Wednesday, December 08, 2010

The best of the boosters

"Gallery director Kathlene Fogarty said it was hard to put a value on the collection. 'It's immeasurable, really. The portraits would never be sold, but their price on the international market would be millions of dollars', she said."
Dominion Post 17 March 2010
“The portraits would never be sold, but their price on the international market would be millions of dollars”
Dominion Post 4 December 2010

Marti Friedlander’s dealer and months later the Dominion Post argues that black and white Friedlander photographs of women wearing moko would sell for around $42,500 each overseas or $36,500 more than the Friedlander portrait of Ralph Hotere sold at auction this year.