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"It is an incredibly powerful and poignant message," said Andrew Aldridge, managing director of Henry Aldridge & Son, an auctioneer based in Devizes, Wiltshire.

Auctioneer Trevor Blythe, from Brown and Co estate agents, said there were about 1,500 similar bunkers built around the UK and some of them had sold for good money.

Today, one wine auctioneer told me, the counterfeiting of old bottles and labels is so skilful that even the vineyards themselves are often unable to spot a fake.

Auctioneer Craig Meier, a spokesperson for the event that donated its proceeds towards agricultural-based education efforts for local youths, said the guitar-smashing was "a funny, light-hearted thing."

The three-bedroom house in New Tredegar, Caerphilly county, has significant fire damage and has been described by the auctioneer as being in a "sorry state".