Top ten prices achieved across genres in 2011

ART
$303,750.00  - Don Binney, Kotare Over Ratana Church  
$181,737.00 - Gottfried Lindauer, Ihakara Tukumaru 
$171,562.00  - Charles F Goldie, The Nest 
$165,844.00 -  Bill Hammond - Choreograph Screen 
$145,256.00 - Don Binney, Tui Over The Anawhata 
$137,250.00 - Pat Hanly, Golden Age 3 with white Butterfly-enamel
$134,390.00  - Don Binney, Two Aspects of Tokatoka
$100,078.00  - Peter Siddell, Western Balcony  
$91,500.00  - Colin McCahon, Kaipara Flat with Blue Sky 
$91,500.00  - Toss Woollaston, Devils Thumb, Nelson

FINE JEWELLERY & WATCHES
$228,750.00 - 4.89ct RMB Solitaire Diamond Ring 
$194,437.00 - 5.04ct F,VSI, Marquise Diamond Ring 
$80,625.00 - Necklace 30ct Tycoon Cut Diamonds
$51,468.00 - Cushion Cut Loose Diamond 8.84ct
$42,890.00 - 2.1ct Solitaire Diamond Ring
$39,459.00 - Solitaire Diamond 2.48ct D,SI1, EGL
$35,456.00 - Diamond Ring, 2.01ct Centre, Cartier
$29,737.00 - Necklace Diamonds with Diamond Drop
$31,453.00 - 1.80ct Solitaire Diamond, Tiffany G08040477
$28,593.00  - Approx 9ct Emerald and Diamond Ring

OCEANIC & AFRICAN ART
$51,590.00 - Prestigious Mere Pounamu Y16016 
$30,485.00 - Historic Maori Shot Gun
$25,450.00 Kotiate Y15960
$24,622.00 A Dogon Mask
$23,450.00 Kahu Kiwi Cloak Y5772
$22,277.00 - Mere Pounamu Y26622
$21,105.00 - Mere Pounamu Y15899 
$21,105.00 - Kahu Kiwi Cloak Y14758 
$19,932.00 - Maori paddle / Hoe Y5041
$16,415.00 - Large Tahitian Shark Hook

ANTIQUES & MODERN DESIGN
 $46,900.00 - William Seuffert Card Table
$25,795.00 - Automaton
$23,450.00 - A Set of Four Candlesticks Sheffield 1823
$15,242.00 - Chinese garments 
$12,897.00 - A Chinese Kingfisher Feather Panel
$11,725.00 - Group of Medals
$10,200.00 - Pair of Carved Wooden Angels
$10,083.00 - Three Piece Chinese Silver Tea Service
$8,793.00 - Colonial Scotch Chest
$8,207.00 - 3 French gilt metal urns
$4,807.00 - Pair of Black Leather Modernist Armchairs 

MOTORCYCLES & CARS
$1,100,000.00 - 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso
$113,000.00 - 1931 Bugatti T54 Special 
$100,000.00 - 1955 Vincent Black Knight
$83,247.00 - 1961 Mercedes 190 SL Roadster
$62,000.00 - 2003 Maserati 4200
$70,350.00 - 1964 Rickman Matisse G50
$52,500.00 - 1950 Vincent Rapide
$50,000.00 - The Immaculate 1947 Norton Manx 350
$45,000.00 - 1915 Indian Chief

FINE & RARE WINE
$45,727.00 - (12) 2005 Ch Lafite Rothschild (OWC)
$25,326.00 - (12) 2003 Ch Lafite Rothschild
$22,512.00 - (12) 2003 Ch Lafite Rothschild 
$16,805.00 - (12) 2004 Ch Lafite Rothschild (OWC)
$15,477.00 - (12) 1981 Ch Lafite Rothschild
$14,656.00 - (1) 1971 DRC, Romanée Conti
$14,421.00 - (12) 2002 Ch Lafite Rothschild
$13,718.00 - (12) 2002 Ch Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac
$12,311.00 - (12) 2001 Ch Lafite Rothschild (OWC)
$11,725.00 - (5) 2001 Chateau Petrus

RARE BOOKS
$40,000 - Cook, Captain James, A set of the accounts of the voyages.
$9,000 - Buller, Walter Lawry, A History of the Birds of New Zealand. First edition.
$8,733 - Banks, Joseph et al, Banks’ Florilegium. Part XXVI, New Zealand, Plates 539-561.
$6,888 - Craig, Eric, New Zealand Ferns and Fern Allies. 
$6,765 - Busby, James, A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, and the Art of Making Wine.
$4,551 - Hochstetter, F von et al, Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde.
$3,936 - Dumont d’Urville, J S C, Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l’Oceanie sur les Corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zelee.
$3,506 - Collection of three hundred and fifty-one postcards relating to Australia.
$2,829 - Rutherford, Ernest, Handwritten letter to family friend W H Smith of Havelock, Marlborough. 
$2,522.00 - Kippis, Andrew, The Life of Captain James Cook.

All items are inclusive of buyer’s premium and GST. 

Posted on Thu, 22/12/2011 - 10:52