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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-966/
- Published: 2024-05-10T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-10T01:56:31.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

> A Hastings retiree may have turned up the op shop find of his life after learning paintings he bought for a few dollars could be worth thousands.  
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> Morgan Rainsford visits a Hawke’s Bay secondhand store almost every day but he did not want to name the place because it’s his favourite spot for picking up undiscovered treasures.  
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> In recent visits he’s found paintings he thought were by notable New Zealand artists, Russell Clark and Philip Clairmont.  
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> With the help of The Post’s inquiries, it appears that at least one set of paintings are genuine.  
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> [Russell Clark](https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5c23/clark-russell-stuart-cedric?ref=goodoil.news) was a well-known mid-20th century Canterbury-based artist who counted some of New Zealand’s most influential art figures as students such as Colin McCahon and Doris Lusk.  
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> On one of his daily op shop excursions Rainsford found two paintings with Clark’s signature in the corner and he learned that he was a well-known New Zealand art figure.  
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> One of the Clark paintings had a dealer sticker on the back, which helped confirm the paintings were real and could be worth thousands of dollars.  
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> The Post

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