Ripley Auctions: Timed Estates Book Collection Blowout - Reference Books, Fiction, Nonfiction & More!, 22626, Indianapolis

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026

Page Size: 195 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	3 books of plays and fairy tales, Plays by Henrik Ibsen, "Faust" Goethe, "Classic Fairy Tales" Maria Tatar	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.25
52	5 photography books, Luis Bunuel by Taschen, James Fee, Foto, Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945, "Polaroids" by Petra Giloy-Hirtz and Julian Schnabel x2,	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
53	9 books on different types of psychotherapy, plus one on printing, "Improvisational Therapy" Bradford P. Keeney, "The Emprint Method" Leslie Cameron-Bandler, David Gordon, Michael Lebeau, "Mind-Body Therapy" Ernest L....	N/A	Not Available	USD 175.00
54	9 books on hypnosis and mental health therapies, "Mind-Body Communication in Hypnosis" by Milton H. Erickson, "Life Reframing in Hypnosis" Milton H. Erickson, "My Voice Will Go With You" Milton H. Erickson, "Unity and...	N/A	Not Available	USD 343.75
55	8 books of fiction and fantasy, "Endymion Spring" Matthew Skelton, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" Brian Selznick, "Heartstone" C.J. Sansom, "Out of Oz" Gregory Maguire, "Eragon" Christopher Paolini, "Advent" James Tre...	N/A	Not Available	USD 18.75
56	5 Art books, M.C. Escher, Norma Basset Hall, Donald Evans, The Arts and Crafts House, The Colonial Andes	N/A	Not Available	USD 37.50
57	Lot of 8 various art books, Gilbert Williams "Illuminations" and "The Hidden World", Howard Finster, Marko Spalatin, Paul Gauguin, "Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995", Odd Nerdrum, Michael Parkes,	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.25
58	3 books by Jose Saramago and 4 by W.G. Sebald "The Tale of the Unknown Island", "Death with Interruptions", "The Stone Raft" by Saramago "The Rings of Saturn", "Campo Santo", "After Nature", "Austerlitz"	N/A	Not Available	USD 100.00
59	4 books about Laurie Anderson, artist and musician,	N/A	Not Available	USD 37.50
60	10 books of fiction, "A Child Again" Robert Coover, "Drive, He Said" Jeremy Larne, "Collected Stories" Djuna Barnes, "Skippy Dies" Paul Murray, "The Toughest Indian in the World" Sherman Alexie, "i, robot" Isaac Asimo...	N/A	Not Available	USD 43.75
61	Lot of 8 art books, "Japan Awakens" Barry Till, "Islamic Textiles" Patricia L. Baker, "Enduring Spirit" Phil Borges, "Great Treasures of the Kremlin" David Douglas Duncan, "And I Shall Dwell Among Them" Foldberg, x2 c...	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
62	Lot of 10 Fiction Books; "Remembering Laughter" Wallace Stegner (First Edition); "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck; "The Plutocrat" Booth Tarkington (First Edition); "Franny and Zooey" J.D. Salinger; "To Kill a Mocking...	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25
63	Lot of 10 Books; "The Music School: Short Stories" John Updike (First Edition); "Museums & Women and Other Stories" John Updike (First Edition); "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" Karen Russell (First Editio...	N/A	Not Available	USD 18.75
64	Lot of 10 books; "The Eyre Affair" Jasper Fforde (First American Edition); "The City of Ember" Jeanne DuPrau (First Edition); "Ghostwritten" David Mitchell (First Edition); "The Master of Petersburg" J.M. Coetzee (Fir...	N/A	Not Available	USD 37.50
65	Lot of 11 books on spirituality, including authors Dane Rudhyar, Yirmeyahu Bindman, Moshe Idel, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 50.00
66	Lot of 10 books; "A Complicated Kindness" Miriam Toews; "Delicate Edible Birds" Lauren Groff; "Snow Falling on Cedars" David Guterson; "English Creek" Ivan Doig (Signed Copy); "Pilcrow" Adam Mars-Jones; "The Accidenta...	N/A	Not Available	USD 43.75
67	Lot of 10 books; "East, West" Salman Rushdie; "The Persistence of Memory" Gordon McAlpine;, "Oranges are Not the Only Fruit" Jeanette Winterson; "Homo Zapiens" Victor Pelevin; "The Passion" Jeanette Winterson; "In the...	N/A	Not Available	USD 50.00
68	Lot of 10 books; "The Miniaturist" Jessie Burton; "Went South" Marianne Wiggins; "Some Came Running" James Jones; "Nights at the Circus" Angela Carter; "The Fever" Wallace Shawn; "Sombrero Fallout" Richard Brautigan; ...	N/A	Not Available	USD 18.75
69	Lot of 10 books; "Honey for the Bears" Anthony Burgess; "Concrete" Thomas Bernhard; "Willard and His Bowling Trophies" Richard Brautigan; "City Life" Donald Barthelme; "Collected Poems" Wendell Berry; "A World Lost" W...	N/A	Not Available	USD 37.50
70	Lot of 18 books; includes works by Ian McEwan, China Mieville, Cormac McCarthy, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 150.00
71	Lot of 19 books: includes works by Gertrude Stein, Colin Meloy, Brian Selznick, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 112.50
72	Lot of 20 books; including works by Yann Martel, Rafi Zabor, Roberto Bolano, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 125.00
73	Lot of 20 books; includes works by Tobias Wolff, Wendell Berry, Karen Russell, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 50.00
74	Lot of 20 books; includes works by J.D. Salinger (First Edition), Knut Hamsun, Louis Zukofsky (First Printing), and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 87.50
75	Lot of 13 books on psychology; includes works by Verena Kast, Murray Stein, and others	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.