Viewing opens this Friday for December auction Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Viewing for the 8th December Collectable & Contemporary Art Auction, the final art auction for 2011, opens this Friday. View the full Catalogue it's well worth looking at this sale - huge variety and half of it to be sold without reserve.
Viewing times:
- Friday 2nd December
9:00am - 5:00pm - Sunday 4th December
11:00am - 4:00pm - Monday 5th - Wednesday 7th December
9:00am - 5:00pm - Thursday 8th December
9:00am - 1:00pm
Good things take time. This week we farewelled one of the finest New Zealand paintings offered this year - Charles Frederick Goldie's 'Serenity' 1904 - This fine work, on the market for the first time since 1975 sold to a new owner who will treasure and enjoy their recently acquired masterpiece. 'Serenity' featured on the cover of our July catalogue. Gretchen Albrecht's 'Mango Slice' from our 10th November auction also found a new home this week, sure signs that astute investors looks towards art as a long term investment and something to be enjoyed and give pleasure in uncertain times.
Check out young artist James Watkins latest painting 'Memorial Hall, Summer Night' - a stunning iridescently coloured oil on linen on view in the gallery and measuring 30 x 160cm
Summer Exhibition opens 1st December and runs through to late February - new works by Eugenea, Brian Dahlberg, James Watkins, Carlo Mirabasso feature along with interesting works by Peter McIntyre, Raymond Ching & Gaston de Vel .
Saturday 3rd December 5pm - 8pm - Just like "The Antiques Roadshow" in the Selwyn Library Parnell. Bring along your special pieces, objet d'art, special publications & art to be assessed by experts, while enjoying a glass of Christmas cheer and cake and being entertained with Yuletide music. Richard Thomson of International Art Centre will be the valuer for paintings. Tickets are $20 each (including three items for assessment) or $10 for looking only! Tickets are available at the Cathedral office. http://www.holy-trinity.org.nz/
The Canadian art market is doing well. 'Country Club' by Jean-Paul Lemieux made CA$1,095,000 against an estimate of $400,000 - 600,000 at Sotheby's Montreal and Lemieux's iconic canvas 'Nineteen Ten Remembered' fetched a record CA$2,234,000 last Thursday. Another highlight was James Wilson Morrice 'Evening Stroll, Venice' which exceeded it's pre-sale estimate of $250,000 to $350,000 when it sold for CA$1,497,500.
