Edward Burne-Jones, The Car of Love, or Love’s Wayfaring, Paste, brush drawing and charcoal. Gift of Viscount Leverhulme 1924. Cost of frame: $40,000

AUCKLAND.- Auckland Art Gallery is putting historic art works Up For Adoption in a bid to restore them to their former glory. Art works the world over inevitably deteriorate with time, becoming cracked, torn, soiled and discoloured. Principal conservator Sarah Hillary says some of the gallery’s works were purchased in a state of disrepair while others suffered the effects of inadequate storage conditions in the 1800s and early 1900s. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)