AN auction company visited Redcar to carry out free valuations of a variety of memorabilia.

Warwick-based auctioneers Warwick and Warwick descended on the Regency Hotel, Coatham Road, to give free valuations of stamps, envelopes, postcards, coins and cigarette cards.

Colin Such, from the auction house, said he was surprised at just how many collections he left with. The find of the day was a stamp collection from Marske, which Mr Such said was worth thousands of pounds.