Museum Services +
How Can We
Brunk Auctions is one of the most highly regarded auction houses in the nation. Proudly located in Asheville, North Carolina, we have been in business for over 40 years. We have a proven track record of attaining the highest prices for sellers. Our strength lies in our team of experienced specialists and exceptional client service. Numerous monthly auctions reach across categories, regions, and nations. We are on the leading edge of employing technology to connect with new clients, while maintaining the personal relationships that continue to define us.
Why Sell?
Are you ready to monetize non-accessioned donations?
A well intentioned donation might not resonate or fit in with other collection objects.
Has the time come to re-evaluate and deaccession?
The current understanding of this process as part of a healthy collections management program is widely accepted.
How Do We Achieve Excellent Results?
Tailored promotion brings attention to your collection
Print advertising in trade and collector publications is buttressed by targeted digital promotion and postings on auction aggregators.
Valuable Personal Relationships
Collectively, we have hundreds of years building relationships with both buyers and sellers. We have been working with institutions since Brunk Auctions was founded over 40 years ago.
How do you get started?
Integrity, Accuracy, and Scholarship
These are the hallmarks of a Brunk Auctions partnership.
If you email consign@brunkauctions.com you will be directed to the right person to help answer questions and provide additional information. Call 828.254.6846 and ask for Lauren Brunk, Museum Services
Why Brunk Auctions?
If you are a seller: We will walk through the process with you. We provide a single point person for everything from the initial evaluation of a collection, to transportation, cataloging and research, photography, marketing and post sale accounting. We work with seasoned veterans and first time sellers. We have held multi-million dollar auctions that include property from some of the largest institutions in the country and some of the smallest house museums.
If you are a buyer: We can help you find something very specific like a Mexican Campeche chair, or something more general like an important painting by a 19th Century American woman. Our specialist staff is exceptionally qualified and we are very enthusiastic about the work of our colleagues in museums. We would like to do what we can to make you successful in your mission.
Some of our Museum Partners: Ackland Art Museum Arkansas Arts Center Art Institute of Chicago Art Museum of the University of Memphis Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Belle Meade Plantation Bob Jones University Museum Booth Western Art Museum Brooklyn Museum Carnegie Museum The Charleston Museum Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Chrysler Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Columbia Museum of Art Corning Museum of Glass Crystal Bridges Museum of Art Dallas Museum of Art Dayton Art Institute Decorative Arts Trust Detroit Institute of Arts Drayton Hall Frist Center for the Visual Arts Georgia Museum of Art Gibbes Museum of Art Greenville County Museum of Art Hermitage Museum and Gardens Hickory Museum of Art High Museum of Art Historic Charleston Foundation Historic Columbia Foundation Historic Homes Foundation, Inc. Houston Museum of Decorative Arts Hunter Museum of Fine Art Huntington Museum of Art Huntsville Museum of Art Kaufman Americana Foundation Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Knoxville Museum of Art Madi- son Museum of Fine Art Mashiko Muse - um of Ceramic Art Mason-Scharfen - stein Museum of Art McKissick Muse- um, USC Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Mennello Museum of American Folk Art Middleton Place House Mil- waukee Art Museum Museum Minneap - olis Institute of Art Mint Museum of Art Mobile Museum of Art Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Morris Museum of Art Muscarelle Museum of Art Museum of American Cut and Engraved Glass Mu- seum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Museum of Fine Arts
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Houston Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University New Bedford Whaling Museum New-York Historical Society Museum and Library North Car- olina Museum of Art Portland Museum of Art Preservation Preservation So - ciety of Charleston
Virginia Reynolda House Museum of American Art Shelburne Museum Spelman College Museum of Fine Art St. Louis Art Museum Taubman Museum of Art Tennessee State Museum The Asheville Art Museum The Birmingham Museum of Art The Fisk University Galleries The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens The Kentucky Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Mint Museum The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The Speed Art Museum The Virginia Museum of Fine Art The White House and Museum of the Confederacy The Winterthur Museum Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Monticello Thomasville Center for the Arts Tryon Palace Turchin Center for the Visual Arts University of Louisville University of Texas, Austin Vanderbilt University Historical Society Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Washington and Lee University Weatherspoon Art Museum Worcester Art Museum Yale University Art Gallery