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LIVERPOOL’S beloved Superlambananas are gathering to say a mass goodbye – before being auctioned off for charity.

Some 70 “lambies” will spend two days on St George’s Plateau before being sold to the highest bidder.

Culture Company bosses said the two-day “salute to Liverpool” – on September 8 and 9 – is a thank you to the people of the city for their support.

Sally-Ann Wilkinson, of Wild in Art, the group behind Go Superlambananas!, said: “We’ve had so many messages from people who wanted the event to go on for longer.

“There are complicated reasons why we couldn’t extend it.

“But we hope this mini-extension will be a thank you for the love and affection people have shown them.

“When the statues go to their new homes we hope they will pop up all over Liverpool and people will still enjoy spotting them.”

The Superlambananas will be on display from 1am-8pm on September 8 and from 8am-8pm the next day.

The 70 statues will then go under the hammer with a reserve price of £3,000 each.

A further 40 Superlambananas will go on sale a few days later at an online public auction.

After 10 weeks on the streets of Merseyside the sculptures were today bound for the Speke-based ‘Super Hospital’.

Most of them have already been removed from their temporary home with the rest expected to go before the end of today.

A number of statues are being handed back to the community and some will not be auctioned because they are in such a bad state of repair.

Liverpool-based law firm Hill Dickinson is the principal sponsor for the St George’s Hall charity auction.

Superlambanana fans can buy tickets at £40 each and there will be proxy and phone bidding on the night.

The auction is being staged in association with Sutton Kersh Auctions.

Sutton Kersh will also run the public online auction which kicks off on September 15.

The lambies auctioned online are not expected to have a £3,000 reserve price.

After the auctions, 75% of the net profits will go the Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal – which includes The Marina Dalglish Appeal and Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital.

For more information about purchasing tickets for the auction go to www.gosuperlambananas.co.uk