AN auction staged at a Potters Bar pub raised more than �1,000 for charity.

Around 150 people packed The Admiral Byng in Darkes Lane for the event, which collected �1,400 for cancer charity CLIC Sargent.

Staff at the Wetherspoons pub, including duty manager Mark Dickenson, served customers dressed as nurses, while a number of signed photographs of sporting and musical icons were flogged to the highest bidder.

Among the items to be sold was a rugby shirt signed by New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu, an autographed snap of Boyzone star Ronan Keating and a photo bearing the signature of Spurs and England footballer Jermain Defoe.

A bottle of Moet Champagne, signed by Thomas Law, who plays Peter Beale in EastEnders, was also up for grabs.

Mark, 29, described the amount of money raised at the event, held on March 27, as “absolutely amazing”.

He said: “We were so pleased our area manager came down and she was so supportive about the event.”

As for CLIC, which Wetherspoons has supported for a number of years, Mark said: “I think it is a really good charity.

“Children with cancer need all the money they can get to better their lives and continue as normal.”