Photos in Wrong Catalog - Anyway to Move Them ?

I just imported a couple of dozen photos from my mem card into Lightroom, unfortunately (apparently) into the same catalog I already had open. The photos really don't belong in that catalog, though.
Before I realized what I'd done I made some modifications to a couple of the photos. Now I want to start a new catalog and put the new photos -- with their modifications -- into the new catalog.
Is there any easy way to do that? I don't want to just import the photos from the card again, that would lose the little bit of work I just did on the images.
I guess there's a lot to learn about file and library handling. So far I'm liking Lightroom very much, now that I'm getting a sense of what it is capable of. I'm used to Photoshop Elements for organizing, but in terms of total work flow, this is the bomb.
Thanks,
--PS

Just found the answer to my own question: "Import from Catalog"
I opened all the new catalog where I want the images, selecte "Import from Catalog" in the File menu, unchecked all the folders and files I did not want imported, and presto, only the files from this morning were imported into the new catalog.
Is it possible to import a "Quick Collection" from one catalog to another? There might be some uses for that, too.
And I still haven't figured out how to get PSD files from photoshop to show up in Lightroom, even though I've got my settings set to save externally edited files as PSD. Any clues on that dilemma?
Thanks,
--PS

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