Hoteres on auction for Hospice

Otago Community Hospice marketing co-ordinator Lyn Chapman with one of the Ralph Hotere artworks...
Otago Community Hospice marketing co-ordinator Lyn Chapman with one of the Ralph Hotere artworks which will go under the hammer next week to raise money for the organisation. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Four Ralph Hotere artworks will be drawcard items at an Otago Community Hospice charity auction in Dunedin next week.

The works' owner, Anne McKenzie, has volunteered for the organisation for about eight months and recently joined its fundraising committee.

"I just thought it would be a drawcard," she said of putting the pieces under the hammer.

The pieces - an artist's proof of the 1996 Espana, the Nineteen Ninety lithograph, and two pieces from the lithograph Jerusalem Series - have previously been assessed as having a combined value of $40,000, she said.

Reserves had been put on each and any money raised over those would go to the hospice.

Hospice marketing co-ordinator Lyn Chapman said it was the first time an auction had been run for the institution; it was initiated by Derek Smith, of L J Hooker.

The money raised from the auction would mean "wonderful things" for the hospice, which relied heavily on donations and fundraising to operate.

Mr Smith said the response to his idea had been "very generous" and he believed the inclusion of the Hoteres would bring "heightened interest" in the event.

Auctioneer Ben Plumbly, of Auckland's Art + Object, believed the pieces could sell for anywhere between $5000 and $10,000 each.

"It just depends on who is there on the night," he said.

The Hospice Charity Auction starts at 7pm at Luna Bar and Restaurant in Roslyn next Thursday.

ellie.constantine@odt.co.nz

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