6 Apr 2016

A Noble Relic of a Noble Race - Richard Thompson

From Afternoons, 1:31 pm on 6 April 2016

The last work of renowned New Zealand painter, Charles Frederick Goldie, will go under the hammer tonight. A Noble Relic of a Noble Race was painted in 1941, the year before he stopped painting and just six years before he died. The work is considered one of his finest, and is picked to reach a record price. It goes to auction tonight at the International Art Centre in Parnell, Auckland. Richard Thompson, is the director of the centre.