More than 50 art prints turned up when Julia Palmer-Hoffland and her mother Frances Palmer cleaned out their old house.

'My dad Ted was a great collector of things,” says Julia.

Julia Palmer-Hofland has donated a large collection of prints, photos and vinyl (records) to be sold at the Bookarama. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

'He passed away five years ago, and when mum moved out of the house and we were cleaning up there was this big bundle of prints.”

She found art prints of old Wellington, old Tauranga, prints of all the seasons in Holland and some Maori prints of old Maori chiefs.

Oh, and the occasional Van Gogh print tossed in for good measure.

So what did Julia, Otumoetai College PTA chairperson, decide to do with the double-ups?

She's donated about 50 prints to the Otumoetai College Bookarama, and she's kept her favourite 10.

The Bookarama is on this weekend, and Julia's prints will be amongst the goodies to buy.

Julia didn't get around to getting the prints valued, so she has no idea if she's losing any money from the donation.

'I could be giving away things worth thousands of dollars or things worth a dollar – I have no idea. 'No idea at all,” she laughs.

This year's Bookarama will raise money for sport and fitness equipment for Otumoetai College's new gym.

With lots of different books, knitting patterns, art prints, vinyl records, song sheet music and more, and food, for sale, there's bound to be something for everyone.

The Otumoetai College Bookarama is at Otumoetai College, 105 Windsor Rd, on today from 8am-6pm.and tomorrow from 9am-4pm.