A+O’s July 2011 catalogue presents a diverse range of fascinating private collections. We begin with J. Barry Ferguson’s collection which is an homage to the natural world. The Objects and Decorative Arts catalogue features a near definitive selection of New Zealand glass art from a single collection. On Thursday the 14th we offer a unique collection which takes as its inspiration the explorers of the Pacific from the time of Captain Cook followed by the early whalers and concluding with the romance of the mighty Flying Boats of the 1930s. Also offered is a reference library with some excellent books for collectors of New Zealand maritime and aviation history. Also on Thursday is the finest collection of Maori artefacts offered to date by A+O. The centrepieces are a superb and large mere with provenance to a great Ngapuhi chief Te Morenga and a finely detailed figure supported bowl by the great Ngati Tarawhai carver Anaha te Rahui.