The following is an excerpt from A Question of Value: Stories from the Life of an Auctioneer by Robert Brunk, founder of Brunk Auctions in Asheville, NC. Antiques and the Arts Weekly calls A Question of Value "one of the best books on collecting in many years." and it's available now wherever books are sold. DOORWAY There were hundreds, maybe thousands, of cats: porcelain, silver, wood, glass, bronze, fabric, and wire cats, paintings and prints of cats sleeping, sitting, stalking, playing. Some were well made, others flimsy tourist souvenirs. It was 1986, and I found...