Auction

The auctions are packed with toys, historic ephemera, militaria, advertising signs, petroliana, soda advertising, automobilia, breweriana, pinball machines, coin-ops, nautical and marine.

Paintings include a vibrant figural landscape by Richard Clague, Jr. (1821-1873) and what is believed to be the last portrait painting President Zachary Taylor sat for prior to his 1850 death.

The Rare Signed Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Memorabilia auction will start at 10:30 am Eastern time. All 433 lots are up for viewing and bidding now on the University Archives website.

The Wednesday auction will begin at 10 am Eastern for the Photographer’s Lens Collection and at 2 pm Eastern for the Various Owner, Photographs sale. Online bidding is on five platforms.

It's the auction of the Bridget and Jerome Dobson collection. The couple collected fine art and wrote episodes for several daytime soap operas.

The event will be hosted exclusively on iCollector. com. The categories include Western Americana, bottles, ephemera, art, jewelry, mining, numismatics, philatelic and dealer specials.

Eager bidders blew past high estimates for many of the lots. The catalog featured contemporary art glass, contemporary artwork, sculpture and fine objects. The Escher litho was the top lot.

Day 1 featured the fine jewelry collection of Bridget Dobson, co-writer with her husband Jerome of the hit TV soap operas General Hospital, Santa Barbara, As the World Turns and Guiding Light.

The 205-lot auction grossed $2.5 million and was over 80 percent sold. Notable prices were achieved for women artists, works on paper, Contemporary art and American Impressionism.

The auctions were packed with toys, historic ephemera, militaria, advertising signs, petroliana, soda advertising, automobilia, breweriana, pinball machines and coin-ops.