For Love or Money

I think the best artist is a dead artist.

– Art auctioneer Graham Chote offers an opinion

When I started in the early 1960's I couldn't give McCahons away, I couldn't sell McCahons for a guinea a pop.

– Art auctioneer Peter Webb on how much Colin McCahon paintings have risen in value NZ art appreciation has come

I don't have a washing machine but I don't want one, I'd rather have another painting, another photograph...

– Teacher and keen art collector Jim Fraser

We bought paintings because we liked to have them with us.

– Avid New Zealand art collector Les Paris talks about the emotions behind collecting