by Brooke Bennink | Jun 11, 2026 | Featured Stories
Home Passion & Purpose: William Arnett’s Tinwood Collection William Arnett, photo by Melissa Golden, courtesy the Tinwood Foundation Finding one’s purpose is not a particularly easy thing. It is something you must be passionate about, excel at, and that the world...
by Brooke Bennink | May 12, 2026 | Featured Stories
Home Premier Spotlight: Minding Meissen with the Collection of Steve Stewart Lot 571Rare Five Piece Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Figural Set, Allegories of the Senses When someone has found their passion, something they enjoy to such a degree that it fully permeates...
by Brooke Bennink | May 7, 2026 | Press
Home De Laszlo portraits rediscovered in North Carolina auction Courtesy of Antiques Trade Gazette World-Class Consignments and Exceptional Results Sign Up for Brunk Updates I understand and accept the following Privacy Notice CONNECT WITH US...
by Brooke Bennink | Apr 20, 2026 | Press
Home Dynamic Museum Deaccessions at Brunk Auctions ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – Nearly 225 lots of furniture, samplers, and fine art surpassed the high estimate in the first hour of Brunk Auctions’ sale of deaccessions from the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, April 9. The...
by Brooke Bennink | Mar 9, 2026 | Press
Home Carter Collection: White Glove & World Records– Presidential Provenance Boosts Brunk Auctions’ February Sales to $2.9 Million Lot 539: Unique Presidential Inaugural Proof 24kt Gold Medal, Jimmy Carter Provenance ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – Brunk Auctions...
by Will | Feb 12, 2026 | Collections, Featured Stories
Home Dormice to Polar Bears – The Coalport Animal Service at Brunk Auctions What do a dormouse and polar bear have in common? While either would ordinarily be an unwelcome guest at a dinner table, they happily both make an appearance in the mysterious menagerie known...
by Brooke Bennink | Jan 30, 2026 | Featured Stories
Home Plainly Presidential: The Estate of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Signed Photograph, Living Presidents, Jimmy Carter Provenance It is difficult to imagine a greater achievement than to be elected to the highest office in the land. For a politician, to become...
by Brooke Bennink | Jan 16, 2026 | Featured Stories
Home Madelia Hickman Ring Joins Brunk Auctions ASHEVILLE, NC — Brunk Auctions is delighted to announce the latest addition to their team: Madelia Hickman Ring, who will be the firm’s new Director of Marketing. Madelia began her career at Butterfield &...
by Brooke Bennink | Jan 6, 2026 | Collections, Featured Stories
Home Passing Down Passion: The Estate of Joe and Betsy Byerly Joe and Betsy Byerly featured in a local magazine A little girl growing up in an antique shop, wandering through parts of a royal pleasure barge, a painted gypsy wagon, and a carousel horse, sounds like the...
by Will | Nov 7, 2025 | Collections, Featured Stories
Home The Estate of Gary L. Johnson From Circle or Studio of Giovanni Lanfranco, Peter and Christ on the Sea of Galilee. Gary Lee Johnson (1942-2025) Gary L. Johnson was the consummate Virginia gentleman. He lived his entire life in the state. Gary was born in...
