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Richard Manson, Jr. Sports Memorabilia Collection
Richard Manson, Jr. grew up loving the sounds and smells of the ballpark. At a young age he was a tiny spectator at the grandest of stages - Yankee Stadium. It was there he looked on as “Big Cat” Mize, “Whitey” Ford, and some fresh faced kid from Oklahoma named Mickey took the field. This early exposure to sports no doubt steered his choice later...
The Historic Auction of William N. Banks, Jr. Exceeds Expectations Drawing Collectors Around the World
Collectors Compete Vigorously in Market-Affirming Landmark Sale Of Late Connoisseur’s American Furniture And Paintings ASHEVILLE, N.C. – For immediate release, September 18, 2020: “BEACON ROCK, NEWPORT,” by John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872) led Brunk Auctions’ highly-anticipated sale of the estate of William N. Banks Jr. and the Collection of...
The Gentleman from Georgia: William N. Banks Jr., remembered, The Magazine ANTIQUES
LAURA BEACH - SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 Photographer Paul Rocheleau remembers the first time he met William Nathaniel Banks Jr., the writer and collector whose thirty-seven articles were a popular feature of this publication for more than forty years. It was in Barrytown, New York, in the spring of 1982, at Edgewater, the magnificent Hudson Valley villa...
Don’t Miss This Auction from the Legendary Bankshaven Estate This Weekend, Veranda Magazine
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Take An Exclusive Look At The Wildly Eclectic Art Collection Of A Southern Gentleman And Quintessential New Englander, Forbes
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Brunk Auctions to Offer William N. Bank’s Historic Collection, Barron’s Penta
By Abby Schultz Updated Aug. 12, 2020 9:31 am ET An expansive collection of Federal and Classical American furniture, 19th-century American paintings, and decorative arts that once filled William N. Banks, Jr.’s historic 1820s Federal-style home in Newnam, Ga., is being sold by Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., next month. Banks, who died...
The Collection of William N. Banks, JR. to be Auctioned at Brunk Auctions, September 12, 2020 Landmark Sale of Connoisseur Supreme-Quality American Furniture and Paintings, Antiques Publicity
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Brunk To Celebrate The ‘Charmed Life’ Of William N. Banks With September 12 Sale, Antiques and The Arts Weekly
PUBLISHED: JUNE 30, 2020 By Laura Beach ASHEVILLE, N.C. – William N. Banks Jr, who died last November at age 95, was the model of a scholar collector, his work as a regular contributor to The Magazine Antiques dovetailing with his passion for preserving historic homes of his own in Georgia and New Hampshire. Banks appointed each residence with a...
A Rare Aesthete: The Collection of William N. Banks, JR. to be auctioned off at Brunk Auctions, September 12, 2020, ARTFIX daily
Banks Sale in Asheville in September, Maine Antique Digest
Maine Antique Digest, July 2020, by Lita Solis-Cohen William Nathaniel Banks’s collection of Federal and Classical furniture, lighting, 19th-century American paintings, and the accouterments of gracious living that filled the Gordon-Banks house in Newnan, Georgia, some 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, will be sold at Brunk Auctions in Asheville,...