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The fate of Selwyn Demmy's animals, art and mansion now the millionaire bookmaker has died

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An extraordinary array of fine art and furnishings will go under the hammer at auction next week - but even more extraordinary was the man who assembled the collection, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Millionaire betting magnate Selwyn Demmy died in December aged 88. Now his prized artworks and furnishings - and his legendary Wilmslow mansion Hunter's Moon - are all in the process of being sold.

In the seventies the racehorse betting tycoon was famed for his colourful life as a Manchester nightclub owner on the showbiz scene - but in his later years Selwyn was better known for his work with charities and animal welfare. READ MORE: 15 Manchester nightclubs you might remember from your youth He turned much of the rolling grounds

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