VINELAND, N.J. – A circa-1912 Marklin live-steam fire pumper blazed to the top of prices realized in Bertoia Auctions’ Sept. 25-26 sale of the Donald Kaufman antique toy collection, part II, achieving $149,500

A complete and authentic vampire killing kit – made around 1800 and complete with stakes, mirrors, a gun with silver bullets, crosses, a Bible, holy water, candles and even garlic, all housed in a handsome American walnut case with a carved cross on top – hammered for $14,850 at the Jimmy Pippen estate sale

The New York Ceramics Fair launches its tenth annual appearance New York’s Winter Antiques Week with a preview opening on Tuesday, Jan. 20, followed by a Jan. 21-25 run at the National Academy Museum.

ZANESVILLE, Ohio – IRA gone to pot? Take heart! This can be good news, particularly if the “pot” in question is a Weller, McCoy, Rookwood, or Roseville

NEW YORK — An October 1864 letter from Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant was the star of Swann Galleries’ April 23rd autograph auction, reaching $57,600.

There will be no rest for the weary at Philip Weiss Auctions, which concluded a banner year in 2008 and looks forward to continued success through the first half of 2009 and beyond.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner’s July 25 science technology and clocks auction features several important pairs of globes by Newton, a sextant by Ramsden, an octant by George Jones, equinoctial dials, astrolabes, chronometers, microscopes and nautical antiques.

Bonhams’ first sale of fine photographs simulcast to its New York City salesroom brought nearly $600,000 on Oct. 28, with several lots inspiring competitive bidding and robust landscapes capturing collector interest.

DENVER, Pa. – On Aug. 13-15, Dan Morphy Auctions will conduct the biggest cataloged sale in its history – a 3,000-lot no-reserve absolute auction featuring long-held private collections of Kentucky rifles, fine dolls and toys, mechanical music boxes, decorative art, jewelry and gold coins.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – More than 800 lots of fresh-to-the-market merchandise, in a broad array of categories, will be sold at a two-day historic Hillsborough auction the weekend of June 13-14 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.