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As we are located in the beautiful town of Te Aroha in the Waikato, Antique & Art are now at Level 2. Therefore, we are now available to provide onsite appraisals to other Level 2 areas.
Please get in touch for a no obligation quote. Antique & Art will be unable to undertake first-hand appraisals until New Zealand moves into Lockdown Level 2. If you have items you would like valued please email us and we will endeavour to value from images and information provided. I hope everyone is okay in their bubbles, and we look forward to being able to visit you soon.
This impressive Mid 20th Century Long Case Clock carved with Maori figures, the hood shaped as a Maori whare, with ebonised finish and paua shell eyes, sold at Cordy’s auctions on August 10th for $10,000 over its lower estimate ($18,500 hammer price). The clock which stands over 2m high, was a feature at a jewellery shop on Queen Street for many years. Other types of Māori carving also did very well in this auction, especially a piece that was said to have come from Whakarewarewa Village. A group of works by Tony Fomison (1939-1990) from his mother's estate went under the hammer at Webb's this month. Mary Fomison died last April in her 100th year, many years after her son’s untimely death. It was poignant to see these works gifted to her as her “annual picture” - the works she lived with and looked at every day. This impeccable provenance provided strong prices for each of these works, all of them selling well over the reserve prices.
A rare carved statue of a woman with full moko sold at Christie's Paris auction this week for $3.7million. The original makers of the piece were not noted in the provenance and how it originally left the country is unknown. It was part of three high profile collections during the 20th Century until now. An anonymous "international buyer" was the highest bidder on the day.
I suspect that the buyer was not a New Zealander. Article link at the Otago Daily Times is here. E.C. Antique & Art are on holiday this week and flying to Dunedin to take in some historic sights.
If you email us in the meantime we will get back to you on the 21st. Thanks so much!
An uncommon Georgian double miniature portrait sold at Cordy's this week for $3,200. It was estimated at between $200-300. Assumed to be a married couple, they are framed separately, but mounted together, and was inscribed with the date 1831 verso.
Another Webb's item. An archive of newspaper photographs from various New Zealand royal tours featured an image of Prince Charles alongside a man with an "I Am With Stupid" t-shirt. It sold for over $22,000. It was the star lot of the auction.
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