DENVER, Pa. – While the finest examples in each category brought predictably high prices, it was the reawakening of the middle range that spurred the most discussion at Dan Morphy Auctions’ $1.3 million Spring Sale.

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.

This important collection will be auctioned in two sessions: Oct. 10 and Oct. 24; Wright Widely Recognized as Prominent Doll Expert and Discerning Collector

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — A long-hidden cache of English art and antiques will auction without reserve, with 600 other largely unreserved lots, at the Rago Arts and Auction Center on Aug. 7-8, 2009.

NEW YORK - On Sept. 16, collectors will be offered the opportunity to bid for a wide variety of Asian and European furniture and decorative arts, paintings, prints, rugs and carpets from the Park Avenue estate of Laura Speiser.

A brand new auction site, www.SeeAuctions.com, rivals eBay in customer service, features, selection and rates. Specializing in rare antiques and hard to find collectibles, www.SeeAuctions.com is the first antique and collectible auction site to offer commission free trading.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A Colt Model 1883 .45 caliber Gatling Gun – named after the man who invented it (Richard J. Gatling) and a 19th-century precursor to the modern-day machine gun – scored a bull’s eye when it soared to $172,500

Over 500 lots of antique furniture and decorative accessories will be sold at a multi-estate auction on Saturday, Feb. 7, by Fontaine’s Auction Gallery

Private collections of impeccable quality prompted an avalanche of bids in Morphy Auctions’ Sept. 11-13 Fall Sale, which realized $1.7 million (inclusive of 15 percent buyer’s premium).

NEW YORK CITY – Dog art was offered on Feb. 12 to a crowded auction room at Bonhams New York. Collectors, members of the trade and dog lovers assembled for the international auctioneers’ 26th annual offering of dog-related art and collectibles.