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Bed sells for $151,800 as Hawke's Bay family's Asian art collection sets NZ auction record
Clockwise from top left, a Chinese early-mid Qing Dynasty huanghuali four-post official hat chair, a Qing Dynasty huanghuali luohan bed, a 18th- to 19th-century Qing Dynasty old huanghuali large brush pot, a 19th-century Qing Dynasty huanghuali Ming-style long table, and a old rosewood Ming-style writing desk.
A collection of Asian treasures assembled and curated by a Hawke's Bay family has broken the record for the highest-grossing Asian art owner collection sold at a New Zealand auction.
The Tui Collection, sold by Webb's Auctions in Auckland and curated by an anonymous Napier family, featured an exceptional selection