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
Auction Lot Books
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, ...

N/A 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, ...

N/A 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,

N/A 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

N/A 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,

N/A Not Available USD 62.50
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
    Collection Georgette J. Salles
    Open for bidding 8-29 April
    Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.