Ripley Auctions: PICKERS EXPRESS Timed Auction of Industrial, Scientific & Pop Culture Collectibles XIX, 12726, Indianapolis

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 27, 2026 - January 27, 2026
Page Size: 85 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10868

3 issues of Film Fun, mid 1930s woman centric movie "rag" , well read condition,

mid 1930s Not Available USD 62.50
10884

Lot of 18 issues of the Electrical Experimenter from the 1910's, 11 issues from 1916, 5 from 1915 and 2 from 1919

1916, 1915 and 1919 Not Available USD 75.00
10895

Wetmore Savage and Pittsco merchandise catalogs from 1925-26, Massachusetts,

1925-26 Not Available USD 37.50
10912

To Arms to Arms, poster, (reproduction?) 1861, in antique black lacquer frame,

1861 Not Available USD 18.75
10913

Lot of 20 vintage issues of The Electrical Experimenter, 10 from 1917 and 10 from 1918

1917 -1918 Not Available USD 100.00
10914

Vintage 1979 Smithsonian Exhibition Posted: Edison & The Electric Age: 100 Years.

1979 Not Available USD 125.00
10919 William Harnden Foster,

Pair of framed train-themed prints/drawings:, The Twentieth Century Limited of the New York Central Lines 'The Greatest Train in the World' lithograph

1922 Not Available USD 18.75
10922

Lot of 6 vintage General Electric Adventure Series educational comic books, Adventures Inside the Atom, Adventures in Electricity No. 6, ...

Not Available USD 100.00
10923

Lot of 32 vintage issues of Radio News magazine from 1920's-1940's

1920's-1940's Not Available USD 31.25
10924

Vintage radio & technology periodicals/publications; Science And Innovation: Nov. 1927, Nov.-Dec. 1928, Popular Science Monthly, Feb. & Mar. 1925, ...

Not Available USD 25.00
10934

Motograph Science Charts set for science projects, schools, and clubs, ages 8-14. Used condition, 1959,

1959, Not Available USD 18.75
10941

Webster Electric Company Catalog R-48A from January 1923 features radio apparatus, specifically headphones

1923 Not Available USD 12.50
10942

35 Easy Lessons in Radio, copyright 1922 Shrewsberry publishing, very good condition

1922 Not Available USD 12.50
10943

Wireless Construction and Installation for Beginners, part of the Arts & Sciences No. 5 series,

New York, 1919 Not Available USD 12.50
10946

Collection of Bulova promotional cardboard stand advertisements, period antique,

Not Available USD 31.25
10947

9 Radio, Tube, Equipment, Service, etc hints and Installation booklets, 1930s/40s,

1930s/40s, Not Available USD 18.75
10956 Ambrose Bearse

Fantastic Debunking Fables, Ambrose Bearse, little blue book number 1081, 1911,

1911, Not Available USD 43.75
10957

Wehman Bros. New Book of 153 Tricks, illustrated guide containing various parlor tricks and games, 1907

1907 Not Available USD 37.50
10959

1916 JL Kennedy, fancy groceries promotional calendar, Watertown, New York

1916 Not Available USD 25.00
10960

2 vintage maps, Hagstrom's Map of New York City, 1939 (?) Edition and a Prest O Lite mini roadmap of Ontario Canada, 1925

1939, 1925 Not Available USD 25.00
10961

Mounted antique rendering of the generating and transforming stations of the Niagara Falls power company

Not Available USD 25.00
10966

Opportunity lot 11 issues of life magazine from 1943

1943 Not Available USD 62.50
10967

Opportunity lot 18 issues of life magazine from the year 1946 some duplicates

1946 Not Available USD 62.50
10968

Opportunity lot of life magazines, 11 issues from 1945 6 issues 1944

1945, 1944 Not Available USD 75.00
10979

4 books, collectible radios, synthesizers, Tesla: Master of Lightning,

Not Available USD 62.50
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.