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Inaugural Richmond, Virginia Sale Achieves $1,847,631 with 94% of Lots Sold
Richmond, Virginia, 9 November 2019--It seemed entirely fitting that the top lot at Brunk Auctions’ inaugural Richmond sale was a very rare Southern Chippendale walnut cellarette. With its scalloped skirts, cabriole legs, and Spanish feet, this late 18th century Piedmont, North Carolina bottle case greatly appealed to buyers and inspired lively...
Inaugural Richmond, Virginia Premier Auction – November 9th, 2019
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. With a presence in Asheville, North Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee, and now...
Three-Day Spring Sale Achieved $3.29 Million with 94% Lots Sold
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. Johns, SOLD FOR $24,000, offered on behalf of an Important South Carolina Estate. The estate was...
Fab Four Specials from May 16-18, 2019 Auction, Featuring Tennessee Estates
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 12, 2019 Asheville, North Carolina-- Join Brunk Auctions for our early summer sale...
Leading with the Bishop James Madison Map of Virginia, a Strong Showing and Impressive Results at $2.6 Million
Press Release - March 28, 2019ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - March 21-23, 2019 auction sales of Important Southern and American Art, featuring the Marion and Theodore Gore Collection, brought a total of $2,622,544.00 with a pre-sale estimate high of $2,664,825.00. 51% of buyers were new with Brunk Auctions20% of items sold were above estimate1761...
Exposé of the Earth
Press Release – March 8, 2019Introducing Brunk Auctions’ kickoff spring sale featuring cut glass, gemstones, marbles and breccias, watercolors, flora and fauna Naturalist prints, and early mapsAsheville, North Carolina -- Join Brunk Auctions for a multi-faceted March 21-23, 2019 auction weekend, certain to be an epic kickoff to our spring...
Collectors of All Kinds Invited: Prelude to our Premier Auction
Press Release – March 5, 2019ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — Please join Brunk Auctions on March 21 and 22 at 9:00 am for the Prelude to our Premier Auction-- the Emporium Auction. While our Premier Auctions generally include items with estimated values of over $1,000, the Emporium Auctions generally contain items with estimated values under...
Idyllic, Iconic, Italian, Icy
Press Release - February 1, 2019 ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Idyllic, Iconic, Italian, Icy: What a Rare Devotional Panel, a Long-Unseen Icon, an Italian Bertuzzi Shotgun, and the Pennsylvanian Schuylkill River Have in Common. Etching formative lines in the historic landscape, these four items claim Brunk Auctions’ top lots in the Premier and...
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 Frederic Sackrider Remington’s iconic bronze, The Bronco Buster. As both Remington’s...
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 Fine and Rare Green Cut to Clear Dorflinger Montrose Punchbowl Set. The piece was...
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