OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – A massive three-day sale comprising around 1,800 top-quality, fresh-to-the-market lots from prominent local estates and collections will be offered the weekend of Sept. 24-26 by Philip Weiss Auctions.

On April 20, bidders will vie on several lots of rare jewelry from a notable private collection going to the Madison Avenue auction block of Bonhams New York.

Quality offerings top to bottom in Signature watch event, May 12, in Dallas

Nearly 1,000 lots of American folk art, in an eclectic mix of genres, will be sold on Saturday, Nov. 8, by Slotin Auction, the same firm that operates the enormously popular Folk Fest event each summer.

A Caille Venus quarter slot machine with music, one of only four known and the best example of the four, is expected to be the top lot at an auction planned for Oct. 10-12 by Showtime Auction Services

DENVER, Pa. – One of the country’s most respected dealers of early gambling and mechanical slot machines, Bob Levy, has joined Dan Morphy Auctions’ team of specialists and will head a new department specifically for coin-operated gambling machines and related devices.

NEW YORK—In conjunction with the New York Print Fair and Print Week, Swann Galleries will offer a large selection of choice prints in two consecutive early November auctions.

LOS ANGELES – Property from the estate of “Golden Girl” Estelle Getty will be on offer at Bonhams & Butterfields in their June entertainment memorabilia auction on June 14, 2009, in Los Angeles.

About 15 prominent estates and collections, featuring a dazzling array of fine and decorative arts plus other items, will be sold in a two-day, four-session sale planned for Dec. 6-7 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. – A 3-volume set of the iconic Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Rings, The Two Towers and The Return of the King), with one of the books signed by the author himself, sold for $14,600 at a two-day weekend multi-estate sale held Oct. 3-4