Lot 3118 in our Spring Quarterly Auction: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635), etching on paper of a boar hunt As the resident print specialist here at Bunch Auctions, I hear a lot of rather disconcerting misconceptions regarding prints from both consignors and buyers. The term “print” has become a catch-all for any artwork that wasn’t created with brush- or pen strokes, and that leaves a lot of room for error, especially in the marketplace, and dangerously trivializes the myriad categories and processes that produce illustrations. The realm of prints is vast and complicated, and to be honest ..read more

The Contemporary & Aboriginal Art Catalog features works by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and variety of indigenous artists Open for Bidding now through October 19th CHADDS FORD, Pennsylvania (October 10, 2021) – Bunch Auctions is proud to announce that three major works by Australian aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye, will be amongst the highlights of ,,October 19th's Fine Art auction. Kngwarreye will headline the aboriginal segment of the 246 lot sale. Emily Kame Kngwarreye was born at the beginning of the 20th century, and grew up in a distant desert area called Utop ..read more

Little Miss Muffet, sat on her Mackenzie-Childs tuffet… but was that tuffet designed by the company’s founding artists, Victoria and Richard Mackenzie-Childs, or by the uninspired creative team they were replaced with after the company's takeover and simply “in-the-style-of”? Victoria and Richard Mackenzie-Childs began their careers as struggling ceramic artists with a family to feed. Together they grew their upstate New York business into a nationwide movement which expanded to not only include high-end handcrafted dinnerware but imaginative household furnishings as well. In 2005, the coupl ..read more

William Bunch Auctions is excited for its inaugural LUXE sale, a curated showcase of choice pieces pulled from recent high-end jewelry and clothing consignments. This sale will open with fresh-to-market fine jewelry finds and conclude with a beautiful assortment of vintage, period, and luxury clothing, accessories, and handbags. Sales of this kind would not be possible without the combined passion and expertise of our specialty jewelry and textile catalogers, Lourdes Winnick and Laurie Smith. To learn more about what they do and why they do it, continue reading below! Lead Jewelry Specialist ..read more

You would be hard pressed to find a more iconic shoe than the classic loafer. Sex, style, age – the loafer does not discriminate in its ubiquitous wearability and undeniable style, finding a place among dandies, teddies, tongue in cheek rockers and WASPS the world over. Which got me wondering about these reticent kicks and how they assumed their position as a wardrobe staple among stars and seamen alike. Lore would tell you that some globetrotting students traveling to Scandinavia in the early 20th C took a liking to a simple comfortable leather shoe worn by Norwegian fisherman. Their utilita ..read more

My foray into comic books started with the modern science fiction series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra “Y: The Last Man”. It is an exploration of a post-apocalyptic world in which every creature with a Y Chromosome has suddenly and simultaneously died of an inexplicable plague—all except a young amateur escape artist, Yorik Brown, and his pet Capuchin monkey, Ampersand. Yorik and the surviving global population of females are forced to make their way through the dangers of a world unmanned and confront the realities of a doomed human race. The comic series posed some pretty hefty questi ..read more

Paintings & Works on Paper from the Personal Collection of the Artist’s Wife Open for Bidding from November 20 - December 8 CHADDS FORD, Pennsylvania (November 26, 2020) – Bunch Auctions is proud to announce that 81 lots of original Oscar De Mejo artwork will be amongst the highlights of it’s Quarterly Catalog this December. The De Mejo collection will headline the fine art segment of the 500+ lot fine & decorative arts sale. De Mejo was born in Trieste, Italy in 1911, immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, and passed away in New York in 1992. Oscar was a multifaceted artist ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date of Release: May 29, 2020 William Bunch to auction extraordinary historical archive from Philadelphia family of Declaration of Independence signatory Francis Hopkinson, June 23 Untouched 10-generation ‘time capsule’ of early American history includes lock of George Washington’s hair, Rembrandt Peale portraits, photos of Civil War generals CHADDS FORD, Pa. – Philadelphia, America’s first capital and home to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, is steeped in political, military and social history. Its cobblestone streets, 18th-century buildings and revered educationa ..read more

Press Release - May 25, 2020 CHADDS FORD, Pennsylvania (May 26, 2020) — Bunch Auctions’ June 30 20th & 21st Century Contemporary Art Auction in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania draws together a remarkable selection of paintings, drawings, sculpture & media art by influential contemporary artists. The 278 lot sale is comprised exclusively from two private collections, and offers an eclectic variety of American, European, and South Asian works. The headliner of the auction, Nina Chanel Abney’s Untitled (Black Soap), comes from the noted collector of American Maximalism, Stephen Heighton. Height ..read more

Framed and encased in an ornate gilt metal locket (directly from the Francis Hopkinson Family Collection), William Bunch Auctions is proud to offer for sale a deeply significant presentation of George Washington's hair. On the reverse of the frame there are two applied notes of provenance, reading as follows: "Genl. George Washington's Hair - cut for Mrs. Joseph Hopkinson, wife of Judge Hopkinson by Mrs. Oliver Wolcot at her house 4th & Spruce Sts. Phila 1798". The second reads "Cut by Mrs. Oliver Wolcott for Mrs. Jos. Hopkinson Genl Washingtons Hair 1798 for 4th & Spruce St Phil ..read more