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Highlights: pre-1915 Case 6346½ three-back spring whittler with old Rogers bone handles salesman’s sample, $9,225; Michael Walker prototype folder with Damascus blade, $5,412.

Highlights: March 1941 Captain America Comics #1, $71,554; Star Wars Jawa action figure of the initial ‘Vinyl Cape’ variety, $55,152; Cox and Roosevelt 1920 Democratic jugate button, $45,578.

Artworks are by such notables as Keith Haring, Hunt Slonem, Roy Lichtenstein, Enio Iommi, Stephen Rolfe Powell, Steve Penley, Roland Topor, Nathaniel Kaz, Dan Dailey, Ed Paschke.

Property from the collection of Mary Frances and John H. “Jack” Wood of Montclair, New Jersey will be sold on April 29, followed by a Chic and Antique Auction on April 30-May 1.

The auction will feature over 150 lots of quality paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture, with an emphasis on top-quality American art and fresh-to-the-market offerings, at shannons.com.

Tesla, Einstein & the American Presidency: Rare Autographs & Historical Documents Auction, Buyers can register and bid now, at OAKauctions.com.

Other items in the auction are signed by Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Boone, J. D. Salinger, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, many others, starting at 10am Eastern.

Featured: US Bust Half Dollar coin with desirable 1806/5 overdate, graded PCGS MS63+; Gem-grade 1879-CC Morgan Dollar; 1798/7 overdate $10 Capped Bust Heraldic Eagle coin with 9x4 stars.

Expected top lots include a 1986 Land Rover Defender Custom automobile, a patinated bronze bust of Robert E. Lee and a 100-in.-tall iron Megatron Transformer figure designed by Kalifano.

Colorado-born spa and taproom concept seeks local brewery collaborations as part of franchise expansion strategy.