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A CF Goldie painting was one of the items stolen from a Hamilton East home in late December or early January.
Three arrests have been made in connection with missing art and stolen antiques in Hamilton, but a painting believed to be original by one of New Zealand’s most famous artists is still missing.
The robbery occurred in the Hamilton East area between December 27, 2020 and January 3, 2021.
A painting titled Sleep is a soft thing, by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie, was stolen and is said to be worth “over half a million dollars.”
Other unique works of art and antiques were also taken away.
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Police recovered some stolen property when they executed a search warrant at a Hamilton address on Saturday, according to a statement.
Three men ages 41, 45 and 49 were due to appear in Hamilton District Court on Monday, jointly charged with robbery.
However, the police are still searching for Goldie’s painting and requesting any information that may lead to her recovery.
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Charles Frederick Goldie’s last major artwork was A Noble Relic of a Noble Race, which sold at auction for $ 1,377,600. This video was first published in April 2016.
Looking at a photo of the stolen painting, Webb’s auction house art chief Charles Ninow previously said that the piece appeared to be an original worth “over half a million dollars.”
“It’s highly unlikely that it’s a fake because at an angle it has a glow and you can see it has a pretty strong brush stroke,” Ninow said.
“Goldie used to paint the primer coat on the canvas in a pattern and then a pretty heavy varnish afterward. The fact that it has that would suggest that it is an original. “
Ninow said the original part was last sold in 2012, at a different auction house, for $ 280,000.
If it were false, he said that paintings like those of the famous con artist Karl Sim would cost hundreds of dollars, but they are not “valued” works.
“It is worth much more than that now and more than half a million dollars. You would have to see it in the flesh to give a real idea of its value, but you are seeing a price between half a million and just under a million. “
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Three men have been charged with theft and were due to appear in Hamilton District Court on Monday.
The price increase is due to fewer and fewer Goldie paints being put on the market, he said.
“They are incredible investments. They just go up and up every year. Most of the people who buy them don’t buy them to sell them for a profit. “
The stolen painting, by Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Paoa’s boss, Hori Pokai, was made in 1933, when Goldie was 63 years old.
Goldie’s most expensive piece A noble relic of a noble race, from Ngāti Manawa boss Wharekauri Tahuna, sold for $ 1,337,687 at an auction in Auckland in 2016.
When paintings are stolen, “they tend to go underground” because “no one in the art world touches them,” Ninow said.
Police said art theft was on the rise after they recovered more than 30 pieces of art that were stolen from various homes in the Coromandel area in recent months.
Anyone with information can call the police on 105 or give information anonymously through CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111.
