In the absence of a will, his less valuable effects were auctioned in Atuona while his letters, manuscripts and paintings were auctioned in Papeete on 5 September 1903.
遺言はなく、価値のない家財はアトゥオナで競売に付され、手紙、原稿、絵画は9月5日にパペーテで競売にかけられた。