Mr Clean lemon concentrate, a Method heavy-duty degreaser, glass cleaner, laundry detergent and fabric softener, Glad ForceFlex bin bags, purple nitrile gloves, scrub sponges and a Raid ant bait station. The hand soap, the Mr Clean and the big bottle of dish soap have not been opened.

Lot C63

Folding clothes drying rack, concertina style

Concertina clothes drying rack, 21 by 15 inches and 42 inches tall when it's open, and flat enough to slide behind a door when it's folded.

Lot B38

Handheld garment steamer, model HL7

Handheld garment steamer with a lint brush attachment. US plug.

Lot K40

Microfibre cleaning cloths · 3

Three microfibre cloths in blue, green and pink, unused and kept in a clear bag.

Lot B37

Black+Decker Light 'N Easy steam iron, model IR1010

Black+Decker steam iron with a non-stick plate, auto shutoff and spray mist. Original box. US plug.

Lot C21

Light bulbs, the whole stash · 13

Thirteen LED bulbs, all screw fitting. Eight 11-watt warm white ones that stand in for a 65-watt bulb, and five spares for recessed ceiling lights.

Lot B21

Tabletop ironing board

A tabletop board rather than a full-size one, so it stands on a table or counter and folds flat for a cupboard. Blue and white ticking cover with a few marks on it.

Lot C08

Toilet roll, three unopened packs · 18 rolls

Three unopened Amazon Basics packs, six XXL rolls in each, so eighteen rolls. Unglamorous and genuinely useful.

Lot E04

Reed diffuser and a NEST fragrance bottle · 2

A hetras reed diffuser with its reeds and a sealed NEST Rose Noir & Oud refill, enough to keep a hallway smelling good for a long time.

Lot D67

Reed diffuser bottles and sticks, boxed · 4 bottles

Four black glass reed diffuser bottles with their stoppers, back in the box they came in, along with twenty reed sticks. Empty and ready for whatever oil you want to put in them.