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Secret collector to auction 30 years of car boot treasures

Retired Cavan builder to sell collection including over 200 signs from all over Ireland, a vintage car and life-sized wooden animal sculptures

A collection of 200 signs and signposts from across the country will feature in the online Hugh Nolan retirement auction on March 27 and 28, with viewing in Blacklion, Co Cavan, from March 24-26. Picture: Michael Donnelly

A man who secretly collected thousands of items from car boot sales over the last three decades is putting his huge haul up for auction.

Motor enthusiast Hugh Nolan, 65, led a double life acquiring vintage cars, signposts and other memorabilia – all of which goes under the online hammer at his ‘retirement auction’ on Monday and Tuesday, March 27 and 28.

A contract manager in the construction trade in Belfast for 30 years, Nolan ...