by Admin | Oct 28, 2019 | Featured Stories
With its flash of color and pattern and a delicate and ethereal quality, the opal is a unique gemstone with no two stones alike. As October’s birthstone, we thought this the perfect time to show off some of the opal pieces we will present for auction this Fall....
by Admin | Oct 10, 2019 | Featured Stories
The Ivor Noël Hume Collection showcases a fine collection of British stoneware, Delft tiles, fine British furniture, Roman iridescent glass bottles, an Edward Norris Brass Lantern Clock, and a portrait of King Charles II, after Peter Lely. This thoughtfully curated...
by Admin | Aug 13, 2019 | Press
Asheville, North Carolina– Brunk Auctions, the Southeast’s premier auction house, announces the expansion of operations into Virginia. Since in 1983, Brunk Auctions has been a privately owned regional auction house serving a national and international clientele....
by Admin | Aug 8, 2019 | Featured Stories
Long considered by art historians, curators, and collectors as one of the most important painters of North Carolina, Maud Gatewood was an extraordinary artist whose influence was as wide as her Caswell County roots were deep. Raised in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in...
by Admin | Aug 1, 2019 | Featured Stories
Maerten de Vos (or Marten, Flemish, 1532–1603) The Annunciation, signed on page of book at left “Vos”, oil on canvas, 44-3/4 x 60 in.; 20th century parcel gilt and painted panel frame, 54-1/4 x 70 in. Lot 975 / Estimate: $100,000 – $150,000 /...
by Admin | Jul 2, 2019 | Featured Stories
With his bold, inventive, and luxurious jewelry designs, David Webb remains one of America’s most important jewelers. Born on July 2nd, 1925, in Asheville, North Carolina, Webb grew up in an Arts and Crafts home designed by Richard Sharp Smith, a supervising architect...
by Admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Upcoming Sale Events
Please join us on July 19th & 20th as our American Indian and Western Art Specialists at Brunk Auctions offer for sale a vibrant array of Native American, Southwestern, and Western art and objects, including: Cherokee rivercane baskets by Rowena Bradley and Emma...
by Admin | May 30, 2019 | Press
Post-Auction Press Release and Prices Realized – May 16-18, 2019 AUCTION —– Consigned from an important Southern Collection, WILLIAM AIKEN WALKER’S Man Holding Possum SOLD FOR $52,500 ANTONIO NICOLO GASPARO JACOBSEN’S Paddlewheel Steamship, St....
by Admin | May 28, 2019 | Featured Stories
“Brunk Auctions has had a unique position in the marketplace selling historical portraits of Southern importance. We set three records for Charlestonians by Jeremiah Theus. In 2007, we sold a life portrait of John C. Calhoun for $200,000. I am very excited to say that...
by Admin | May 15, 2019 | Press
Fab Four Specials from May 16-18, 2019 Auction, Featuring Tennessee Estates Introducing Brunk Auctions’ preliminary summer sale featuring institutional deaccessions, private collections and estates from longtime collectors in Tennessee and the greater Southeast May...
