TWO paintings once owned by fake Tahitian "prince" Joel Morehu-Barlow will be offered for sale tomorrow at Deutscher and Hackett's fine art auction in Melbourne. Unlike the carnivalesque auction of Barlow's goods held in Brisbane last month, the two paintings have not been marketed with reference to the fraudster. Archibald Prize-winning artist Tim Storrier's Starlight Over the Plain (Night Coals) and Jeffrey Smart's Study for the Terrace, Variations on a Theme were the most expensive paintings seized from the former public servant, who used the stolen funds to fuel his extravagant lifestyle. The paintings are expected to fetch between $140,000 and $180,000 each when they go under the hammer tomorrow at Deutscher and Hackett's sale of Australian and international art. The Public Trustee, charged with selling Barlow's former belongings to replenish taxpayer funds, was advised the paintings would fare better in a fine art auction. Deutscher and Hackett director Damian Hackett said he was not promoting the paintings in relation to Barlow because they were being sold on behalf of Queensland's Public Trustee. "The attachment of the Barlow story to all of his other possessions didn't seem to harm the results at all," said Mr Hackett, referring to the Brisbane auction. But we are talking about (paintings) that are in a different league. Our audience will view them for what they are -- major works of art -- but with the understanding that they are here to be sold, (which) does give them a certain attraction. Barlow was last month sentenced to 14 years in jail for stealing $16.6 million from Queensland Health. He has since lodged an appeal against the sentence. Tomorrow night's sale of 138 lots is valued at between $4.8m and $6.5m and includes works from the estates of two Melbourne collectors, Ethel Casey and Lina Bryans. Ms Bryans was the original owner of the auction coverlot, Ian Fairweather's Boats at Soochow Creek, which is expected to sell for more than $500,000 and could set a new auction record for the artist if it hammers for more than $800,000. Among the works consigned by Ms Casey's descendants is Eugene von Guerard's Distant View Towards Yarra Bend From Our Little Tower.