Private and Institutional collections including property from the Birmingham Museum of Art. Everything for incoming trends in Organic Modern to the Postmodern environment. Featuring Native American, Southwestern and Latino Modernists, Quick-To-See Smith, Hammersley, Botello, Rivera | Modern works by Alice Baber, Rochelle Blumenfeld, Mary Bauermeister, Louise Nevelson, Gordon Onslow-Ford, Chagall, Picasso, Leger, Calder, Bolotowsky, Vasarely, Grooms | Glass artists, Preston Singletary, Rick Beck, Jon Kuhn, Dan Dailey, Dale Chihuly, Tim Tate | modern jewelry | Harry Partch Instruments, books.
Including fine art, furniture, silver, maritime art, Native American art, & decorative arts including early ceramics and folk art; a rare Angel Gabriel weathervane; important Kentucky and North Carolina silver; Southern fine art by Hutty, Verner, and a Tennessee scene by James Hope; Charleston and other Southern furniture; American art including works by Sanford Gifford, George de Forest Brush, Theodore Butler, Ernest Lawson, two works by Andrew Wyeth, and others from the collection of Barbara Novak; and important Native American art featuring a Blackfoot war shirt and a Santo Domingo shield.
Features a remarkable selection of historic Americana, including important 18th-century American furniture and Delft from the collection of Constance & Dudley Godfrey; an exceptionally rare North Carolina survey map; New England & Philadelphia furniture, including an exceptional Philadelphia easy chair & a rare Connecticut Chippendale carved cherry chest in undisturbed surface; from a Revolutionary & patriotic-focused New England collection are rare prints & documents, early brass, ceramics, furniture, & accessories; a group of early portraits features Sully, Stuart, & Sharples; & much more
We are pleased to offer for auction the only located privately held Official Signed Ratification Copy of the United States Constitution. Among the most important documents ever offered at auction, this humble looking document is the very cornerstone of our democracy. This nine lot auction also includes an important 1776 first draft of the Articles of Confederation; a Charles Thomson Signed Congressional Ordinance Defining His Own Duties; a period copy of Emanuel Leutze’s iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware; and five other important early American documents.
Brunk Auctions, partnered with the South Carolina Numismatic Association, is pleased to announce our inaugural coin auction taking place on Saturday, October 26th at the Greenville Convention Center. This is being held in conjunction with the 52nd annual SCNA coin convention taking place that same week. The bidding will be both live as well as via internet. Potential consignors are encouraged to reach out to Coin & Currency Specialist Greg Capps to find out what they need to do to participate. We are only taking consignments through September 3rd so please contact us as soon as possible.
An impressive lifetime collection with over 400 pieces of Chinese Export porcelain including 50 armorials, a rare figure of a Jewish Lady with Christie’s provenance, 100+ blue & white pieces including Kangxi, Qianlong, Kraak, & Ming transitional pieces, purchased from reputable dealers in the UK & US; period furniture from North Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, & New England; over 40 tea caddies; Fine Art including 18th & 19th century British portraits; silver flatware; Tiffany kettle on stand; Oriental rugs
Offering items from two family collections acquired in China in the early 1900s. One from Dr. Stanley Burns, who worked in China to provide much-needed medical care to the local population. The other group from L. Nelson and Virginia Bell, who were missionaries in China from 1916 to 1941. Other Chinese and Japanese items from private collections include Qing Dynasty enamel porcelains, bronze and porcelain water droppers, a fine selection of snuff bottles, along with a group of jade figures, bronze Buddhas, furniture, and jewelry.
Our Wine & Spirits Auction will offer a variety of Fine Wine and Rare Spirits, among the selection are choice reds from the Bordeaux and Burgundy regions of France, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons, Champagnes, Ports, and aged Whiskies and Liquors.
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