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Webb's New Zealand's Premier Auction House Webb’s is New Zealand’s premier multi-department auction house.

Our team of specialists offer industry leading service and expertise in Art, Decorative & Asian Arts, Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia, Fine Jewels, Watches & Luxury Accessories and Fine Wines & Whiskies. We are committed to promoting outstanding collectibles and achieving excellent results at auction.

The catalogue for Webb’s Asian Art Live Auction: Connoisseurs’ Collection is now online.Assembled privately over several...
03/09/2026

The catalogue for Webb’s Asian Art Live Auction: Connoisseurs’ Collection is now online.

Assembled privately over several decades and offered together for the first time, these beautiful pieces are unlikely to be seen as a group again. The Song wares reward close attention: the surface of the Ge ware mallet vase, the natural glaze variation across the Jun ware censer, the fluent carving inside the Yaozhou conical tea bowl.

Also worth exploring are the larger pieces, among them a mid-Qing red-glazed vase and a late 17th to early 18th century enamelled dragon and figural vase.

The collection will be on view at our Mount Eden gallery from next week, and we encourage visitors to experience these works in person and place their early online bids now.

13.09.26 
Asian Art | Live Auction: Connoisseurs’ Collection
—Bidding Open + On View Next Week

Auction Details
Live Auction
Sunday 13 September, 2pm 

On View
Thursday 10 September, 9am—5pm
Friday 11 September, 9am—5pm
Saturday 12 September, 10am—4pm
Sunday 13 September, 10am—12pm

Auckland Location
33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden

Contact 
Tom Pan
Head of Asian Art [email protected]
+64 22 342 5610

As our selling exhibition Flow continues we cordially invite you to visit the gallery, or to revisit it if you have alre...
03/09/2026

As our selling exhibition Flow continues we cordially invite you to visit the gallery, or to revisit it if you have already spent time with the works.

The show has been warmly received by collectors and visitors alike, with many responding to the quiet strength, material sensitivity, and sense of movement that carries between Marian Fountain’s sculpture and Kate van der Drift’s photographs.

If a particular piece has stayed with you, or if there is one that has captured your imagination from afar, please do get in touch. Our team would be very happy to share further details, availability, pricing, and additional imagery, and to talk through how the work might sit within your collection.

18.08.26—12.09.26
Webb's Wellington | Flow: A Selling Exhibition
—On View

Auction Details
On View
18.08.26—12.09.26

Wellington Location
23 Marion Street, Te Aro

Contact
Virginia Woods-Jack
Exhibitions Manager
[email protected]
+64 22 679 8664

The catalogue for Webb's Asian Art Live Auction: Connoisseurs' Collection is now online.View Catalogue & Bid: https://au...
03/09/2026

The catalogue for Webb's Asian Art Live Auction: Connoisseurs' Collection is now online.

View Catalogue & Bid: https://auctions.webbs.co.nz/auctions/catalog/id/954

Assembled privately over several decades and offered together for the first time, these beautiful pieces are unlikely to be seen as a group again.

The Song wares reward close attention: the surface of the Ge ware mallet vase, the natural glaze variation across the Jun ware censer, the fluent carving inside the Yaozhou conical tea bowl.

Also worth exploring are the larger pieces, among them a mid-Qing red-glazed vase and a late 17th to early 18th century enamelled dragon and figural vase.

The collection will be on view at our Mount Eden gallery from next week, and we encourage visitors to experience these works in person and place their early online bids now.

13.09.26
Asian Art | Live Auction: Connoisseurs' Collection
—Bidding Open + On View Next Week

Auction Details
Live Auction
Sunday 13 September, 2pm

On View
Thursday 10 September, 9am—5pm
Friday 11 September, 9am—5pm
Saturday 12 September, 10am—4pm
Sunday 13 September, 10am—12pm

Auckland Location
33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden

Contact
Tom Pan
Head of Asian Art [email protected]
+64 22 342 5610

02/09/2026

Final Entries are invited into Webb’s upcoming Select online art auction. Curated by Webb’s team of art specialists, Select brings together collectable works by emerging, topical, and established artists from Aotearoa and beyond. Defined by informed selection and editorial curation, the auction appeals to collectors seeking quality, focus, and confidence.
 
Have a work that belongs in the next Select sale? Contact our specialists today for an obligation-free appraisal.
 
14—28 September
Select | Online Art Auction
—Final Entries Invited
 
Georgina Brett 
Specialist, Select
[email protected]‍ 
+64 27 929 5609

01/09/2026

The September Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia catalogue is on view at Webb’s Mount Eden Gallery, and it rewards a slow exploration. The Mercedes-Benz 280SL Pagoda sits under the lights with its chrome and warm leather. A few steps on, a c.1960s Electric Car Company Shopper, built in California for the suburban errand and understood to be the only example in New Zealand, reads as a toy until you get close to its remarkable history. Nearby, the rear valance from Colin McRae’s Ford Focus RS still carries the crash marks of the Whaanga Coast stage of the 2002 WRC Rally New Zealand.

From a 1936 Rolls-Royce 25/30 HP Limousine to a 2024 Honda Civic Type R, the room holds most of a century of engineering and design prowess ready to be experienced first hand.
Webb’s Collectors’ Cars live auctions present a significant curation of cars, motorcycles, and automobilia, with Auckland viewings and events leading into a highly anticipated live auction focused on rarity, performance, and provenance.

06.09.26
Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia

On View | 2—6 September

Live Auction | Sunday 6 September, 2.30pm
Location | 33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden
webbs.co.nz

Chris Wiseman
Head of Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia
[email protected]
+64 22 187 7693

The selling exhibition Flow brings together the practices of Marian Fountain and Kate van der Drift in a thoughtful expl...
01/09/2026

The selling exhibition Flow brings together the practices of Marian Fountain and Kate van der Drift in a thoughtful exploration of continuity, transformation, and our relationship with the natural world. Through sculpture and photography, the exhibition considers life as an interconnected process shaped by change, resilience, and care.
 
Fountain’s bronze sculptures reflect on the fragility and endurance of existence, while van der Drift’s cameraless photographs trace the impacts of human intervention and ecological restoration. Together, their works offer a compelling meditation on movement, renewal, and the enduring vitality of the world around us.
 
Webb’s Wellington Gallery offers an exciting calendar of selling exhibitions, complementary to the touring auction previews. These exhibitions allow collectors to purchase the works on display immediately, making them a perfect opportunity for art enthusiasts to invest in unique pieces created by established and emerging artists.
 
18.08.26—12.09.26
Flow: Marian Fountain and Kate van der Drift
— A Selling Exhibition
Purchase Online | webbs.co.nz
 
On View, Wellington | 23 Marion St, Te Aro

Virginia Woods-Jack | Exhibitions Manager
[email protected] | +64 22 679 8664

Featuring over 200 works assembled privately over several decades, offered together for the first time are included in o...
01/09/2026

Featuring over 200 works assembled privately over several decades, offered together for the first time are included in our upcoming Asian Art Live Auction featuring the Connoisseurs' Collections. Chinese ceramics form the heart of the sale, from Song and Yuan wares of the great kilns through Ming blue and white to Qing imperial and famille rose porcelain, with selected Japanese and Korean works completing this curation.

Among the highlights are a Ge ware mallet vase with its original wooden stand, a pair of Kangxi dragon bowls, and a Republic period vase with documented auction history.

The full catalogue follows shortly, so please contact our specialists if you would like to be kept informed of this unique and anticipated live auction.

Asian Art | Live Auction
—Catalogue Coming Soon

Webb’s Select auction series continues to attract strong interest. We have a limited number of remaining places availabl...
01/09/2026

Webb’s Select auction series continues to attract strong interest. We have a limited number of remaining places available in our final Select catalogue for 2026.

Request an Appraisal: https://www.webbs.co.nz/request-an-appraisal-art

Early highlights are led by Fiona Pardington, Aotearoa's recent official representative at the Venice Biennale. She is joined by Chris Booth's Maquette for Rainbow Warrior Memorial, culturally and politically significant sculpture that echoes Booth's public art piece in the far North; Kushana Bush's Rebel Angels, Tony de Lautour's Number Plan, Pat Hanly's Butterfly Vacation and Robyn Kahukiwa's Hongi, alongside works by Nigel Brown, Len Castle, Shane Cotton, Ian Scott, Gregor Kregar and Peter Robinson, among others.

Should you wish to have an artwork, or group of works, considered for inclusion, our team of art specialists would be delighted to hear from you and provide an obligation-free appraisal.

14—28 September
Select | Online Art Auction
—Final Entries Invited

Auction Details
Entries Close
Monday 9 September

Online Auction
14—28 September

Contact
Georgina Brett
Specialist, Select
[email protected]‍ ‍
+64 27 929 5609

The launch of Webb's Collectors' Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia catalogue takes place this evening at our Mount Eden ga...
01/09/2026

The launch of Webb's Collectors' Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia catalogue takes place this evening at our Mount Eden gallery, and both collectors and enthusiasts are cordially invited to attend.

View Catalogue & Bid: https://auctions.webbs.co.nz/auctions/catalog/id/980
Read More: https://www.webbs.co.nz/articles-and-videos/the-shopper-the-toy-and-the-relic

It is a rare opportunity to hear our experts discuss the lots and experience them in person: a catalogue rich in history, design and engineering prowess. Highlights are led by the Mercedes-Benz 280SL Pagoda, a model that has held its standing through several shifts in the collector market. Joining it is a 1990 Alfa Romeo SZ by Zagato, a 1970 NSU Ro 80 with its rotary engine, a 1965 Ducati 250 Mach 1, along with many more vehicles and automobilia of exciting pedigree, provenance, and some... full of playful personalities.

Read more about these summer-ready, head-turning machines on the article below and make a time to visit us in Mount Eden. After tonight's opening, the full catalogue remains on view until the live auction, with early bidding open now.

06.09.26
Collectors' Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia
—Live Auction | Launch Event Tonight + On View

Auction Details
Live Auction
Sunday 6 September, 2.30pm

Launch Event
Tuesday 1 September, 6pm

On View
Wednesday 2 September, 9am—5pm
Thursday 3 September, 9am—5pm
Friday 4 September, 9am—5pm
Saturday 5 September, 10am—4pm
Sunday 6 September, 10am—12pm

Auckland Location
33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden

Contact
Chris Wiseman
Head of Collectors’ Cars,
Motorcycles & Automobilia
[email protected]
+64 22 187 7693

Offered in Webb’s September Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia Live Auction is an incredibly rare c.1960s Elect...
31/08/2026

Offered in Webb’s September Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia Live Auction is an incredibly rare c.1960s Electric Car Company Shopper FG-75, a fibreglass-bodied two-seater built in Long Beach, California, and marketed as a stylish electric runabout decades before electric vehicles reached the mainstream.
 
Introduced in 1960, the FG-75 ran a 1.5hp 24-volt motor, weighed around 318kg and was advertised with a top speed of 18mph and a range of 30 to 35 miles. Production ended when the business was sold in late 1962. This example is finished in light blue with a white roof, retains its manufacturer’s identification plate and California licence plate, and runs and drives with working lights. It is understood to be the only one in New Zealand.
 
The wider catalogue spans nearly nine decades of automotive culture, from a 1936 Rolls-Royce 25/30 HP Limousine through to a 2024 Honda Civic Type R, showcasing vehicles of remarkable scope, engineering prowess and collectability.
 
Lot 26
A c.1960s Electric Car Company Shopper
EST. $25,000—$30,000
 
Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia
21.08.26—06.09.26
Launch Event | Tuesday, 1 September 6—8pm
On View | 2—6 September
Live Auction | Sunday 6 September, 2.30pm
Location | 33a Normanby Road, Mount Eden
webbs.co.nz
 
Chris Wiseman
Head of Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia
[email protected]
+64 22 187 7693

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