The enormous repository of folk art, artifacts and antiques is being sold 18 months after the collector & ex-Museum Director John Perry died. John had warehoused his collection in an old Helensville cinema and had spent the last years of his life selling items through his shop-front.
Webb's have 200 items up for auction this week which is a drop in the ocean of the collection; which will take years to sell.
An NZ Herald article with background to the sale is linked here. NewsHub have an segment here.
John was a well loved figure in our industry. A very generous person with his time and infinite knowledge.
This collection is a once in a lifetime amalgamation and it will be fascinating to follow its cataloguing, sale and dispersal.
Webb's have 200 items up for auction this week which is a drop in the ocean of the collection; which will take years to sell.
An NZ Herald article with background to the sale is linked here. NewsHub have an segment here.
John was a well loved figure in our industry. A very generous person with his time and infinite knowledge.
This collection is a once in a lifetime amalgamation and it will be fascinating to follow its cataloguing, sale and dispersal.
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