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 Frederic Sackrider Remington’s iconic bronze, The Bronco Buster. As both Remington’s...

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 Fine and Rare Green Cut to Clear Dorflinger Montrose Punchbowl Set. The piece was...

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 of June Montague Ficklen of Greenville, North Carolina brought staggering prices...

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 was an Important Daniel Huger Horry/Rutledge Family Chinese Chippendale mahogany...

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 house. A view of Vermont Hills by influential American artist, Rockwell Kent was the...

  ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL, 2016 Over 150 lots of Contemporary and Modern Fine Art, sculptures, and more sold at Brunk Auctions on Thursday, April 7th. The objects offered were part of a Southern Corporate Collection before they were sold by the Asheville-based auction house. Many of the artists whose works were represented in the...

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 included in the auction are the contents of the corporate kitchen – which reads...

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 flattened pattern and portraiture in the 80’s and 90’s. She found humor in the trends on...

A new auction record for North Carolina artist, teacher, and activist Maud Gatewood was set over the weekend. The previous record at auction, set in 2011, was eclipsed when her 40 x 36 inch acrylic entitled Blues sold for $28,320. It sold to a private bidder after rigorous bidding in-house, on the phones, on Bidsquare, and by absentia. The only...

Intrigue graced the galleries of Brunk Auctions on the weekend of March 15th and 16th for their second auction of the year. A flurry of activity in an eclectic range of interests led to yet another successful and record setting sale in Asheville. The most notable lot from the weekend sale was a Porcher Family Inlaid Mahogany Chest of Drawers. The...