WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — “Elmer’s place,” formally known as Elmer’s Auto and Toy Museum in Fountain City, Wis., was a unique repository for vehicles and automotive toys of all types. Elmer Duellman passed away in 2019 at age 79, and with the blessing of his heirs, Milestone Auctions is auctioning the vast collection of antique and vintage toys that Elmer displayed at his museum.

PHILADELPHIA — A Chinese embroidered surcoat, late Nineteenth Century, led Material Culture’s October 23 sale of the Yosi Barzilai collection, selling for $7,800, including buyer’s premium. The elegant surcoat was intended for informal occasions and crafted for Han Chinese women.

NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — The two lots that topped Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries’ October 28 could not have been more dissimilar. A complete graded set of 1941 baseball cards that included Ted Williams, Dickey, Grove, Hubbell, Mel Ott, the rookie card of P.W. Reese, as well as the only trading card production to feature all three DiMaggio brothers: Joe, Vince and Dom

NEW YORK CITY — Hindman offered a boutique sale of just 91 lots of late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American art and pottery in “Canvas & Clay: The Collection of Judith and Philip Sieg, Bellefonte, Penn.”

MILFORD, CONN. — Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers presented a fine art auction on October 26, showcasing fresh-to-the-market artworks offered from numerous private collections, including prized pieces by renowned artists such as Frederick Carl Frieseke, Norman Rockwell, Scott Kahn, Winfred Rembert, Thomas Cole and many others. Frieseke’s elegant “Lady Trying on a Hat,” a masterpiece of American Impressionism, led the day, selling for $450,000

PIKE, N.H. — Steenburgh Auctioneers’ Petroliana auction on October 29 brought well over 200 buyers to the outdoor sale. Despite poor weather, the very first lot — a flanged Boyce MotoMeter double-sided sign ­— finished at the top of the auction, at $34,500, including the buyer’s premium.

WHIPPLE, OHIO — Items from the personal collections of Ohio folk art dealer Chuck Auerbach, and his Grammy-award winning son and member of The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach, were offered for auction by Meander Auctions (formerly Ohio Company Antiques) on October 28.

DALLAS — On October 26, Heritage Auctions presented two sessions — one live, one online only — of 474 lots of Art Nouveau, Art Deco and art glass in a sale that achieved a total of $1,085,717. Bringing the highest price of the day at $125,000, including the buyer’s premium was a circa 1905 Tiffany Studios leaded glass and patinated bronze Jeweled Geometric table lamp that stood nearly 30 inches tall.

NEW YORK — On October 18, Hindman’s first ever New York auction, “Time & Space: Watches from the Collection of Glen de Vries,” achieved a total of $3,017,511 surpassing the low estimate with 95 percent of 101 lots sold. More than 800 bidders from 45 countries registered for the sale and more than 50 percent of buyers were first-time clients to Hindman.