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ART+OBJECT: Valuer of Choice for the Country's Art Galleries and Museums

Colin McCahon's Parihaka triptych. Held in trust by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery for the people of Parihaka.

ART+OBJECT's valuation department, lead by James Parkinson, has quickly and definitively established itself as the leading valuation service provider in this country across the areas of fine art, taonga and collectables. We are also the place that the country's leading museums, galleries and institutions continue to turn to when seeking to qualify the value of their respective asset bases and collections. In the past six months alone we have been commissioned by the following to complete valuations of their collections:


Te Manawa - Museum of Art, Science and History in Palmerston North
Govett Brewster Gallery in New Plymouth
The Len Lye Foundation in New Plymouth
The Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare O Rehua in Whanganui
The University of Auckland
The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt
The Tauranga Art Gallery, Toi Tauranga
Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland

A+O to Undertake Roadshow in Tauranga

If you live in Tauranga or the Bay of Plenty region diary Saturday 24th of March as ART+OBJECT will be in town conducting a good old-fashioned style antiques roadshow at the Tauranga Art Gallery. We haven't done one of these for a couple of years and last time, in Rotorua, we unearthed the wonderful Napoleonic collection which sold to collectors all around the globe. Look forward to seeing you there.

The Working Style Bespoke Club

ART+OBJECT are a partner in the exclusive upcoming Working Style Bespoke Club, in asscoaition with Metro magazine, to be held at Coutts Mercedes-Benz, Newmarket in early March. Other partners include Moa Beer, Moet and Chandon, Mercedes-Benz with further luxury brand partners to be announced shortly. The event coincides with announcement of New Zealand's Best Dressed Businessman and includes a VIP client day in which each partner invites 100 clients to attend the event on Saturday 10th of March.

Two Major Book Libraries to be Offered on February 22nd

Original photograph of The Discovery along with Antarctica by C. Reginald Ford.


Commander R. A Oliver from A Series of Lithographic Drawings from Sketches in New Zealand (1852).

ART+OBJECT is delighted to be offering a further selection of books and documents from two major New Zealand libraries.
The library of Arthur T. Pycroft was far too large to incorporate into one auction and as a result this sale includes further important early Maori printings, papers and documents, Maori war and World War I military histories, along with New Zealand and regional histories.
Also included in the catalogue are the contents of an impressive private South Island library of important contemporary New Zealand literature. It includes Caxton Club and Press publications, alongside other private presses, as well as early works by Allen Curnow, Denis Glover and James K. Baxter. Also of note are an original manuscript by Pat Lawlor for ‘Confessions of a Journalist’ and the proof edition of ‘Books and Bookmen’.
Further works from this large collection will be included in our June auction and entries for this sale are currently invited.
The auction is to be held on Wednesday the 22nd of February at 12 midday. It will consist of around 600 lots and we encourage inspection.
Viewing is on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th from 11.00am to 3.00pm and on Monday and Tuesday from 9.am to 5pm.
Direct all inquiries to:
Pam Plumbly
Rare Book Consultant
Art + Object
pam@artandobject.co.nz
Ph: +64 9 354 4646 Fax +64 9 354 4645
Mobile: 021 448200

A+O ANNOUNCE CONSIGNMENT OF SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Jae Hoon Lee, One of These Days (2007)

We are delighted to announce that on March 22nd we will be offering the private collection of Auckland collectors, Russell and Shirley Hodgson. Consisting of just over 90 lots, our first major art catalogue of the year will thus constitute a standalone single-vendor offering. The Hodgson collection consists of important contemporary Australasian works by: Liz Maw, Francis Upritchard, Peter Stichbury, Dale Frank, Peter Robinson, Kate Beynon, Jae Hoon Lee, Michael Parekowhai, Sara Hughes, Yvonne Todd, Fiona Pardington, Rohan Wealleans and many more. We will be following up this sale with our usual mixed, anonymous vendor catalogue of Important Paintings and Contemporary Art on the 26th of April. Further details and our calendar for the first half of the year will be released shortly, but should you have any queries relating to The Russell and Shirley Hodgson Collection or wish to discuss potential consignments for the April auction contact Ben Plumbly, ben@artandobject.co.nz.

We're Back...

As of today, Monday the 16th, we are back up and running, not quite at full capacity but nonetheless we will be open for full business hours. Next week all hands are back on deck as we work towards a full suite of sales across March and April.