Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow Post Sale Press Release | May 20, 2023
May 20th was cause for much celebration at Brunk Auctions. Already celebrating 40 years in business, the single owner auction of the Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow on Saturday topped...
Lynda Lipscomb Estate, Charleston, South Carolina | May 19, 2023
Lynda Miller Lipscomb, spouse of Ernest “Lip” Bainbridge Lipscomb III, was a lifelong collector and dealer of antiques, as well as an active member of her community in Charleston, South...
Josef Albers: At Black Mountain College | May 20, 2023
In the 1930s, as the Bauhaus declined, Josef Albers came to the United States to join the staff at the newly formed Black Mountain College in North Carolina.Albers was instrumental in...
An Important Amelung Discovery: The Washington Tumbler | May 19, 2023
An Important Amelung Discovery It is a rare event when an unrecorded glass made at the New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung is discovered. Not only that, but it is a glass...
Woman in a Man’s World: Trailblazing Pop Artist Marjorie Strider | May 20, 2023
Back in the 1960s, when Marjorie Strider first began showing her work, she was only one of a few female Pop artists. On par with the male leaders in the field, Strider broke...
From a Private North Carolina Collection: Chinese Porcelains Acquired in Southeast Asia | April 20, 2023
Brunk Auctions’ next Asian Arts Auction will feature fine examples of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art and decorative objects, including a collection of Chinese porcelain and glazed...
American Modern and Federal Flare: Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow | May 20, 2023
ASHEVILLE, March 13, 2023 – American Modern and Federal Flare: Barrow Collection While lately it has been all the rage to talk about mixing it up when collecting and decorating with...
Christopher M. Weld: A Collector’s Taste | February 2-4, 2023
Featured in the upcoming Premier Auction, February 4, 2023 at 9 am Although we first met in the late 1970s in our London gallery of Heirloom & Howard, it was not until the summer of...
From The Estate of Malvina Hoffman: Modernist Sculptures, Maquettes, Drawings, and Paintings | September 15-17, 2022
The Estate of Malvina Hoffman Hoffmans’ story as one of the most important artists of her era began in New York. A true knickerbocker, she learned from the best – Arts Students League of...
Louis Orr North Carolina Etchings from the Humber Family | February 2-4, 2022
Referred to as one of the greatest etchers of the 20th century, Louis Orr (c. 1876-1966) was a prolific American artist known for his mastery of etching and capturing architecture. Though...
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