A Working Day With Kaleb Cooper.
One full working day on this farm, doing whatever is genuinely happening that day, with the person who actually knows what he is doing.
The lot, in full.
Specification
- Duration
- A full working day, roughly seven in the morning to five
- When
- A date agreed with the winner, subject to the farming
- What you will do
- Whatever the day requires. This is not negotiable and that is the point
- Included
- Lunch, boots if you need them, and a lift from Chipping Norton
- Not included
- Travel to Oxfordshire, or accommodation
- Transferable
- Once, to a named person, before the date is set
Every figure here is a term of the lot. Where something is an expectation rather than a promise — an outturn, a date — the row says so.
What it is not.
A meet and greet, a tour, or a photo opportunity with a tractor. You will be given a job and you will be expected to do it competently by about eleven.
The three things worth knowing before you bid.
What the day might be
In November, hedge-cutting in horizontal rain. In March, drilling. In August, sitting in a combine, which is the one everybody hopes for and roughly a one-in-six chance.
Why it goes for so much
Because there is precisely one of them a year and about three million people on the relevant Instagram account.
Where the money goes
To the farm, in the ordinary way. This is not a charity lot and it is not described as one.
Where this lot sits against the others.
| Lot | Current bid | Reserve | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cask 001 — first fill, ex-bourbon | £2,850 | £2,400 | Cask |
| The fleece off ewe 042 | £185 | £120 | Produce |
| A working day with Kaleb Cooper | £4,100 | £2,500 | Experience |
| The first crate off the new line | £640 | £400 | Object |
| The last hundredweight of the 2025 durum | £310 | None | Produce |
| One metre of wall, built with Gerald | £950 | £600 | Experience |
This build takes no bids
Every auction control on this site is a placeholder. No bid is binding, no card is taken, no lot is allocated and the bid histories are illustrative. A real version of this would need consumer auction terms, a clear description of the contract of sale, and — for the cask — a warehouse keeper approved under HMRC’s Warehousekeepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods Regulations.
The other lots
Back to the floor.
Six lots, all closing at eight on Sunday.
