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 […]
Asheville, North Carolina, August 1, 2020— Brunk Auctions’ global appeal was on full display at its mid-summer sale as bidders registered from 26 countries on six continents and vied for winning bids across an array of periods and categories. Very fine examples of American and European Paintings, American Furniture, Fine Silver, and Firearms and Militaria […]
With its exquisitely rendered lotus flower and foliage motifs and incised Qianlong reign mark, Lot 2, a Very Fine Chinese Cloisonné and Gilt Vase captured the top lot of the June Specialty Auction, realizing a total of $98,400. A highlight in a remarkable and historic collection of Asian art, the vase delighted bidders across the […]
With a record number of collectors on the phones and live streaming the auction online, Brunk Auctions greatly exceeded expectations for its Spring sale, surpassing its presale total estimate and posting a final sale total of $2,138,215.75. While buyers from the U.S. largely drove the bidding for the May sale, collectors registered bids from across […]
The Haskell’s collection of Asian arts displayed in their living room (top) and dining room (bottom) at their home in Shanghai,China Frederick Elihu Haskell was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1843, and grew up during the early days of Western colonialism in East Asia. In 1842, one year […]
First came the Brunk Auctions catalog, full of choice offerings. Then came the county order to “Stay at Home; Stay Safe,” so the doors to the gallery were closed to the public. That did not stand in the way of what would be considered a resoundingly successful auction, even in the best of times. Private […]
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 […]
Asheville, North Carolina, February 12, 2020— With its green and brown alkaline glaze, thick turned rim and large lug handles at its shoulders, a Monumental “Dave” Edgefield Stoneware Jar sold for an impressive $184,500 total at Brunk Auctions’ February sale. Lot 1210 captured the top lot of the sale and set a new auction record […]
Asheville, North Carolina—Brunk Auctions kicked off the New Year with strong results from its Rare Books sale on January 15th. With an impressive 97% sell through rate and a $63,593 sale total, the auction was, indeed, a best-seller. The top lot of the sale was Lot 11, Lawson’s History of Carolina, 1714 and 1860, two […]
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 […]
