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

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Brunk Auctions

PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
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619 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
351 Lot 351

Carl Christian Brenner painting
(Kentucky, 1838-1888), "Boulder Canon, Colorado", original l...

4,000
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8,000
9 Bids
352 Lot 352

Philip Moose watercolor
(Newton and Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 1921-2001), titled...

400
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800
21 Bids
353 Lot 353

Robert Meredith painting
(Atlanta, Georgia), wagon under a tree in a field, signed ve...

300
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600
10 Bids
354 Lot 354

1812 Virginia fraktur, two books:
heart and floral decorated fraktur inscribed "Sarah Seherfiz...

1,000
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1,500
37 Bids
355 Lot 355

Paint decorated Southern chest,
yellow pine throughout, lift top with interior till, dovetai...

3,000
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6,000
17 Bids
356 Lot 356

Important Virginia high chest
or chest on frame, Queen Anne of rare diminutive proportions...

30,000
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50,000
357 Lot 357

Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer painting
(Louisiana, 1912-1997), abstract composition, Synthesis Seri...

5,000
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7,000
11 Bids
358 Lot 358

Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer painting
(Louisiana, 1912-1997), "Syntax 89-2", signed lower right "K...

5,000
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7,000
20 Bids
359 Lot 359

Charles Quest painting
(Charles Francis Quest, Missouri/Tryon, North Carolina, 1904...

300
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600
13 Bids
360 Lot 360

North Carolina walnut chest on frame,
sycamore with yellow pine secondary, original brass drawer p...

12,000
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18,000
5 Bids
361 Lot 361

Georgia Federal cherry huntboard,
poplar and cherry with walnut legs and yellow pine secondary...

5,000
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10,000
12 Bids
362 Lot 362

Will Henry Stevens pastel
(Louisiana/North Carolina, 1881-1949), abstract mountain lan...

4,000
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8,000
1 Bid
363 Lot 363

Southern Federal corner cupboard,
walnut one case construction with yellow pine secondary, two...

2,000
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4,000
8 Bids
364 Lot 364

North Carolina Federal dressing table:
dressing or pier table in inlaid walnut with yellow pine sec...

3,000
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6,000
22 Bids
365 Lot 365

Herbert W. Pelton photograph
(Asheville, North Carolina, 1879-1961), panoramic view with ...

300
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600
48 Bids
366 Lot 366

Philip Anthony Moose watercolor
(Newton, North Carolina, 1921-2001), spring landscape with c...

400
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800
13 Bids
367 Lot 367

Kendall W. Martin carving,
(North Carolina, 1923-1973, brother of Wade Martin), finely ...

400
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800
13 Bids
368 Lot 368

American folk art bedstead,
red cedar(?) and other mixed woods, original finish, probabl...

200
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400
25 Bids
369 Lot 369

1841 Loundes stoneware jar,
salt glazed with hand inscription "N Loundes Maker, Petersbu...

2,000
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4,000
13 Bids
370 Lot 370

Tennessee Federal sugar chest,
cherry and walnut with cherry secondary, hinged lid, interio...

1,000
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2,000
22 Bids
371 Lot 371

Virginia Chippendale walnut chest,
yellow pine secondary, four graduated dovetailed drawers, in...

6,000
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9,000
12 Bids
372 Lot 372

Three West Virginia canning jars,
salt glazed stoneware with blue stenciled markings: two mark...

300
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600
16 Bids
373 Lot 373

Three West Virginia canning jars,
salt glazed stoneware: one marked "A.P. Donaghho/Parkersburg...

300
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600
6 Bids
374 Lot 374

Virginia stoneware jar,
salt glazed, marked in cobalt "E.J. Miller, Son/& Co./China&...

300
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600
12 Bids
375 Lot 375

West Virginia three-gallon jar,
salt glazed stoneware with blue stenciled markings, "Harght ...

200
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400
16 Bids
376 Lot 376

Pair figural black andirons:
cast in half round as black men wearing formal coats and wit...

200
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400
18 Bids
377 Lot 377

Three Vargas black folk art figures:
male figures, one with basket and crab, one with crab net, c...

400
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800
7 Bids
378 Lot 378

Four New England baskets, one 1934:
all with maple split construction, rectangular with shaped b...

200
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400
4 Bids
379 Lot 379

Four rectangular oak split baskets:
largest and smallest with lock handles, two with faded dyed ...

200
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400
6 Bids
380 Lot 380

Three oak, maple split baskets:
one round with lid which rides on handle, maple splits, 15 i...

150
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300
6 Bids
381 Lot 381

Three maple split baskets, two signed,
all with bentwood handles: one square, handle signed "Christ...

250
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500
2 Bids
382 Lot 382

Two oak split Cherokee baskets:
both rectangular with lock handles, one with light brown, da...

200
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400
4 Bids
383 Lot 383

Southern Federal walnut chest,
poplar secondary, four graduated and dovetailed drawers with...

1,500
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2,500
14 Bids
384 Lot 384

Star pattern pieced quilt,
16 eight-pointed stars, printed cotton on white ground, red ...

300
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600
3 Bids
385 Lot 385

Star of Bethlehem pieced quilt,
hand stitched large central star, seven-pointed stars betwee...

200
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400
6 Bids
386 Lot 386

Four Cherokee double handled baskets:
oak split construction, two shopping baskets with hinged han...

300
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600
9 Bids
387 Lot 387

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

800
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1,500
9 Bids
388 Lot 388

Five maple split baskets,
all with bentwood handles: one with coiled straw rim, one wi...

200
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400
11 Bids
389 Lot 389

Four oak split baskets:
one heavy construction with old blue paint, attached label d...

200
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400
6 Bids
390 Lot 390

Bessie Harvey sculpture
(Georgia/Tennessee, 1929-1994), spirit figures, Prehistoric ...

1,000
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2,000
391 Lot 391

Two Clarence Stringfield wood carvings
(Tennessee, 1903-1976): gray-painted woman, signed "C. Strin...

300
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600
1 Bid
392 Lot 392

American School painting,
mountain landscape with houses, signed indistinctly verso "L...

300
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600
11 Bids
393 Lot 393

Mayna Treanor Avent painting
(Tennessee, 1868-1959), still life with fruit and teapot, si...

1,000
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2,000
14 Bids
394 Lot 394

Robert Meredith painting
(Atlanta, Georgia), mill house in a landscape, signed lower ...

300
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600
5 Bids
395 Lot 395

Edgar Wallace Bowlin painting
(Tennessee, born 1923), titled lower right "This Day", seasc...

300
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600
1 Bid
396 Lot 396

Four Carl Sublett watercolors
(Tennessee, 1919-2008): oyster shells and daisy, signed lowe...

300
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600
15 Bids
397 Lot 397

Three maple split baskets,
all with bentwood hinged handles: one rectangular, 17-1/2 in...

200
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400
3 Bids
398 Lot 398

Five oak split egg baskets:
probably 1930s to 1950s, 11 in. to 15-1/2 in. Generally good...

200
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400
13 Bids
399 Lot 399

Three oak split baskets:
one rectangular with broad splits, 13-1/2 in., [loose wrappi...

300
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600
5 Bids
400 Lot 400

Carved folk art owl,
carved feather details, "R.Jpk(?)" carved in base, origin un...

200
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400
23 Bids
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