Asheville, North Carolina, October 5, 2020 — Brunk Auctions sustains impressive hammer prices and sell through rates in their second sale of the Fall season. The October 2-3 Premier Auctions attracted national and international buyers across many categories with Silver, Fine Art, Textiles, Jewelry, American Furniture, and Historical Documents obtaining the best results. The auction boasted […]
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 …October 2nd and 3rd, an auction of a fabulous collection of historical needlework is available online, and I want you to know about it. You might not be able to participate, but you can certainly take a peek at the items being auctioned and perhaps glean a bit of inspiration for your […]
Richard Manson, Jr. grew up loving the sounds and smells of the ballpark. At a young age he was a tiny spectator at the grandest of stages – Yankee Stadium. It was there he looked on as “Big Cat” Mize, “Whitey” Ford, and some fresh faced kid from Oklahoma named Mickey took the field. This […]
Collectors Compete Vigorously in Market-Affirming Landmark Sale Of Late Connoisseur’s American Furniture And Paintings ASHEVILLE, N.C. – For immediate release, September 18, 2020: “BEACON ROCK, NEWPORT,” by John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872) led Brunk Auctions’ highly-anticipated sale of the estate of William N. Banks Jr. and the Collection of Bankshaven, on September 12, selling for $664,200, […]
This collection of charts, manuscript maps, and documents descended in the Sever family of Kingston MA. Nicholas Sever (1680-1764) and his son, William (1729-1809) were successful merchants involved in the coastal New England trade and were known to own at least seventeen trading vessels. They shipped primarily wood, plank, staves, and salt fish out of […]
Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), Lake Wawayanda, 1881, oil on canvas laid down on board, 5⅝ x 7⅜ inches, signed and dated lower right: J. F. Cropsey / 1881.; inscribed lower left: [illegible] on the Wawayanda RiverBy Louis SalernoAt 9:00 a.m. last Saturday, a critical test of the market for nineteenth-century American […]
LAURA BEACH – SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 Photographer Paul Rocheleau remembers the first time he met William Nathaniel Banks Jr., the writer and collector whose thirty-seven articles were a popular feature of this publication for more than forty years. It was in Barrytown, New York, in the spring of 1982, at Edgewater, the magnificent Hudson Valley […]
BY LAUREN WICKS SEP 9, 2020 On September 12, Brunk Auctions is hosting an in-person and virtual auction of items from the estate of William N. Banks, Jr., who is said to be one of the greatest Southern collectors of all time. Collectors, rejoice! Brunk Auctions will be hosting an auction of the contents of the historic “Bankshaven” home in Newnan, […]
Aug 26, 2020Natasha Gural, ContributorArts John Frederick Kensett ‘Beacon Rock, Newport (1856) oil on canvas ($250,000-350,000) Captivated by Newport, Rhode Island’s craggy coastline, sequestered beaches, and serene harbors, John Frederick Kensett painted many views of the cove across Newport Harbor, punctuated by imposing Beacon Rock, which obscures the storied mansion of the same […]
Courtesy of Jim Landon, June 2020 An invitation to join William Banks for luncheon at Bankshaven, his estate on the outskirts of Newnan, Georgia, was rarely declined. It seemed an experience not only of another era, but of another world. As first-time guests left the interstate highway and turned onto hardscrabble Highway 29, they could […]
