The Dick Button Skating Collection

The Dick Button Skating Collection

Dick Button is widely considered one of the premiere male figure skaters of all time. He dominated the world of figure skating for a seven-year period, winning two Olympic gold medals (1948 and 1952), five consecutive World Championships, seven U.S. National titles,...
An Artist’s Biggest Catch

An Artist’s Biggest Catch

In 1917, John Singer Sargent was staying as a guest at Vizcaya, the work-in-progress villa being built for James Deering in Miami.  It presented almost infinite opportunities for painting, which Sargent took full advantage of and had no intention of leaving for some...

Rare Bronzes Take the Gold at Brunk Auctions September Sale

Rare bronzes and paintings highlighted a major two-day sale at Brunk Auctions over the weekend of September 15. Among the top lots were works by Frederic Remington, Henry Moore, Nicolai Fechin, Eugène Boudin, and Jane Peterson. Leading the charge in the sale was...

Cut Glass Leads a Brilliant Sale at Brunk Auctions

Brunk Auctions held an auction of Fine and Decorative Arts on July 21-22, 2017. Over one thousand lots were offered in the two-day, two-session auction, with significant interest coming from buyers of Cut Glass and Southern objects. The top lot in the auction was a...

Magnificent Jewelry, Record-Setting Paintings at Brunk Auctions

Nearly 1300 lots were offered over two days at the May 2017 Premier Auction at Brunk Auctions. Fine estates and collections graced the auction block, with bidders showing substantial interest in rare jewelry, fine art, and furniture. Dazzling jewelry from the Estate...

Southern Soars, Sets Records at Brunk Auctions Summer Sale

This weekend saw a bidding jamboree in our two-day, two-session auction on July 8-9. The sale focused predominately on American Furniture and Fine Arts with exceptional results and record-breaking prices coming for Southern objects. The top lot in the summer auction...

May Auction brings exceptional prices at Brunk Auctions

ASHEVILLE, NC – On May 12-14, Brunk Auctions held a three day sale consisting of over a thousand lots of fine art, furniture, and decorative arts. The successful auction drew interest from across the globe culminating in strong results for the regional auction...
About the Collection: Corporate Contemporary

About the Collection: Corporate Contemporary

If the term, “Corporate Collection” conjures up images of portraits of founding fathers and perhaps some fine and useful furniture, then this collection will surprise you. Brunk Auctions will be liquidating the Contemporary art holdings of a regional corporation. Also...
Record Auction Price for Southern Modernist: Maud Gatewood

Record Auction Price for Southern Modernist: Maud Gatewood

Blues, an oil on canvas painted in 1986, belies the decade in which it was created – and sold over the weekend of March 18, for a record price of $28,320. Maud Gatewood has a body of work ranging from complete abstraction in the 60’s through landscape, to...