Summer Auction Realizes $1,650,513 with 93% of lots sold

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...
March Sale Realizes $1,476,998 with 91% of lots sold

March Sale Realizes $1,476,998 with 91% of lots sold

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...
Monumental “Dave” Edgefield Stoneware Jar

Monumental “Dave” Edgefield Stoneware Jar

Born into slavery at the turn of the 19th century, Dave Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) learned the art of throwing, turning, and glazing pottery on the Abner Landrum plantation and later, on the Lewis Miles plantation in Edgefield, South Carolina. This district...