Brunk Auctions: Asian Art and Emporium, 31226, Asheville, NC

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 12, 2026 - March 12, 2026
Page Size: 28 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1094 Utagawa Kunisada I

Four portraits

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 192.00
1095 Utagawa Kunisada I

Courtyard Scene; Scene from a Play

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
1204 Archibald Rutledge

The Heart's Quest by Archibald Rutledge, Signed First Edition

1904 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
1225

The Harvard Classics, Easton Press, 49 Volumes

1993 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
1240 Robin Hill

Robin Hill, Four Illustrations

1982 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 320.00
1244

14 Candid Elvis Presley Photographs

1956 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,560.00
1250

Group of Six Civil War Related Documents

1866 USD 100.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1281 Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Signed

Norwalk, Connecticut: 2000 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 448.00
1283 Robert Penn Warren

All The Kings Men, The Limited Editions Club, Signed

New York: 1989 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 256.00
1284

Ten Assorted Titles of Humor, History, and Miscellany

1936-1961 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 32.00
1289

Eight Original Classic Car Illustrations, Various Artists

1982-1986 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 320.00
1290

Nine Original Classic Car Illustrations, Various Artists

1982-1986 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 320.00
1291

Seven Original Racing Illustrations, Various Artists

1982-1986 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 320.00
1294 Margret Cramer

Margret Cramer, City Scene

20th/21st century USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 32.00
1295

Pair of American Framed Silhouettes, one Peale Museum

19th century USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 448.00
1300

The Library of Southern Literature, 16 Volumes

Atlanta, Georgia: 1909 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 512.00
1310 Emma Martin Maffitt

The Life and Services of John Newland Maffitt, First Edition

New York and Washington: 1906 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 192.00
1316 Ken Michaelsen

Two Ken Michaelsen Original Sporting Artworks

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 128.00
1321

1930 World Series Ticket

1930 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 384.00
1323

Horse Racing Objects: Jockey Jersey, Photographs, Related Ephemera

N/A USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 320.00
1344 Mark Catesby

Two Mark Catesby Prints

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1345

Collection of 34 Unframed Old Master Engravings

18th/19th century USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 128.00
1346

Two Early Hand-Colored Botanical Prints

17th and 18th century USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 192.00
1357

French or Italian Mezzotint Diorama

(18th/19th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 320.00
1358 Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Etching

1894 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 320.00
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
    Collection Georgette J. Salles
    Open for bidding 8-29 April
    Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.