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...
by Brooke Bennink | Nov 3, 2025 | Collections, Featured Stories
Home From the Porch to the Gallery: Southern Folk Art from the Collection of Ann and Ted Oliver Brunk Auctions is pleased to be working with the Oliver family to bring their carefully assembled collection to you. Over the course of several auctions you will have an...
by Will | Oct 14, 2025 | Collections, Featured Stories
Home Original Charles M. Schulz Peanuts & Li’l Folks Strips Original Charles M. Schulz Peanuts & Li’l Folks Strips from Rookie of the Year, published June 15, 1969, click here to view lot Charles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist best...
by Will | Oct 2, 2025 | Collections, Featured Stories
Home Read All About It! A Very Special Edition of Aesop’s Fables Alexander Calder’s illustration of the 1931 publication of Aesop’s Fables is regarded by many as a masterpiece of illustration. Known for his playfulness and sense of humor, Calder’s pen and ink drawings...
by Brooke Bennink | Sep 29, 2025 | Featured Stories
Home Very Rare Virginia Paint Decorated Lift Top Chest by Johannes Spitler Lot 84: Very Rare Virginia Paint Decorated Lift Top Chest by Johannes Spitler This exceptional Virginia painted chest is the earliest dated example from the 35 identified surviving works by...
