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How do you value a house with a priceless artwork painted on the walls?
The Parnell house with a priceless Michael Smither artwork painted in the entry and stairwell has sold at auction for $4.18 million. Listing agent Linda Galbraith of Barfoot & Thompson Parnell says there was a lot of interest in the Takutai Street house at the auction on May 19, 2021, and the buyer is “absolutely ecstatic”. “I did ask him before the auction if he was going to keep the artwork and he said ‘yes, yes, yes’. But if he changes his mind, I’ll be first in line.” The aquatic mural was completed by Smither over 10 years from the 1970s when he would come around to visit friends living in the house.
More than $1 million of NZ art works under the hammer livenews.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from livenews.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Press Release – International Art Centre
A work by renowned but elusive British street artist Banksy is tipped to become one of the most expensive contemporary works of art in New Zealand and could bring $1 million or more at an art auction in Auckland later this month.
Keep It Real is one of three works in the sale by Banksy, a global art phenomenon who has yet to be publicly identified, and is the feature offering at a sale of Important and Rare Art at the International Art Centre in Parnell, Auckland, later this month (March 30). More Banksy works are under consideration for the sale.
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