Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 23, 2024 4:15:10 GMT 12
DOCUMENT SHOWING BRITAIN’S FIRST ATTEMPT TO COLONISE NEW ZEALAND SELLS AT AUCTION IN LONDON FOR SIX FIGURES
A historic land deed showing Britain’s first attempt to colonise New Zealand, with islands in the Hauraki Gulf being bought from Māori for “one double barrel gun, eight muskets and one barrel of powder”, has sold at auction for more than $100,000.
The tattered, water-stained 198-year-old document, signed by eight Māori chiefs using their moko, or mark, outstripped an uncorrected proof copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone signed by author JK Rowling to fetch £53,740 at Bonhams auction house in London Wednesday night (NZ time)......
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/03/22/document-showing-britains-first-attempt-to-colonise-new-zealand-sells-at-auction-in-london-for-six-figures/
A historic land deed showing Britain’s first attempt to colonise New Zealand, with islands in the Hauraki Gulf being bought from Māori for “one double barrel gun, eight muskets and one barrel of powder”, has sold at auction for more than $100,000.
The tattered, water-stained 198-year-old document, signed by eight Māori chiefs using their moko, or mark, outstripped an uncorrected proof copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone signed by author JK Rowling to fetch £53,740 at Bonhams auction house in London Wednesday night (NZ time)......
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/03/22/document-showing-britains-first-attempt-to-colonise-new-zealand-sells-at-auction-in-london-for-six-figures/