New Zealand's Art & Collectible Specialists
We value items and collections, from fine art to trading cards. We catalogue larger collections. We sell on your behalf when you are ready. Clear research, agreed fees and a practical next step.
Six services, one specialist
Most people come to us wanting to know what they own and what it is worth. Selling is optional. Everything below is done by one person, in whatever order you need it.
Cataloguing
Photography, condition notes, provenance research and a searchable record of everything you own: for insurance, for the family, or simply to know what is there. Selling is never the point unless you want it to be.
See a real catalogueArt Valuation
Transparent, research-backed market valuations you can trust. For insurance, estate planning, or simply knowing what your pieces are worth.
Art valuation in depthSales & Brokerage
Private sales, auction strategy, direct purchase offers and full transaction management, on a commission or price agreed in writing before anything is offered.
How selling worksTrading Cards
Cataloguing, identification, and valuation of trading card collections. Direct purchase at a fair, stated price if you want to sell.
Trading cards in depthIdentification
Found something and don't know what it is? Send us photographs. We will tell you what it is and whether it is worth a closer look, with the evidence behind it. It costs nothing to ask.
Ask about an itemEstate & Probate
Comprehensive documentation for estate administration, probate, insurance claims, and inheritance planning. Scope, valuation date and intended use agreed before the work begins.
Estate & probate in depthSimple, transparent, thorough
Every engagement follows a clear process designed to respect your time, protect your collection, and deliver results.
Consultation
A no-obligation conversation to understand your collection, your goals, and how we can help.
Assessment
We assess from your photos and description, and inspect on site where the work needs it. Items never leave your sight, and travel outside Auckland is itemised in the quote.
Quotation
A clear, itemised quote with no surprises. You know exactly what's included before work begins.
Documentation
Professional photography, detailed cataloguing, and careful research, on site where the work needs it and at the desk where it doesn't.
Delivery
Your complete digital archive: searchable, beautifully presented, and built to last.
Beyond
Valuations, sales or new acquisitions: we're your long-term collection partner.
Start with step one: start a conversation. We reply within one working day.
The difference is expertise
Luke is your contact from the first message to the finished report, and he does the work himself. If a specialist opinion is ever needed, it is discussed with you first.
Agreed Fees, Disclosed Interests
Valuation fees are fixed and agreed before work begins, never a percentage of the figure. If you later sell, any commission or purchase offer is a separate decision, agreed in writing, with the likely net figure for each route shown before you commit.
Complete Discretion
Full confidentiality for private collections, estates, and high-value items. Every engagement handled with the utmost professionalism.
Art to Trading Cards
Whether it's a Colin McCahon or a 1st Edition Charizard Pokémon card, we bring the same care, research, and expertise to every item.
Nationwide, On-Site
We travel anywhere in Aotearoa with our own professional equipment. Hands-on, in-person attention: your items never leave your sight and never leave your home.
Luke Heather
Every valuation, catalogue entry and sale at Heather & Co. is done by Luke. If a specialist opinion is ever needed, it is discussed with you first.
I've been collecting since I was eight years old. What started with drawing and scribbling in the covers of my textbooks and trading cards in the school playground turned into a lifelong obsession with art, history, and the stories behind the things people keep.
Over the years, I've built personal collections spanning multiple things from trading cards, fine art, antiques, and curiosities of every kind. I know the thrill of finding something rare in a forgotten box, and I know the heartbreak of finding out something isn't what you hoped.
That's why I started Heather & Co. Too many people are sitting on collections they don't fully understand, paying commission to sell items they've never had properly valued. I wanted to offer something different: genuine expertise, honest valuations, and a clear path to market with the costs shown before you decide.
Whether you've inherited a house full of art, rediscovered your childhood card collection, or you're a serious collector looking for discreet, expert support, I'd love to have a conversation.
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Sotheby's Institute of Art: Art Appraisal
Enrolled · commences 7 October 2026The Sotheby's Institute of Art's Art Appraisal course, the industry-leading training in how art is valued: the mindset of a professional appraiser, the factors that move value, and the mechanics of the international market in which it is bought and sold. The formal grounding I am adding to this work from October.
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International Society of Appraisers
Candidate · Core Course in progressCandidacy confirmed and supported by four professional references. The ISA Core Course in Appraisal Studies covers USPAP-aligned methodology, report writing and ethics: the standards insurers, solicitors and executors expect a valuation to be built on.
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Collecting & buying at auction
Art since 2016 · cards since the 1990sI have been buying at auction and building my own art collection since 2016, which means I have sat on the other side of the paddle, paid the premiums, and learned what a catalogue entry does and doesn't tell you. With trading cards the history runs longer: I was the right age when Pokémon first arrived in the late nineties, and I have followed that market through every cycle since: the original boom, the long quiet years, and the resurgence.
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Not-for-profit & community work
Ongoing · references on requestOngoing volunteer work with a number of New Zealand not-for-profit organisations. At their request they are not named publicly, but details and contacts can be supplied on request.
Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a KaruwaiNgāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti TurumakinaNgāpuhi, Ngāti RangiTinomana, Rarotonga
My whakapapa runs through Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāpuhi, and through the Cook Islands to Tinomana in Rarotonga. It shapes how I handle anything made by, for or about Māori and Pacific people: whakairo, kākahu, pounamu, tivaevae, weaving, adornment, and the photographs of tūpuna that turn up in so many family estates.
Taonga are treated as taonga first and objects second. Whakapapa, provenance and the story of who made something and why come before any number. Where a piece is taonga tūturu, the Protected Objects Act 1975 sets rules for finding, selling and exporting it; I will explain what that means for your item and point you to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the relevant iwi or a museum before anything else happens. Some things should be catalogued and kept, or returned, rather than sold, and I will say so.
“Whether it is one painting or a lifetime of collecting, I will bring the same respect, care and complete confidentiality to your collection that I would want for my own.”
Answers before you ask
The questions we get most from collectors, executors and families across New Zealand. If yours isn't here, just ask.
How much does an art valuation cost in New Zealand?
What's the difference between a valuation and an appraisal?
Do you buy trading cards directly, or only broker them?
How is this different from using an auction house?
Do you travel outside Auckland?
I inherited a collection and have no idea what any of it is. Can you help?
Are your valuations accepted for insurance and probate?
Is my collection kept confidential?
Still unsure where to start? Start a conversation. No obligation, no sales pitch.
Ready to find out what you have?
One piece or a whole house: tell us what you have and what it is for. The first conversation is free, and we reply within one working day.
Start a conversation
Prefer to talk? luke@heatherandco.co.nz · WhatsApp · 027 489 7801
Heather & Co. Auctions
Timed online sales from Auckland, open to the world: premium trading cards, modern and contemporary art, sculpture, vinyl, consoles and collectibles, every lot catalogued to our research standard. Consignments are open for the first three sales, and dates will be announced to the updates list first.