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Auctions AUCTION “HEIGHT OF FASHION” AUCTION THURSDAY NEXT, £ MAY 17 OR W IN "GALLERY TWO” /WVlk AT 10.30 a.m. /g|® ItMk Apparel, accessories, jewellery, dolls, toys etc, of the If 1870 s to the 19305. Z'/ 155] ItH Jgy A MEMORABLE EVENT MAIN ITEMS: Gorgeous frocks, gowns, hats, furs, bodices, petticoats, nightgowns, gloves, bags, purses, collars, hankies, childrens wear, baby wear, christenIng gowns, scarves, capes, ospreys, fans, sailor dress, Dutch dress, shoes, lovely lace (both handmade and machine made), needlework, corchet, tatting, drawn- i RMHH thread, buttons in great array Including Parisian, doilies, accessories, buckles, beads, hatpins, old tins, lorgnettes, boxes, Spanish combs, jewell boxes, scent fojfy. bottles, old pot lid, sterling silver trinkets, old post- ‘wMMMBg cards, historical views Temuka, baskets, papier mache, Tn/i Interesting old jewellery, Royal family ribbons (Vic- I torian). / I DOLLS, TOYS: Large entry of lovely dolls (some / 1 1 unusual), toys, childrens books, furniture. j I COMMENT: An offering of extreme Interest. “Gal- J\ lery Two” looks at its best. Don’t miss this sale. VQ. Catalogues 50 cents. Proceeds Blood Foundation. PREVIEW: Next Wednesday 10 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. R. G. BELL AND CO Auctioneers Of Lovely Things 169 GLOUCESTER ST, CITY P.S. Handicapped patrons: use our chair lift. Don’t climb the stairs. We will soon be conducting a sale of French furniture and other antiques, the like of which has not been seen in years.—R.G.B.

ANNOUNCE A MAJOR SALE OF FINE PAINTINGS MAY 30, 31, 1984 in the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom, May 30, commencing 7.0 p.m. and in their Gallery Saleroom, May 31, commencing 6.0 p.m. Ji ji INCLUDING IMPORTANT ESTATE PAINTINGS comprising 19th Century English oils and late 19th Century French salon paintings and bronzes including: Thomas Jones Barker, the Relief of Lucknow, oil, 105.5 x 183.5 cm; Jean Leon Gerome, La Boule, gilded bronze, 82cm high, Jules Verdler, Automne, oil, 160 x 243 cm; Albert Joseph Penot, a pair of circus girls in green and pink costumes, oils, each 150 x 55.5 cm; Sir Jacob Epstein, The Mask of Meum, bronze, 28cm high; Augustus Edwin John, Portrait of Muriel, oil 54.5 x 44cm; four watercolours by Henry Ryland; and works by William Powell; Isaac Henzell; William Shayer; Charles Jones; Henry Herbert La Thangue; Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow; and many other Important English and European artists. New Zealand historical works include: Nicholas Chevalier, Maori Girl in Canoe with Native Pah on Hillside, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1880,89.5 x 150.5 cm; (illustrated above); Charles Frederick Goldie, memories, Portrait of Mihipeka Walrama, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1916,26 x 21cm, and three other oils by Goldie; Charles Heaphy, Mt Egmont from the Sugar Loaf Islands, Taranaki, watercolour, signed and dated 1849, 14.6 x 18.5 cm; two watercolours by Frances Mary Hodgkins; Margaret Stoddart, Mistletoe in Bloom, Arthur’s Pass, watercolour, signed, 25 x 35.5 cm; John Weeks, Cubist still-life with roses, oil, signed 39.5 x 29 cm; (illustrated above) Charles Decimus Barraud, The Manawatu Gorge with Maori canoe, watercolour, signed, 45 x 73 cm; two watercolours by Charles Decimus Barraud; Walter Wright, Maori Settlement, oil, 30 x 50.5 cm; and major works by John Barr Clarke Hoyte; Frank Wright; William Mathew Hodgkins; Charles Blomfield; Thomas Attwood; L.W. Wilson; John Gully; George O’Brien; William Baker; John Gibb; G.E. Butler; Alfred Walsh; A. H. O’Keefe; Sydney Thompson; Maud Sherwood; James McLaughlin Nairn; Charles Worsley; Linley Richardson; Edward Fristrom; Mabel Hill; Blythe Fletcher and others too numerous to name. The large catalogue of New Zealand Contemporary works Includes: Colin McCahon, Kauri, oil, signed and dated 1953, 73 x 105 cm, Bathers, French Bay, oil, signed and dated 1955,38 x 56 cm. French Bay, Tltirangi, oil, signed and dated 1957, 57.5 x 120 cm, and seven others important works by Colin McCahon; Sir Mountford Tosswill Woollaston, Portrait of Man, oil, c. 1965, signed, 80 x 60cm; Rita Angus, St Luke, oil, signed and dated 1953,60 x 40cm, Houses at Seafront, oil c. 1930, signed, 37.5 x 55.5 cm, Magnolia Tree, watercolour, signed, 38 x 27cm, and five other works by Rita Angus; two important early oil paintings by Tony Fomison; Milan Mrkusich, Painting No. 10,1961; Evelyn Page, Reclining Nude, oil, c. 1956; and works by Don Binney; Peter Siddell; Doris Lusk; Robert Ellis; Nigel Brown; Ralph Hotere; David Barker; Philip Trusttum; Marty Szirmay; David Armitage; five works by Douglas McDlarmid; and many other interesting contemporary paintings and prints. The first part of the sale, in the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom, will end with the following major works of Maori carving: a Maori Koruru Mask in Totara on an ancestral figure, c. 1890, height 118 cm. width 41cm; A Pane, or Ridge Pole in Totara, c. 1890, h. 79 cm. w. 38cm; An Epa, or wall carving, c. 1900, h. 152.2 cm. w.27cm; An Amo, or front post of Meeting House, h. 127 cm. w.38 cm; 327 LOTS IN ALL THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST SALE OF SIGNIFICANT ART THAT THIS COMPANY HAS HELD AND WE RECOMMEND AN EARLY APPLICATION FOR THE COLOUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE $lO.OO POST FREE. N.B. Admission to the sale is by catalogue only (2 persons) Viewing times as follows: Friday, May 25, 10.0 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Sunday, May 27, 11.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. Monday/Tuesday, May 28-29, 9.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Special viewing arrangements for out of town clients by request. Entries are now being accepted for our August sale Peter Webb Galleries Limited Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers T. and G. Building, Corner Wellesley and Elliott Streets. P.O. Box 7008, Telephone 734-404 Auckland e j