Difference between revisions of "Kelly Tarlton Collection"
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Tarlton 1937–1985, was an adventurer / entrepeneur focused on the marine world. His diving activities concentrated on shipwrecks. One outcome was the display of the material recovered in a private museum built within ''Tui'', a beached former sugar lighter, at Paihia. It operated as a museum from 1970-2002. A key part of the collection was the Rothchild treasure recovered by Tarlton from the SS Tasmania wreck at Mahia in 1975. Rothchild was a jeweler. | Tarlton 1937–1985, was an adventurer / entrepeneur focused on the marine world. His diving activities concentrated on shipwrecks. One outcome was the display of the material recovered in a private museum built within ''Tui'', a beached former sugar lighter, at Paihia. It operated as a museum from 1970-2002. A key part of the collection was the Rothchild treasure recovered by Tarlton from the SS Tasmania wreck at Mahia in 1975. Rothchild was a jeweler. | ||
| − | The Museum was robbed in 2000 by a notorious career criminal. The material taken valued at $300,000 included the Rothchild material and has never been recovered. The museum was sold in 2002 by Tarlton's widow and the remaining collections dispersed by sale. | + | The Museum was robbed in 2000 by a notorious career criminal. The material taken valued at $300,000 included the Rothchild material and has never been recovered, though in 2018 it was reported that the Police were investigating material offered for sale on TradeMe as being from the unrecovered material <ref> https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597588 Accesed May 2018</ref>. The museum was sold in 2002 by Tarlton's widow and the remaining collections dispersed by sale. |
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Revision as of 17:28, 30 May 2018
Kelly Tarlton Collection
Tarlton 1937–1985, was an adventurer / entrepeneur focused on the marine world. His diving activities concentrated on shipwrecks. One outcome was the display of the material recovered in a private museum built within Tui, a beached former sugar lighter, at Paihia. It operated as a museum from 1970-2002. A key part of the collection was the Rothchild treasure recovered by Tarlton from the SS Tasmania wreck at Mahia in 1975. Rothchild was a jeweler. The Museum was robbed in 2000 by a notorious career criminal. The material taken valued at $300,000 included the Rothchild material and has never been recovered, though in 2018 it was reported that the Police were investigating material offered for sale on TradeMe as being from the unrecovered material [1]. The museum was sold in 2002 by Tarlton's widow and the remaining collections dispersed by sale.
References
- ↑ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597588 Accesed May 2018
