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Bashford Antiques

From Bashford Antiques to Sean Plunket: A timeline of David Farrier and Mister Organ

From Bashford Antiques to Sean Plunket: A timeline of David Farrier and Mister Organ

There’s a lot to wrap your head around.
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 8th November, 2022
The Bulletin editor
David Farrier spent three years chasing the shadowy figure, Michael Organ. (Photo: Supplied / Treatment: Tina Tiller)

David Farrier on making a movie that never ends: ‘It sucked … it fucked me’

He fled New Zealand to get away from the subject of his new film. Now he's back home, David Farrier's worried it's about to kick off all over again.
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By Chris Schulz | 5th November, 2022
Guest writer
WTF is going on at Bashford Antiques? Where the Mister Organ story all began

WTF is going on at Bashford Antiques? Where the Mister Organ story all began

Who is MDA Organ? David Farrier's original 2016 story that led to his new documentary.
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By David Farrier | 21st September, 2022
Contributing writer
David Farrier surrounded by Bashford relics

Bashford Antiques, Part VI: Of Course This Would Happen – the state clamps down

In which the New Zealand parliament rolls up its sleeves.
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By David Farrier | 20th November, 2019
Contributing writer
Bashford Antiques, Part V: Revenge of the Prince

Bashford Antiques, Part V: Revenge of the Prince

The bizarre story that started back in 2016 just won’t leave David Farrier alone. The saga now includes the courts, the police and a very stylish velvet suit.
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By David Farrier | 2nd May, 2019
Contributing writer
David Farrier surrounded by Bashford relics

Bashford Antiques, Part IV: The clamps fall silent

Eighteen months after David Farrier first reported on the strange antics of Bashford Antiques, he returns a final time to bid it farewell.
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By David Farrier | 14th March, 2018
Contributing writer
Bashford Antiques, Part III: $760 for a half hour’s parking

Bashford Antiques, Part III: $760 for a half hour’s parking

A Sunday night in Ponsonby revives the Bashford Antiques saga, with revelations it's still unlicensed and still clamping – now for a scarcely believable amount. David Farrier investigates.
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By David Farrier | 10th October, 2017
Contributing writer
Bashford Antiques, Part II: A mysterious Organ

Bashford Antiques, Part II: A mysterious Organ

Yesterday we dived into the murky world of Bashford Antiques and the clamp-mad Michael Daniel Albert Organ. Today David Farrier and Hayden Donnell reveal the origin story of the mysterious Mr Organ.
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By Hayden Donnell and David Farrier | 6th September, 2016
Guest writer
The incredibly weird tale behind the Bashford Antiques clamping story

The incredibly weird tale behind the Bashford Antiques clamping story

The owners of Bashford Antiques are in the news for aggressively clamping cars outside their Ponsonby store. But this story is much, much stranger than a simple parking dispute. David Farrier reports.
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By David Farrier | 5th September, 2016
Contributing writer

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