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Collectibles (Part 1): Furniture, toys and art

Can you resist the allure of an antiques shop window, do you forage for treasures in op shops or on Trade Me or have you ever crossed the threshold of an auction house?

Geoffrey Anderson who is one of the last valuers of antique furniture in Dunedin, Auckland toy collector Warwick Anderson, and Director of Applied and Fine Art at auction house Dunbar Sloane Helena Walker guide us through some current trends in collectibles.

Bakelite Streamline Cord Car

Bakelite Toys

Colonial Food Safe

Pressed Steel Streamlined Cord car and caravan

Fun Ho Aluminium Tractor

Auckland toy collector Warwick Henderson

Poster for Dunbar Sloane's Affordable and Applied Art

Roy Cowan Saturno 80 on Conway Hills - Achieved $19,000 - NZ Artist Record March 2015

Peter McIntyre Maori Family East Cape - Achieved $129,000 - NZ Artist Record March 2015

Gottfried Lindauer achieved $94,700 at auction

C F Goldie - achieved $532 000 - Highest price achieved at auction in New Zealand 2015

1903 Cabinet

1903 Cabinet

Colonial Desk

Kaye's Jiminy Cricket

Michael Smythe's Netsuki bottle (with stopper)

Michael Smythe's Netsuki bottle (with stopper)

Ruth Thomas' Old Scales

Ruth Thomas' Old Scales

Margaret Wilson Smith's Scrimshaw

Margaret Wilson Smith's Scrimshaw

Margaret Wilson Smith's Scrimshaw

Kate Hardwick's etching

Kate Hardwick's etching

Kate Hardwick's etching

The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.