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Article: When collectors go mad for modernism.
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- New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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LAST month offered an insight into the mind of the private art collector, with sales at Webb's of art from the collections of Titirangi writer Maurice Shadbolt and South Islanders Richard and Rhoda Potton attracting strong interest.
This month, it is the turn of those interested in modern design, with stimulating sales at Art+Object tonight and Webb's in a fortnight.
Collectors represented in Newton tonight include well-known Auckland gallery owner Gary Langsford, with fine Italian glass from the 1950s to the present day; Stephen Rainbow from Nelson (contemporary Poole ceramics); Dunedinites Thomas and Bettina Bley (Memphis Design); and British ...
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