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Pink and White Terraces in art auctionFairfax NZ News | 3:55PM - Wednesday, 21 March 2012BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The Pink and White Terraces were buried underneath Lake Rotomahana, south of Rotorua, by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Mount Edgecumbe is the volcanic cone beyond. — Photo: GNS Science.CHUNKS of one of New Zealand's most famous tourist attractions, the Pink and White Terraces, are coming up for auction.
Two pieces of the Rotorua landmark, which disappeared after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886, will be sold at the International Art Centre in Auckland on 29th March.
Director of the centre Richard Thomson says the sale is timely.
"The fact that they [the terraces] have just been rediscovered under Lake Rotomahana makes this offering extremely interesting and we are anticipating interest from around the world," Thomson said.
The two specimens were collected by Ina Haszard, who survived the eruption at the age of 15. Her father, brother, two sisters and a cousin died when their house was crushed by falling rocks thrown into the air by the explosion.
She had picked up the two pieces from the base of the terrace at Lake Rotomahana a year earlier.NOT LOST: The Pink and White Terraces before the eruption. — Image: GNS Science.An oil painting of the White Terraces by Haszard will also be auctioned, as well as a 1944 newspaper account of the eruption, 12 photographs of the terraces and a collection of colour lithographs.
The terraces were thought to have been destroyed by the eruption but last year a team of scientists mapping the floor of Lake Rotomahana found part of the Pink Terraces about 60 metres below the surface.
The White Terraces were found several months later.
Earlier this month scientists said they believed about 75 percent of the Pink Terraces remained intact.
"The Pink and White Terraces were considered the eighth wonder of the world before they disappeared in the Tarawera eruption," said Thomson.
"It is an extremely rare and possibly a unique offering and it is very hard to anticipate what they will bring at auction," he said.______________________________________ Related news stories.... • Search for Pink and White Terraces (16th November 2010) • Scientists find Pink Terraces on lake floor (2nd February 2011) • Pink Terraces raise power prospect (3rd February 2011) • Tarawera's Buried Village (8th June 2011) • Scientists solve mystery of White Terraces (10th June 2011) • Quest for data on Pink and White Terraces (6th March 2012) • 'Chirp' unlocks window on lake's buried secrets (9th March 2012) • Sharp new view of hidden wonder (16th March 2012)http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6613396/Pink-and-White-Terraces-in-art-auction
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