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Robert Brunk A Question of Value (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Question of Value : Stories from the Life of an Auctioneer
- Publication Name
- A Question of Value
- Title
- A Question of Value
- Subtitle
- Stories from the Life of an Auctioneer
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781469678092
- ISBN
- 9781469678092
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Art, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, General, Essays
- Release Year
- 2024
- Release Date
- 13/02/2024
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 204 Pages
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In the late 1970s, Robert Brunk discovered the world of auctioneering. Drawn to the unique mountain culture and the history of fine art in and around Asheville, North Carolina, Bob started a business, Brunk Auctions, that became part of a bustling network of commerce. America's passion for collecting, buying, and selling reached remarkable heights in the following decades. Auction houses and antiques stores thrived; people paid hundreds of dollars for a humble country basket and thousands for a rare piece of folk art. In this collection of compelling, compassionate essays, Bob considers specific items and remarkable situations he encountered in his long and successful work as an auctioneer and appraiser. He presents objects as invitations to consider personal and collective histories often related to unresolved social inequities. Bob also describes how, as his business grew to offer the finest examples of American and European art, his career often conflicted with his Mennonite background and the complexities of ownership and value. The result is a portrait that reflects the best and worst of us as we search for ways to live with objects--and then decide what to do when it's time to let them go.
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Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
1469678098
ISBN-13
9781469678092
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18062378988
Product Key Features
Book Title
Question of Value : Stories from the Life of an Auctioneer
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Essays
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
204 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
N8604.B76a3 2024
Reviews
Deeply thoughtful and elegant in its forthright simplicity, A Question of Value is one of the best books on collecting in many years."-- Antiques and the Arts Weekly, In his new memoir . . . the gavel-wielding philosopher shares wisdom gleaned from his many years on the road and in the salesroom. [Brunk's] empathetic tales capture the comedy, pathos, joy, and ultimate mystery that is collecting."-- The Magazine Antiques
Lccn
2023-034112
Dewey Decimal
381/.17092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23/Eng/20230804
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