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 […]
By Abby Schultz Updated Aug. 12, 2020 9:31 am ET An expansive collection of Federal and Classical American furniture, 19th-century American paintings, and decorative arts that once filled William N. Banks, Jr.’s historic 1820s Federal-style home in Newnam, Ga., is being sold by Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., next month. Banks, who died last […]
JULY 10, 2020 A Rare Aesthete’s Landmark Collection Comes Up for Auction. Brunk Auctions, the premier Southern U.S. auction house has announced the kick-off to the Fall auction season with the much-anticipated single-owner sale of the collection of William N. Banks, Jr. The auction consists of the contents of Bankshaven, the collector’s renowned historic property […]
PUBLISHED: JUNE 30, 2020 By Laura Beach ASHEVILLE, N.C. – William N. Banks Jr, who died last November at age 95, was the model of a scholar collector, his work as a regular contributor to The Magazine Antiques dovetailing with his passion for preserving historic homes of his own in Georgia and New Hampshire. Banks appointed […]
(ARTFIXdaily.com) LANDMARK SALE OF CONNOISSEUR’S SUPREME-QUALITY AMERICAN FURNITURE AND PAINTINGS ASHEVILLE, North Carolina / July 06, 2020 Brunk Auctions is delighted to announce the kick-off of the Fall auction season with the much-anticipated single-owner sale of the collection of William N. Banks, Jr. The auction consists of the contents of Bankshaven, the collector’s renowned historic […]
Maine Antique Digest, July 2020, by Lita Solis-Cohen William Nathaniel Banks’s collection of Federal and Classical furniture, lighting, 19th-century American paintings, and the accouterments of gracious living that filled the Gordon-Banks house in Newnan, Georgia, some 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, will be sold at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 12. The […]
