FELIX KELLY, DRIFTER AND STEAMERS

                                                                                                                                       

 

Original lithograph 49.5 x 76 cm printed by the Baynard Press in the 1940s. Kelly, a New Zealander, had no formal art training. Nevertheless he taught at Auckland School of Art before moving to London in the mid-thirties. Read thought that there was ‘always some element of poetry discovered by his imagination rather than his recording eye’. And indeed, Drifter and Steamers can be described as one of the most poetic of the School Prints. The muted, subtle blues and greys, with an overall mistiness, surrounding the strong focus on the funnel in the foreground, give the print a dreamlike quality. (1946, Herbert Read, Introduction to Paintings by Felix Kelly, Falcon Press).
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EGYPTIAN STATE RAILWAYS POSTER CA 1925

ORIGINAL CRISP CONDITION
99 x 62 cm
We have a large selection of posters from New Zealand and overseas
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A PAIR OF SILVER MOUNTED RHINOCEROS HORN AND HIDE TANKARDS

A pair of silver mounted tankards with  Rhinoceros horn handles and Rhinoceros hide covered bodies, Ca 1930, 5 1/2 inches high
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EARTHQUAKE PHOTOS THAT WERE NOT ON THE NEWS

FREE VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AFTER EARTHQUAKE

We are relatively unscathed and our yellow has been upgraded to a green.


If you were not so lucky I can value you damaged items for your insurance company and provide sensible restoration advice free of charge.
You can email me photos of the damaged items or you can call me on 3771772 .

MORE EARTHQUAKE PHOTOS HIGH ST AND TUAM ST

Portobello Antiques has just been given the all green!! We survived intact and it will be business as usual .
We had very little damage to the building and no damage to stock .
Here are photos I took this morning. Email me if you want any further info on surrounding buildings or businesses

We are inside the cordon and can move around a little

CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE

Damage in the block around us is extensive with many of the old buildings in a bad way
Here is list of some of the damage I have seen.Part of the top floor of Embassy has collapsed and fallen through Michaels Restaurant roof. Ebassy building is badly racked on both side walls.The roof of Witchery has collapsed inwards, The front of Domo next door has separated from the rest of the building and looks ready to fall. The back wall of the Blues Bar has collapsed. The front of Florian is all cracked and part of the back has collapsed . Part of he roof of Apex car rentals has collapsed inwards. The Nurse Maude building is also badly cracked. All worked has stopped in the area and the inner city is now closed of in anticipation of the     high wind expected tonight

EARTHQUAKE IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT

These photos were all taken within 1 block of my shop
but I am pleased to report that we escaped without injury and
surprisingly little damage