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18th & 19th C. Antiques & Decorative Arts
6:00 AM PT - May 3rd, 2008

offered by
Brunk Auctions

PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
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620 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
206 Lot 206

Stoneware jar,
incised decoration at base of neck, runny alkaline glaze, at...

150
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250
3 Bids
207 Lot 207

Civil War painting, James Hope,
"The Battle of Chickahominy Bluff", the first battle of Seve...

4,000
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8,000
15 Bids
208 Lot 208

Three Civil War soldier tintypes:
one-sixth plate, uniformed standing soldier, cavalry sword s...

300
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600
13 Bids
209 Lot 209

Two beach-side ferrotype images,
one-sixth plates: couple seated on beach beneath parasol; tw...

100
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200
1 Bid
210 Lot 210

Nace Brock, African-American photos,
six images: three sepia photographs, two of African-American...

200
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400
13 Bids
211 Lot 211

Rare Tennessee cabin tintype,
exterior image of cabin with family of eight on covered porc...

400
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800
5 Bids
212 Lot 212

Western North Carolina corner chair,
hand made of maple and hickory, oak split seat, probably mid...

100
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200
14 Bids
213 Lot 213

Folk art twig table,
tapered legs with applied elements, 27 x 18-1/2 x 17-1/2 in....

150
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250
4 Bids
214 Lot 214

Southern cherry one-drawer table,
cherry throughout with poplar secondary, cut nail constructi...

200
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400
9 Bids
215 Lot 215

Eight Fred Smith carved bowls:
wormy chestnut, butternut, mahogany, one shaped as lily pad ...

150
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300
7 Bids
216 Lot 216

Bea Hensley wall mounted rooster,
cut and textured steel, signed "Bea Hensley & Son" (Bea Hens...

300
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600
15 Bids
217 Lot 217

Two Tom Wolfe carvings:
woman milking goat, 8 x 14 x 5 in. including walnut base, [p...

200
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400
14 Bids
218 Lot 218

Four Louis Brown pigs:
sow and three piglets, unglazed redware, circa 1930s, Arden,...

100
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200
14 Bids
219 Lot 219

Two Tom Wolfe carvings:
frontiersman with axe and rifle, [rifle loose as carved], si...

200
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400
12 Bids
220 Lot 220

Folk art wagon, driver, two mules:
maker unknown, 8-1/4 x 20 x 7 in. including base. Some eleme...

150
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250
7 Bids
221 Lot 221

Carved oak dresser box,
front and top with carved shields, flowers, vines, painted "...

100
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200
11 Bids
222 Lot 222

Five tier carved wood humidor,
lift-up top and front with five inner tiers with trays for c...

200
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400
7 Bids
223 Lot 223

Beaver hat and case:
black beaver hat with label "Taylor Baltimore", [wear and lo...

150
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250
4 Bids
224 Lot 224

Folk art rocket,
carved and painted rocket with mounting ladder on platform b...

200
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400
8 Bids
225 Lot 225

Paint-decorated child-size wagon,
red, green and yellow paint, sides stenciled "Dreadnought Fa...

300
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600
15 Bids
226 Lot 226

Folk art planter,
birdhouse style front, head with copper helmet, possibly med...

200
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400
1 Bid
227 Lot 227

Two folk art deer heads,
carved and painted wood with applied antler tips, one with r...

200
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400
14 Bids
228 Lot 228

Folk art diorama,
"Convict Ship Success", inscribed on integral frame "The Bes...

400
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800
17 Bids
229 Lot 229

Folk art painting, "Blindman Buff"
dated 1942, caricature of war, Uncle Sam blindfolded being p...

200
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400
12 Bids
230 Lot 230

Two tramp art mirror frames:
each chip carved with varnished surface and later mirror pla...

300
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600
9 Bids
231 Lot 231

R. A. Miller painting
(Gainesville, Georgia, 1912-2006), monumental "Blow Oskar", ...

800
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1,500
1 Bid
232 Lot 232

Iron boot trade sign,
sheet iron boot with two mounts for hanging, probably late 1...

400
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800
6 Bids
233 Lot 233

Two samplers by sisters:
both with four lines of alphabet and numbers over the same e...

300
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600
22 Bids
234 Lot 234

American paint-decorated blanket chest
with hinged top and open interior, poplar and yellow pine wi...

300
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600
7 Bids
235 Lot 235

Shaker child or lady's rocking chair,
birch and other mixed woods, turned finials, blue and cream ...

200
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400
1 Bid
236 Lot 236

Silk nautical needlework,
embroidered eagle over ship's life ring and pair of American...

200
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400
17 Bids
237 Lot 237

19th century theorem painting,
still life with footed glass bowl and fruit, unsigned, water...

300
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600
16 Bids
238 Lot 238

American fancy decorated pipe box
with boldly shaped and scrolled top, white pine throughout w...

5,000
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10,000
46 Bids
239 Lot 239

American School still life,
basket of cherries in a landscape, signed and dated verso ca...

300
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600
23 Bids
240 Lot 240

Set six painted Windsor side chairs:
each with deeply scrolled spindle back, maple plank seat and...

2,000
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3,000
20 Bids
241 Lot 241

Virginia paint decorated dower chest,
fir (tested) throughout with interior till and original wrou...

1,000
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2,000
12 Bids
242 Lot 242

Reed & Watson Ohio tall-case clock,
cherry case with poplar secondary, arched door and waisted c...

2,000
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3,000
10 Bids
243 Lot 243

American Federal corner cupboard,
cherry with poplar secondary, one case construction, two eig...

1,500
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3,000
8 Bids
244 Lot 244

Virginia coin silver sugar urn,
lobed pear form with dome lid and C-scroll handle, floral de...

500
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1,000
12 Bids
245 Lot 245

S. Kirk & Son coin silver cup,
square high handles with rams heads, floral repoussé decorat...

300
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600
17 Bids
246 Lot 246

Federal carved overmantle mirror,
carved and gilt wood frame with floral and latticework friez...

400
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800
14 Bids
247 Lot 247

American Federal inlaid sideboard,
figured mahogany veneers with line inlay, poplar and pine se...

4,000
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8,000
12 Bids
248 Lot 248

17 Octavo Audubon prints:
hand-colored lithographs, Bowen Edition: "Red-bellied Woodpe...

500
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1,000
23 Bids
249 Lot 249

New England tea table,
Queen Anne with porringer top, birch and maple, two-board to...

1,500
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2,500
27 Bids
250 Lot 250

Hanging two-tier cutlery box,
pine with cut nail construction, sides with astragal cutouts...

300
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600
3 Bids
251 Lot 251

Watercolor, sporting birds,
pair of pheasants, inscribed on right edge "Painted by Mrs. ...

300
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600
9 Bids
252 Lot 252

Rare American candle stand,
figured maple and birch with octagonal top, underside of top...

5,000
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10,000
8 Bids
253 Lot 253

Tiger maple New England high chest,
Queen Anne with figured maple and fan carved lower drawer, d...

4,000
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8,000
14 Bids
254 Lot 254

Fine pair Salem Federal chairs:
each with shield form back with crossed vine and quarter fan...

2,000
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4,000
29 Bids
255 Lot 255

New England Federal serpentine chest,
mahogany with pine secondary, figured mahogany single-board ...

2,000
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3,000
9 Bids
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