Brunk Auctions is very pleased to offer furniture and decorative art from the collection of American interior design icon and Colonial Williamsburg’s first Designer-in-Residence, Anthony Baratta. In a 2019 partnership with Williamsburg- the product licensing division of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation- noted designer Anthony Baratta reimagined and refurbished the mid-18th century Palmer House in Colonial Williamsburg. The […]

Hailed as a father of a new figurative style of painting in the 1950s, African American artist, Bob Thompson generated a large body of expressive, bright, and bold work in his brief, ten-year career. Thompson’s legacy is significant—not only for his extraordinary body of artistic work, but for the impact his life and work have […]

Born into slavery at the turn of the 19th century, Dave Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) learned the art of throwing, turning, and glazing pottery on the Abner Landrum plantation and later, on the Lewis Miles plantation in Edgefield, South Carolina. This district of South Carolina was one of the few areas in […]

With its flash of color and pattern and a delicate and ethereal quality, the opal is a unique gemstone with no two stones alike. As October’s birthstone, we thought this the perfect time to show off some of the opal pieces we will present for auction this Fall. November 9th  Richmond, Virginia Auction  Lot 316 […]