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

Auction Details

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
10981 John Heinmuller

2 antique books, Man's Fight To Fly by John Heinmuller, and a bound collection of Engineering catalogues from 1913

1913 Not Available Unknown
10986 Friedrich Niederheitmann,

1909 German book Cremona: Eine Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente

1909 Not Available Unknown
10987 Serge Lifar,

Traite de danse academique

Not Available Unknown
10988 Vittorio Pica

l'Impressionisti Francesi (The French Impressionists)

1908 Not Available Unknown
10989

11 paper ephemera of the golden age of radio, Amrad, Exide, Detrola, Dewald, pamphlets, promo, advertising,

Not Available Unknown
11004

4 early Radio books, Fada 1942 schematics book, RCA 1922 catalogue, Radio Broadcast January 1926, Stromberg Carlson 1941 pamphlet,

Not Available Unknown
11005

Merrittville Speedway dirt track, Canada, stock car official program,

1958 Not Available Unknown
11006 William Steig,

The Steig Album, a collection of seven complete books

1953 Not Available Unknown
11012

Lit of 7 1940's scientific periodicals, 5 issues of Popular mechanics from 1941-1942, 2 issues of Popular Science, 1941 and 1946

1940's Not Available Unknown
11019

Lot of 23 issues of late 1800's Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1884, 1894-97, some missing/disconnected covers/pages

late 1800's Not Available Unknown
11020

Lot of 27 early 1900's issues of Century monthly magazine, spanning from 1900-1930, some with missing/disconnected covers and pages

early 1900's Not Available Unknown
11027

8 vintage mechanics magazines, Mechanix Illustrated 1940-42, 1944 and 1951, Science & Mechanics 1966

1940-42, 1944 and 1951; 1966 Not Available Unknown
11028

Lot of 15 mid 1900's Popular Mechanics 1939-1966 and 1 copy of Science and Mechanics 1949

mid 1900's Not Available Unknown
11029

Opportunity lot of many vintage issues of Popular Science spanning from 1940-1964

1940-1964 Not Available Unknown
11117

Opportunity lot of bound volumes of Harper's Magazine, late 1800's-mid 1900's

late 1800's-mid 1900's Not Available Unknown
11118

Lot of 8 framed collections of radio memorabilia, radio stations, certificate

Not Available Unknown
11121

Opportunity lot of bound volumes of Harper's Magazine, late 1800's - early 1900's

late 1800's - early 1900's Not Available Unknown
11122

Opportunity lot, many bound volumes of Scribner's Magazine, early 1900's

early 1900's Not Available Unknown
11123

American Fish Decoys by Steve Michaan 2003 book with 4 boxes each with fish decoy cards and envelopes?

2003 Not Available Unknown
11132

Opportunity lot, volumes of Atlantic Monthly, 1920s-1930s

1920s-1930s Not Available Unknown
11133

Opportunity lot of bound volumes of Atlantic Monthly, early 1900's

early 1900's Not Available Unknown
11143

Lot of many vintage issues of Illustrated Mechanics magazine, 1930's

1930's Not Available Unknown
11144

Lot of 11 vintage issues of The Home Friend Magazine, 1930's

1930's Not Available Unknown
11149

Lot of 11 vintage issues of The Tip Top Weekly magazine, early 1900's

early 1900's Not Available Unknown
11150

Lot of early 1900's boys' magazines, Buffalo Bill Weekly, Nick Carter Stories, Secret Service

early 1900's Not Available Unknown
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000