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Sale report: Important Works of Art

TUE, 30 MAR 2010

Webb’s final sale for the financial year, held last night in Auckland, offered the market an opportunity to consider a wonderful range of quality works. Confident bidding reflected a well informed market responding enthusiastically to a great selection of important historical, modern and contemporary works. Click here for full catalogue. Sophie Coupland took the rostrum selling $1.25* million under the hammer. Total sales as of today are heading towards $1.7m.  More >>

Evening Preview

EVENING PREVIEW
WED 24 MAR 2010, 6.00PM—8.00PM

Come along and hear Prof. Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, the Head of Elam School of Fine Arts, discuss the significant works in the catalogue and preview the wonderful array of fine art, jewellery and antiques included in the suite of auctions to be held over March 30 – April 1.

RSVP to: Christine Mortimer cmortimer@webbs.co.nz or 09 5246804 More >>

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Webb's to Sell Crump and Baxter Manuscript Materials

On Sunday 21 March, a typed manuscript by Barry Crump and a handwritten poem by James K Baxter will go under the hammer at Webb's. Manuscript materials by these hugely popular and important New Zealand writers are not common.

The Crump piece, entitled 'Quin's Rock', is an early version of the novel 'Gold and Greenstone', which was published by Barry Crump Associates in 1993. The Baxter piece is the uncollected 'Poem at the Vernal Equinox', published under a variant title in the little known magazine 'Viewpoint' in 1957.

For more information about these lots, please refer to the Bethunes@Webb's catalogue (Crump - Lot 317, Baxter - Lot 312) online Monday 1 March, or email bethunes@webbs.co.nz. More >>

First Superman Comic Sells for US $1 Million

A copy of the first issue of 'Action Comics' (1938) - the first comic to feature Superman - sold on the internet this month for $1 million. This is more than three times the previous record ($317,000) for sale of the issue, which originally retailed for just US 10 cents. Around 100 copies only of the issue are known to exist, and few are in the 'very fine' condition of the copy sold recently. Stephen Fishler, co-owner of ComicConnect, has referred to the issue as 'the Holy Grail of comic books'.

Webb's is holding a sale of comics and related materials in 2010. The auction will centre on the Tom Mackie Collection of Australasian and international comics, including scarce issues of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.

(Superman information from RTTNews) More >>

Towards a Promised Land - On the Life and Art of Colin McCahon

Gordon Brown and Auckland University have produced a wonderful publication. Webb's was delighted to be invited to support the project in conjunction with Martin Browne, The Chartwell Trust, Trevor and Jan Farmer, Dame Jenny Gibbs, Noel Lane Architects, Gow Landford Gallery, John Leech Gallery, Chris and Dayle Mace, Geoff and Fran Ricketts, Damian Skinner, the James Wallace Arts Trust and Peter McLeavy. To acquire your own copy of this important publication, visit www.parsons.co.nz. More >>

Auckland Botanical Gardens Charity Auction

On Saturday 13th February Webb’s Auctioneer Jonathan Organ sold the original concept sketches from participants in The Sculpture in the Gardens 2009 – 2010 exhibition at The Auckland Botanic Gardens. The room was alive with competitive bidding, with the auction raising close to $10,000 towards the next Sculpture in the Garden in 2011. More >>