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Author Brunk, Robert S., author.

Title A question of value : stories from the life of an auctioneer / Robert Brunk.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
1 hold on first copy returned of 1 copy

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 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Adult New Materials  381.1709 BRUNK    In Processing
Description 190 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "In thirty-one essays, each titled for a specific item Bob encountered in his long and increasingly successful auction career, objects are presented as windows, invitations to consider broad personal and collective histories, often leading to unresolved social inequities. The author, whose Mennonite background often conflicts with his career, wrestles with the complexities of ownership and value: possessions as self-definition, symbols of wealth and ambition, icons of family history, sources of addiction, or wells of comfort and inspiration. The result is a portrait of a man and a community that reflect the best and worst of ourselves as we grasp for meaning in objects--and then must decide what to do with our possessions when it's time to let them go"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Brunk, Robert S.
Auctioneers -- United States -- Biography.
Mennonites -- United States -- Biography.
Consumers -- United States -- Psychology.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Brunk, Robert S. (OCoLC)fst01568391
Auctioneers. (OCoLC)fst00820954
Consumers -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst00876425
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Mennonites. (OCoLC)fst01016181
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
ISBN 9781469678092 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1469678098 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9781469678108 electronic book
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