Now then, Now then: Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions set to fetch £300,000 at auction

Sir Jimmy Savile's flamboyant life has been unveiled in its entirety as his treasured possessions were catalogued ahead of a huge charity auction.

The Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It star kept every souvenir of his extraordinary life and a huge slice of his incredible collection is due to go under the hammer next month on July 30.

The collection includes his famous 'Jim'll Fix it' chair, a £90,000 Rolls Royce Corniche, a £12,000 gold and diamond encrusted Rolex watch, a gold identity bracelet and rings, his yellow BMW bubble car... right down to the last of his finest Cuban cigars.

Sir Jimmy, who died two days short of his 85th birthday last October, raised an estimated £42 million for charity, but his final wish was for his personal possessions to be sold off in one last major fund-raising effort.

His iconic Top of the Pops outfits, including the Superman comic suit he wore to meet Prince Charles and Goon Show stars Spike Milligan and Sir Harry Secombe, and his coveted Royal Marines flying suit will go under the hammer.

He met the Queen, Pope John Paul II, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, Prince Charles and Princess Diana in a showbiz career spanning 50 years.

Scores of medals, running vests and rainbow-coloured tracksuits from the 216 marathons he ran, and a stable of racing cycles he rode in his 300 professional bike races are all for sale. 

In one scribbled calculation found at Sir Jimmy's Leeds penthouse home, he worked out he had covered a staggering 156,896 miles.

The star lot of the auction is set to be Sir Jimmy's immaculate 2002 Rolls Royce Corniche convertible which has just 4,420 miles on the clock and carries a conservative sale estimate of £60,000 to £90,000.

Former Radio 1 DJ Sir Jimmy nicknamed his beloved 6.7-litre Rolls 'The Beast' and his personal registration JS 247 - signifying his initials and the station's former 247-metre medium waveband - is still on the car.

The silver Rolls with cream leather trim was Number 46 of a planned limited edition of 56 'Last of Line' Corniches built to mark the end of 56 years' production at Rolls Royce's Crewe plant in 2002 and was one of only nine right-hand drive models made.

Switching from the sublime to the bizarre, Sir Jimmy's famous yellow BMW Isetta bubble car is estimated to sell for £5,000 to £8,000.

He bought it in 1965 when he was resident DJ at the New Elizabethan Ballroom in Belle Vue, Manchester, and promptly fitted a rotating orange beacon on the roof after he was nearly flattened by a lorry.

Sir Jimmy left several millions to The Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust in his will and his amazing memorabilia collection will be sold by leading auctioneers Dreweatts Bloomsbury at Saviles Hall in Leeds on July 30.

The estimated £200,000 - £300,000 proceeds from the 550 lots in the sale will go to Sir Jimmy's Charitable Trust, which will continue to support his various charities.

One of Sir Jimmy's famous Jim'll Fix It chairs he used to hand out his medals on TV is expected to fetch £8,000 to £12,000.  The chair comes complete with an ashtray on one arm and two buttons on the other which operated two trays - one carrying the Jim'll Fix It medals and another producing his cup of tea.

The burgundy coloured chair is the one Sir Jimmy used in the first series of Jim'll Fix It and has been put into the sale by Saviles Hall in Leeds, where it will go under the hammer next month.

Sir Jimmy's amazing collection of memorabilia reveals how he forged warm friendships with Prince Charles, Princess Diana and other Royals including Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson over the years.

A host of Christmas cards signed by Prince Charles and Princess Diana are set to go under the hammer estimated at £300 to £500 each alongside some fascinating personal gifts from Charles.

The Prince, who hailed Sir Jimmy as "a national treasure," presented him with a pair of Asprey and Garrard silver and blue enamel cufflinks with his fleur de lys crest for his 80th birthday, which are expected to sell for £300 to £500.

The former Top of the Pops host's legendary collection of glittering gold 'bling' jewellery is set to be a big money-spinner at the charity auction.

Sir Jimmy's 18-carat gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual diamond-encrusted watch is expected to fetch £8,000 to £12,000.

His distinctive, chunky nine-carat gold identity bracelet studded with 55 brilliant-cut diamonds is estimated at £6,000 to £8,000.  An 18-carat gold and diamond wishbone pendant is expected to sell for £2,000 to £3,000 and a number of gold and diamond rings are also included in the sale.

Dozens of Sir Jimmy's iconic Top of the Pops costumes including the Superman cartoon suit he wore to meet Prince Charles and Goon Show legends Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1999. When the astonished Prince saw it, he said:  "I wish I had an outfit like that."

A laughing Jimmy said:  "Surely you must have something like this in your wardrobe at St James's Palace, sir?" to which the Prince replied:  "Even if I had, I wouldn't have the courage to wear it!"  Sir Jimmy's Superman suit and the white leather platform shoes he wore that day are expected to fetch #300 to #500.

No charity auction marking Sir Jimmy's flamboyant life would be complete without his trademark cigars - and the sale will feature dozens of cigars and their famous owner's smoking paraphernalia in abundance.

A Dunhill walnut humidor presented to Sir Jimmy in 1976 is estimated at £300 to £500.

For those on a tighter budget, there are a number of Sir Jimmy's Romeo y Julieta No2 cigars still in their metal tubes, with a Jim'll fix It sticker and a promotional photograph for just £20 to £30 each.

David Rees, Dreweatts' director in charge of the sale, said:  "Sir Jimmy's charity trustees were particularly keen that we had some of his cigars in affordable lots like these so all his fans will have an opportunity to buy a piece of his life."

Even Sir Jimmy's coveted original Jim'll Fix It aluminium medals with red ribbons have soared in value with one in the sale expected to fetch £300 to £500.

Dreweatts Bloomsbury sale of Sir Jimmy Savile's memorabilia takes place at Saviles Hall in Leeds on 30 July.