Combined Experience of 100+ Years
Brunk Auctions employs a full time staff of 29 with experience in New York
and Boston auction houses, galleries, and important museums.
Principals
Andrew Brunk
Furniture
Folk Art
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Andrew Brunk is President and CEO of Brunk Auctions. Andrew’s experience includes his work as the head of the American Furniture Department at Christie’s, New York, and as an assistant curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He received his Master’s degree from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. As a furniture and folk art expert, he has made seasonal appearances on Antiques Road Show since 2000, and has published scholarly articles on several topics.
Lauren Brunk
Southern Fine Art & Collections
Museum Liaison
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Lauren Brunk is Vice President of Brunk Auctions. Lauren’s fine art and auction experience began in 1991, including work in the Americana Department at Sotheby’s, in New Media at Christie’s and as private curator for two significant Americana and Paintings Collections. She has published articles on American Paintings in The Magazine Antiques, Antiques and The Arts Weekly and other periodicals. She received her Master’s Degree from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture.
Our Specialists
Jim Crowley
Chief Specialist, Marketing Director, General Manager
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Jim Crowley is the Chief Specialist of Brunk Auctions. He has held a wide variety of positions in the antique trade, owning antique retail establishments in New Hampshire and North Carolina. One of our auctioneers, Jim considers himself a Generalist with knowledge about many different objects, specifically focusing on Asian art.
Greg Capps
Coins & Currency
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Greg Capps is the Coin and Currency Specialist at Brunk Auctions. He has spent the last twelve years working professionally in the collectibles field with published articles appearing in The Numismatist, NCNA Journal, and the Journal for the Token and Medal Society. His interests beyond coins include historic autographs and sports memorabilia. He earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Greg is also an auctioneer licensed in North and South Carolina as well as being compliant with the Uniform Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
Laura Crockett
Modern & Contemporary, Old Master & European Fine Art, Sculpture & Prints
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Laura Crockett is the lead specialist for Modern, European and Old Master works of art as well as American and European prints and sculpture. She holds a BFA from East Carolina where she studied design, art and art history. She worked at the Biltmore Estate before coming to Brunk Auctions in 1998 to be the fine art specialist. For over 25 years she has researched a large breadth of art, developing expertise in antiquities and Renaissance, Old Master, European, American and Southern paintings, prints and sculpture. She has recently narrowed her focus looking toward the future with the expansion of the art department. She has both enjoyed her roles as the gallery and exhibition designer from 1998 to 2016, as part of the catalog design team and as the occasional floral designer. She has appeared on Antiques Roadshow as a painting appraiser and has been a featured speaker at various institutions and events.
Franklin Gunnells
Cut Glass
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Dianna Hayes
Jewelry
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Dianna is the Jewelry Specialist at Brunk Auctions, whose experience in the jewelry and gemological industry spans 30 years. Born and raised in New York City, Dianna began her career as a diamond grader at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and earned her Graduate Gemology (GG) degree. From there, she worked with famous jewelry designers in New York, worked for the Fashion Institute of Technology in the Jewelry Design Program, conducted sales in wholesale and retail high end jewelry, and designed her own line of jewelry. She is also a member of the American Association of Appraisers, USPAP compliant, and has extensive experience in appraising jewelry.
Jeffrey Johnson
Decorative Arts
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Jeffrey Johnson is a Decorative Arts Cataloger at Brunk Auctions. He is enthusiastic about growing his expertise, and enjoys researching and cataloging a wide variety of objects, with particular interest in Asian works of art, Folk and Outsider Art, and luxury goods. Prior to joining Brunk Auctions in 2022, Jeffrey interned for Pall Mall Art Advisors (now The Fine Art Group), where he gained experience in cataloging and advisory for high value clientele. He holds a B.A. in Business and Economics with a focus in Art from Hampden-Sydney College. He also works part time in Art Sales at the Grand Bohemian Gallery in Asheville.
Corey Jones
Southern Pottery
Firearms
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Elliot Price Parker
Decorative Arts
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Elliot is a Decorative Arts Specialist at Brunk Auctions. As a generalist, he works with art and objects from a diverse range of categories, but holds special interest in rare books and maps, Japanese woodblock prints, and other works of Asian art. Elliot joined the Brunk Auctions team in 2019 following his graduation from the University of Mississippi, where he received a B.A. in Art History and gained valuable experience as an intern for the University Museum’s collections department. Among his other responsibilities, Elliot also provides proofreading and copy editing for Brunk Auctions.
Tara Quell
Decorative Arts
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Tara’s background as a Specialist and Appraiser combines formal education with over 15 years of extensive hands-on experience in the antiques and art market. She is currently a Decorative Arts Specialist at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina. She has held positions in the Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts department at Hindman in Chicago, as well as the Head of Consignments for an auction house in Houston. Prior to working in the auction industry, Tara held positions at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the Chicago History Museum.
Tara is an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers, and is compliant in accordance with the Uniform Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). She owned her own appraisal and consulting company in Houston from 2016-2021.
Tara’s work focuses primarily on American, Continental, and British decorative arts, as well as 20th century design. She has a graduate degree in Art History from Northern Illinois University as well as an undergraduate degree in Art History from Grinnell College. She is currently training as an apprentice auctioneer in the state of North Carolina and studying to receive Graduate Gemologist credentials at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).
Robin Rice
Silver
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Nan Zander
American Fine Art, Photographs, Native American, Garden Decoration, Auctioneer
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Auction Administration
Leah Krause
Administrator Manager
Shannon Hallowell
Human Resources
Finance Administration
Franklin Gunnells
Consignments
Will Burgman
Marketing & Analytics Manager
Allison Schuster
Auction Technology & Data Control
Michael Welch
Client Services
Photography
Monica Scott
Director of Photography
Brooke Bennink
Photography
Property Management
Corey Jones
Operations Manager
Dustin Vanderbunt
Cliff O’ Hara
Thomas Nixon
World-Class Consignments and Exceptional Results