75th Anniversary Celebration on November 4

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Join us in celebrating a momentous milestone of art and culture in Asheville! As part of our grand 75th anniversary celebration on November 4, we are thrilled to launch our benefit silent auction. Bidding is live online now for more than 50 lots of selected artwork! This benefit silent auction is your opportunity to score some unique treasures of incredible artwork that will make you want to bid with enthusiasm. Bidding ends on Saturday, November 4 at 10pm.

As a nonprofit organization, the Museum relies on the generous support of our community members. Without you, we couldn’t do what we do—offer exciting exhibitions and engaging programs throughout the year.

 

Lot 1: Prize Raffle, Private Catered Dinner by Celine & Company for up to eight people in our rooftop Perspective Café. Limitations apply.

Value: $11,000

One Ticket: $100  Six Tickets: $500

 

Lot 2: Cynthia Bringle, Carved Vessel, glazed stoneware, 13 × 4 × 4 inches

Starting Bid: $200 | Estimate: $500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $600

 

Lot 3: Jeannette Pasin Sloan, Untitled Holiday Card, 2018, lithograph on paper, printer: Jack Lemon, publisher: Landfall Press

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 4: Asheville Date Night, Two Date Night Packages at Wake Asheville + $150 Limones Gift Card + $100 Fox & Beaux Gift Card.

Starting Bid: $200 | Estimate: $520

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $625

 

Lot 5: Ann Squire, Hand-Knit Scarf

Starting Bid: $60 | Estimate: $150

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $180

 

Lot 6: Nick Joerling, Pitcher, circa 2015, glazed stoneware, 9 × 4 ¼ × 5 ¾ inches

Starting Bid: $50 | Estimate: $125

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $150

 

Lot 7: Andy Smith, Plate, 2003, glazed porcelain, 2 × 12 × 12 inches

Starting Bid: $80 | Estimate: $200

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $240

 

Lot 8: Books & Poster Package, Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection; Photorealism in the Digital Age; The Art of Food; and Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Map Print.

Starting Bid: $115 | Estimate: $285

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now

 

Lot 9: DeWitt Hardy, Untitled (Seascape Shore), watercolor on paper, 12 ¼ × 21 ¼ inches

Bid: $200 | Estimate: $500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $600

 

Lot 10: Ike Tennessee Parker, Three Musicians, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 43 ¼ × 47 inches

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 11: Cynthia Bringle, Wine Goblet, glazed stoneware, 10 ½ × 3 ⅜ × 3 ⅜ inches

Starting Bid: $60 | Estimate: $150

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $180

 

Lot 12: Bandana Pottery (Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish), Square Plate Set of Two, glazed wood-fired red clay, 1 ½ × 9 × 9 inches (each)

Starting Bid: $60 | Estimate: $150

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $180

 

Lot 13: South Asheville Package, Platter by Ruth Rutowsky from New Morning Gallery, an ornament from Olde World Christmas, and a Luella’s BBQ $30 gift card.

Starting Bid: $85 | Estimate: $210

Set Max Bid Buy it Now: $250

 

Lot 14: Barbara Harmon, Garden Visit, 2016, aqua acrylic on canvas, 11 × 14 inches.

Starting Bid: $300 | Estimate: $750

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $900

 

Lot 15: Ken Sedberry, Goat Critter with Decoration, circa 2000, glazed earthenware, 10 × 12 ½ × 4 ¼ inches

Starting Bid: $200 | Estimate: $500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $600

 

Lot 16: Alysia Fischer, Curve, 2022, upcycled and hand-incised innertube, 27 × 21 × 5 ½ inches

Starting Bid: $200 | Estimate: $500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $600

 

Lot 17: Jack Coughlin, Waiting for the Moon, edition 47/100, sight: 10 ⅛ × 14 inches, frame: 14 ½ × 19 ½ inches

Starting Bid: $80 | Estimate: $200

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $240

 

Lot 18: John Nicholson, Bowl, blown glass, designer: John Nickerson, 4 × 14 ¼ × 14 ¼ inches.

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 19: Tanka Grabrieiantes, Healing Blue, 2018, oil on canvas, 36 × 26 inches

Starting Bid: $600 | Estimate: $1,500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $1,800

 

Lot 20: David DuBose, The Myth of Navigation, 2002, color lithograph on paper, edition 6/20. Publisher: Flying Horse Press, image 17 ½ x 22 ¼ inches.

Starting Bid: $200 | Estimate: $500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $600

 

Lot 21: Tom Spleth, Pitcher, porcelain, 7 ½ × 10 ½ × 7 inches

Starting Bid: $80 | Estimate: $200

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $240

 

Lot 22: Don Davis, Mug Set of Two, glazed stoneware, tallest 3 ⅞ × 4 × 3 inches

Starting Bid: $40 | Estimate: $100

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $120

 

Lot 23: Randy Macatee, Protest Against Everything, 1986–1987, serigraph on paper, edition 2/20

25 × 16 ¾ inches

Starting Bid: $80 | Estimate: $200

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $240

 

Lot 24: Bandana Pottery (Michael Hunt & Naomi Dalglish), Large Vessel, wood-fired red clay, 14 ½ × 7 × 7 inches

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 25: Michael Rotowsky, Bowl, 2022, glazed stoneware, 3 ½ × 10 × 10 inches

Starting Bid: $60 | Estimate: $150

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $180

 

Lot 26: Fred Guggenheim, Sculpture, glass and steel, 16 × 15 ½ × 9 inches

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 27: Robert Postma, Greensboro Wedding II, 1995, acrylic on paper, frame: 16 ¼ × 19 inches, image: 7 ¾ × 11 inches

Starting Bid: $320 | Estimate: $800

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $960

 

Lot 28: Julie & Tyrone Larson, Koi Plates (Set of Eight), 2006, glazed porcelain, 12 ⅜ x 12 ⅜ inches.

Starting Bid: $320 | Estimate: $800

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $960

 

Lot 29: Ken Sedberry, Lidded Jar & Jar, stoneware, 7 x 7 x 7 inches; Jar, stoneware, 6 x 7 x 7 inches.

Starting Bid: $180 | Estimate: $450

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $540

 

Lot 30: Museum Membership & Swag, One (1) Family/ Dual membership (can be given as gift) + Asheville Art Museum swag.

Starting Bid: $100 | Estimate: $250

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $300

 

Lot 31: Judith Flicker, Song of the Sea, not dated, soapstone on plexi base, 15 × 6 ½ × 5 inches

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 32: Long Lunch Package, $60 Gift Certificate to RU Social Spa and a $25 gift card to Chai Pani Restaurant.

Starting Bid: $35 | Estimate: $85

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $100

 

Lot 33: Elizabeth Frank, Faith and Reason #2 from Think Outside the Box series, 11 ½ × 6 × 2 inches

Starting Bid: $200 | Estimate: $500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $600

 

Lot 34: Cynthia Bringle, Wine Goblet, glazed stoneware, 10 × 3 ¼ × 3 ¼ inches

Starting Bid: $60 | Estimate: $150

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $180

 

Lot 35: Bandana Pottery (Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish), Bowl and Square Plate Matching Set, glazed wood-fired red clay, bowl: 2 × 8 ¾ × 8 ¾ inches, plate: 1 ½ × 9 × 9 inches

Starting Bid: $60 | Estimate: $150

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $180

 

Lot 36: Valerie & Rick Beck, Paperweight (medium), glass, 2 ¾ × 3 ¾ × 3 ¾ inches

Starting Bid: $40 | Estimate: $100

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $120

 

Lot 37: Maurice Mullens, Untitled, 1988, Yew, 3 ¾ × 5 ¼ × 5 ¼ inches

Starting Bid: $200 | Estimate: $500

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $600

 

Lot 38: Joshua Spiceland, Untitled, paint on board, 24 ¾ × 24 ¾ inches.

Starting Bid: $100 | Estimate: $250

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $300

 

Lot 39: Luis Filcer, Self-portrait, not dated, monoprint on paper, 10 ¾ × 13 ⅝ inches

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 40: Ron Meyers, Tea Bowl, Glazed stoneware, 3 ½ × 3 ⅜ × 3 ⅜ inches

Starting Bid: $50 | Estimate: $125

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $150

 

Lot 41: George Rouault, Hiver Lepre de la Terre; from Folio Miserere, 1922, ink engraving on paper, frame: 28 ½ × 22 ¾ inches, image: 20 × 14 3/8 inches.

Starting Bid: $360 | Estimate: $900

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $1080

 

Lot 42: Catherine Twomey, Momentus (Max Patch), 2020, oil painting, 12 × 16 × 1 inches

Starting Bid: $380 | Estimate: $900

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $1,140

 

Lot 43: The Perfect Saturday Package, Membership to the NC Arboretum, a $125 gift certificate to the Skin Spa, and a $100 gift card to Posana.

Starting Bid: $120 | Estimate: $300

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $360

Lot 44: Peter Cook, Pinto (Madrid) Third Corners, 2003, mixed media, 36 x 24 inches

Starting Bid: $160 | Estimate: $400

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $480

 

Lot 45: S. Tucker Cooke, Safari Lady Enthroned with Fowl and Jungle Queen, 1974, lithograph on paper, edition 23/60, sight: 25 ½ × 32 ½ inches, frame: 25 ¾ × 33 inches

Starting Bid: $120 | Estimate: $300

Set Max Bid  Buy it Now: $360