A+O APPOINTED TO VALUE THE NATIONAL COLLECTION

We are proud as punch to announce that we have been chosen by the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, to value their entire collection of fine art.  Te Papa's permanent collection constitutes the largest and most prestigious holding of important New Zealand paintings and art works in this country, including iconic examples by every major practitioner here and many overseas.  This  will be the first time which the collection of the Museum of New Zealand has been valued by an external party.

OBJECTS & MODERN DESIGN: PRELIMINARY HIGHLIGHTS

Len Castle's Inverted Volcano realised $9615

We had one of our most successful decorative arts sales last night with the combination of a tightly-focused objects and applied arts catalogue mixed together with selected 20th C Design objects, proving to be a great stimulant for the marketplace.  A few of the highlights achieved in the saleroom last night included:  

Lot 66, Len Castle $9615

Lot 67, Len Castle 7970

Lot 75, Len Castle (lava bowl) $5860

Lot 78, Len Castle (sulphur bowl) $8790 

Lot 106, Martin Poppelwell $1755 

Lot 117, Robyn Stewart $2345 

Lot 140, Arne Jacobsen Cylinder Line tableware $3517

Lot 142, Art Deco Cabinet $3985 

Lot 151, Italian Coffee Table $2638 

Lot 162, Humphrey Ikin $3750 

Lot 164, Nanna Ditzel $4925 

Lot 190, Michael Payne Pr Chairs $1700 

Lot 226, Sherwood Toby Jug $1172

Lot 229, Sherwood Toby Jug $1055 

Lot 247, 3 Titian Vases $2110 

Lot 257, Shufflebotham $1580 

Lot 267, Theo Schoon Pendant $5745         

AUCTION TONIGHT 6:30pm

Our auction of Modern Design and Objects kicks off tonight at 6:30pm.  The sale will not be streamed on Live Auctioneers so you'll have to turn up and bid or register for a phone or absentee bid if you can't make it, just like in the good old days...  

New High Prices At Auction in 2012

Geoff Thornley, Voice of Mimesis No. 3

With the first round of auction sales now closed across New Zealand auction houses, Australian Art Sales Digest has listed the new record prices for New Zealand artist's achieved at auction.  Only figures greater than $20 000 are included in their list.  Seven new record prices were achieved across all of the auction houses, with six being acheived at A+O, three in March's sale of the Hodgson Collection and three in our April sale of Important Paintings and Contemporary Art.  You can view the full list at http://www.aasd.com.au/NewHighsCurrent.cfm (you'll need to look in the Australian list to see the sale of the Dale Frank).   

Situations Vacant

We are looking for a new team member at A+O!  With Leigh Melville moving into a full-time role in the art department, an administrative position has become available on reception.  If you'd like to join our small team and think a role at A+O could be just the ticket for you, contact Hamish Coney or log onto the Big Idea for more details.    

THREE SIGNIFICANT VALUATION MANDATES UNDERTAKEN

We have been very busy working on three distinguished and significant public valuation mandates over the course of the last few weeks, following on from the last major art auction.  The entire fine and applied art collections of Te Manawa in Palmerston North and Christchurch Art Gallery, the latter of which comprises of around 6000 artworks and which we are completing for the second time.  We are also currently undertaking the valuation of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust which sees us travelling to sites all over New Zealand valuing the contents of our country's leading heritage places.    

Objects & Modern Design: Catalogue Out Now

Open publication - Free publishing - More ceramic

On The Homepage

On the revolving homepage are three paintings (totally unrelated) which we particularly liked and which sold well from the last sale. They are:

Andrew Barber, Study No. 69 est: $5000 - $7000.  Realized $7435
Judy Millar, Untitled est: $27 000 - $37 000.  Realized $30 880
Charles Tole, Near Taumaranui est: $6000 - $9000.  Realized $8270

IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS: July 26th

Peter Peryer, Self Portrait with Rooster (vintage gelatin silver print, 1978) $7000 - $10 000

Entries are now invited for our annual auction of Important Photographs to be held on July 26th.

Dashper

We're pleased to announce Julian Dashper's major diptych from 2007, Untitled (Receding and Projecting Paintings) has sold in a negotiated sale today for $38 000.

The Times Group Collection: Saleroom Highlights

Following on from last week's post on saleroom highlights from the Important Paintings and Contemporary Art sale, here are some of the highlights from The Times Group Collection.  Of the 51 lots offered from the buying group's collection, an impressive 47 were sold under the hammer with a following two lots sold subsequently, leaving currently only two unsold works.  The total value transacted from the group's collection was almost exactly $200, 000; interestingly, individual group members put in $9000 each, so $189 000 across 21 members in total.  After commission and costs members will recoup around $8600 each against their ten year investment of $9000 - pretty good going given what the art they've been able to live with, their level of enjoyment and what they've come to learn about art.  Some of the individual highlights included  (all prices listed are hammer prices):

Lot 50, Peter Madden $4500
Lot 52, Andrew Barber $6500
Lot 56, Sam Mitchell $7000
Lot 60, Michael Parekowhai $6500
Lot 62, Peter Robinson, $10,000
Lot 64, Grant Whibley $7000
Lot 68, Andrew McLeod $10,000
Lot 69, Heather Straka $6000
Lot 73, Richard Lewer $3400
Lot 79, Greer Twiss $8500
Lot 81, Michael Tuffery $4750
Lot 89, Richard Killeen $2100
Lot 92, Nigel Brown $7750
Lot 95, Joanna Braithwaite $9500