21/07/2026
A very big thank you goes out to Brett, who alerted me a couple of weeks ago that some Thomas Price prints were up for auction. It was quite a large collection - certainly the most I’ve seen together in an auction since we started doing our research - and the starting prices were quite low. I placed a few sneaky bids, and then nothing at all happened until the very last night a few minutes before the auction closed, and suddenly there was a big frenzy, and I ended up missing out on most of them. However, we were very happy to win these two lots - an original cabinet card of the Te Ore Ore montage from c1883, and 3 CDV’s of Ngātuere and 2 (as yet) unnamed gentlemen. So satisfying to bring a couple of treasures back into the family.
