Antique & Art Valuation Service

Antique & Art : Lockdown Update

5/5/2020

We hope you are all doing okay in your bubbles!

Antique & Art have been working 'online only' since the lockdown began six weeks ago. With the possibility of heading into Level 2 soon, we are tentatively making appointments for onsite appraisals towards the end of May.

Please get in touch if you have any valuation questions.

Happy Easter from Antique & Art

9/4/2020

We hope that you are all doing well, two weeks into our lockdown. We would to take a moment to wish you all the best for the Easter break. Take care in your bubbles!

Update on Current Situation - March 2020

22/3/2020

In line with the current governmental guidelines regarding social distancing, Antique & Art will no longer be undertaking first-hand appraisals. Over the last few years, the majority of our work has moved to online appraisals, especially when the object has been damaged or stolen. In many cases this is a very efficient and cost effective way of valuing. If you have anything you would like valued, you are more than welcome to send images and information to us here. Feel free to contact us with any questions that you have.

We hope you are staying safe and see you again in the real world when that curve trends downwards.

Hello 2020!

24/1/2020

Happy New Year. I hope you all had a refreshing summer break.

We are a back little bit early this year, our inbox was brimming so it was time to get back to work!

I am looking forward to heading down to Wellington next week for the Simon Manchester Collection at Dunbar Sloane. I will update you with any interesting market information I garner from that.

Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @antiqueartnz to keep up-to-date of all the things I see in my travels.

If you have anything you would like valued this year, we would love to hear from you, all questions are welcome.

(Image: my flower arrangement inspired by Marti Friedlander's photo of Philip Clairmont.)

Erika

Christmas Hours for Antique & Art

5/12/2019

Merry Christmas once again to everyone from Antique & Art Valuation Service.

Our tenth year will soon draw to a close and we look forward to a relaxing summer holiday to round out 2019.

This year we will be closing our doors on Friday December 13th 2019 and re-opening on Monday January 28th 2020.

Thank you to all our customers, followers and "inquirers" this year, we really appreciate you!

See you in 2020.
e.c.

Final Antique Auctions of 2019

4/12/2019

It's December, so the auction houses are now on the home stretch to the end of trading for 2019.

Cordy's have their final catalogued antique sale on Tuesday December 10th. A highlight for me is lot 358 : A rare and large 19th C New Zealand historical silver Maori themed brooch by Adolph Kohn. Estimated at $1,500 - $3,000.

Webb's new sale category 'Made in New Zealand', takes place the next day. This includes lot 44, a rare pair of colonial Kauri Scotch chests estimated at $2,500 - $3,500.

Webb's also have an Asian Art auction on Thursday Dec 12th 6pm and Cordy's have a Christmas Sale on Monday Dec 16th at 4pm.

I hope all auction staff have a relaxing and refreshing Christmas break and I look forward to seeing what comes to market in 2020.

e.c.

Gordon Walters Work Sets Record at Art + Object

28/11/2019

Installation view / photo Erika Chamberlain

A new record price for a Gordon Walters artwork (at auction) was set at Art + Object on Tuesday evening. The 1977 black and white Koru painting, seen in the installation photograph above, was estimated at between $500,000 - $800,000. After a bidding competition by a dealer and an art consultant in the room, the hammer came down at $516,000. Buyer's premium + charges makes the invoice total $619 820.
Ben Plumbly from A+O explains:
"The most a Gordon Walters painting had previously sold for was $430,000 and that was four or five years ago," Art & Object auctioneer and director Ben Plumbly said. A retrospective exhibition of Walters' works titled New Vision was recently displayed in galleries around the country and finished at Te Papa.
"I think his work is increasingly admired and for us in art market the way he painted means his works are extremely rare. He could take seven years to finish a painting. So it's a pretty major piece." from the Stuff article here.

This work was purchased from Webb's in 1989, I was unable to trace the hammer price for this auction.

Art Sales for the Next Two Weeks

21/11/2019

It is a busy few weeks for art sales in the country. See below for the details and links.
Tuesday 26 November Art + Object 6:30pm Important Paintings & Contemporary Art
Wednesday 27 November International Art Centre 6:30pm Modern / Contemporary Art
Thursday 28 November Webb's 6:30pm Works of Art
Wednesday 4 December Dunbar Sloane 6:00pm NZ & International Fine Art

Edith Fenton Work now Identified in the Te Aroha Museum Collection

7/11/2019

A wee article I wrote for The Friday Edition.

e.c.

Smither Work Highest Priced Art Work At Auction For Living Artist

31/10/2019

This 1967 painting of a Taranaki sea wall with Kotare by Michael Smither sold for $342,000 (incl. premium) at International Art Centre last week. This beats Bill Hammond who's work Farmer's Market (featuring his Birdmen) sold for $322,000 at Webb's in 2013. One thing is sure, we kiwi's love our bird paintings!
Read Stuff article here.

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