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
11151

Lot of vintage advertising material Mead Cycle Company bicycles in original envelopes

Not Available USD 18.75
11152

Lot of vintage radio advertising material, early-mid 1900's, The Scott Mews, pamphlets for Rederal Radio Type 59 and Western Electric Telephone Headset, Golden-Leutz 1927 Catalog, Graybar Radio ad poster

early-mid 1900's Not Available USD 75.00
11173 Paul Whiteman,

Jazz (Hardcover)

1926 Not Available USD 37.50
11174

Telefunken Werkstattbuch (Workshop Book), a collectible manual for Telefunken radios,

1948-07-01 Not Available USD 18.75
11175

Grand opera, Boston grand opera, 1898 edition, Puccini,

1898 Not Available USD 18.75
11176 Meyerbeer,

1860 libretto, Les Huguenots, comes with "letter of significance"

1860 Not Available USD 18.75
11177

4 Richard Wagner programs from 1888, 1890, Metropolitan Opera House, Valkyr, Tannhauser, etc.

1888, 1890, Not Available USD 25.00
11178

10 metropolitan Opera House programs, 1930s era, Libretto, comes with note from past owner,

Not Available USD 31.25
11179

Grand opera House, Six opera/libretto programs early 1900s to 1930s, enclosed note.

early 1900s to 1930s Not Available USD 31.25
11181 M.G. Hay,

Handmade and written instruction book "Naval Ship Construction" shipwright work

Not Available USD 50.00
11189

6 volumes of Harper's magazine from the 1870s,

1870s, Not Available USD 12.50
11194

Bound volume of Atlantic Monthly from 1860, Darwin Origin of Species,

1860 Not Available USD 31.25
11195

book Grundzuge der Physik (Principles of Physics) by Dr. Johannes Cruger,

Leipzig 1889 Not Available USD 12.50
11196 Babcock, George H. and Stephen Wilcox,

Steam - Its Generation and Use (Hardcover),

New York, 1908, Not Available USD 18.75
11197

Collier's Photographic History of World Wat II (1944), American Shrines in England, Howard Heinz (1910?) and Nature's Art: ...

Not Available USD 12.50
11216 A.A. Fesquet,

Galvanoplastic Manipulations: A Practical Guide for the Gold and Silver... (Hardcover)

1872 Not Available Not Sold
11217 , written by Henry Frith and S. Rawson. , Authors: Henry Frith and S. Rawson,

Coil and Current; or, the Triumphs of Electricity

1896 Not Available USD 437.50
11218 by D.B. Dixon and Thos

The Mechanical Arts Simplified, It is a comprehensive guide to mechanical arts, machinery, and engineering. hydraulics, pneumatics, steam engines, and electricity.

1894 Not Available USD 56.25
11219 J. Munro,

Electricity and its Uses

London 1890 Not Available USD 43.75
11220

Radio Equipment supplies 1928 Post and Lester,

1928 Not Available USD 37.50
11221 George Gershwin

Vintage vocal score for the opera Porgy and Bess

Not Available USD 12.50
11222

Motor annual Show, January 1932,

1932 Not Available USD 87.50
11223

1951 Street & Smith's All-Star Sports Baseball magazine featuring Joe DiMaggio and Ralph Kiner on the cover.

1951 Not Available USD 75.00
11268

2 early 20th century pamphlets, "the Heart of Everyman's Library, H.W. Mabie 1909, and "The Book Of the Roycrofters" 1914,

1909, and 1914, Not Available USD 62.50
11269

Bound volume of Harper's Magazine, 1868-1869,

1868-1869, Not Available Not Sold
  • 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.