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Hamilton Goldie art heist: Million-dollar work could become underworld currency - art crime expert
18 Jan, 2021 11:00 PM
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Sleep tis a Gentle Thing by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie was stolen alongside numerous other unique artworks and antiques. Photo / NZ Police
Sleep tis a Gentle Thing by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie was stolen alongside numerous other unique artworks and antiques. Photo / NZ Police
Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
A Goldie painting estimated to be worth more than a million dollars could become underworld currency used as a bargaining tool by gangs if it s not recovered, an art crime expert says.
Police recovered some stolen property when they searched a Hamilton address on Saturday, a statement said. Three men aged 41, 45 and 49 were set to appear in the Hamilton District Court on Monday, jointly charged with burglary. However, police are still looking for the Goldie painting and asking for any information that may lead to its recovery.
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The last major artwork by Charles Frederick Goldie was A Noble Relic of a Noble Race, which sold at auction for $1,377,600. This video was first published in April 2016. Looking at a photo of the stolen painting, Webb s auction house head of art Charles Ninow said earlier the piece appeared to be an original worth “well over half a million dollars”.
Goldie painting stolen in Waikato burglary worth well over $1m
14 Jan, 2021 02:33 AM
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Sleep tis a Gentle Thing by New Zealand artist C.F. Goldie was stolen alongside numerous other unique artworks and antiques. Photo / NZ Police
Sleep tis a Gentle Thing by New Zealand artist C.F. Goldie was stolen alongside numerous other unique artworks and antiques. Photo / NZ Police
Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
The country s top dealer in Goldie paintings says a work depicting a late rangatira Māori reported stolen today would be worth well over a million dollars.
Waikato Police are seeking information in relation to the burglary that included a painting titled Sleep tis a Gentle Thing, of Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Paoa chief Hori Pokai, by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie.