Nearly 150 art lovers gathered at the International Art Centre in Parnell saw three limited edition Banksy prints sell for a total of $138,000.
The prints were a part of a collection bought by an anonymous Kiwi collector in 2005 for around 60 pounds ($115). It was the first time a collection of Banksy's works had been auctioned in New Zealand, according to Stuff.
The three Banksy prints sold were Soup Can, Weston Super Mare, and Golf Sale. Soup Can managed to sell for $52,000, while Weston Super Mare was sold for $41,000 and Golf Sale went for $45,000.
Originally inspired by a renowned photograph of a protester standing in front of Chinese military tanks in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Golf Sale is one of the first of Banksy's works to be publicly released. The print was made as a comment on consumer culture.