Featured Stories
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...
Marguerite Loeb McBey: A Lifestyle Icon
Marguerite Loeb McBey was a well educated, well travelled, and captivating woman. Born in Philadelphia, she was educated in Switzerland, at the Sorbonne, and the Ecole et Ateliers d’Art...
The Jerry & Deena Kaplan Collection of Modern Art and Crafts | November 11, 2021
OCTOBER 21, 2021–With an eye for fine materials and a sharp sense of humor, Jerry and Deena Kaplan formed an important collection of contemporary American art and craft. Passionate,...
Collection of Rude Osolnik, Berea, Kentucky | November 11, 2021
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021–Known widely as one of the most prominent figures in the history of contemporary American wood turning, Rude Osolnik (1915-2001) led an accomplished career as an artist...
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