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 Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76

Lot of 17 books; includes works by Elizabeth Gilbert, Sarah Perry, David Mitchell, and more

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77

Lot of 17 books; includes works by Michael Chabon, Matthew Kneale, Vikas Swarup, and more

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78

Lot of 16 books; including works by Cormac McCarthy, Erin Morgenstern, Harry Mulisch, and others

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79

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Marlon James, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jonathan Safran Foer, and more

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80

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Anthony Doerr, Colum McCann, Richard Russo, and more

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81

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Chuck Palahniuk, Robin Sloan, Philip Pullman, and more

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82

Lot of 16 books; includes works by John Irving, Helen DeWitt, Sarah Blake, and more

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83

Lot of 24 hard-back fiction books in good condition. Titles like "Life of Pi" by Yan Martel, "Maurice" by E.M. Forster, and more

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84

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Gillian Flynn, Thomas Pynchon, Nicole Krauss, and more

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85

Lot of 20 hard-back fiction books in good condition.Titles include "Holy the Firm" by Annie Dillard, "The Pale King" by David Foster Wallace, "The Passage" by Justin Cronin and more

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86

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Deborah Harkness, David Foster Wallace, Richard Russo, and more

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87

Large box/opportunity lot of 27 books on psychology and Jungian philosophy

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88

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Anthony Doerr, Tracy Chevalier, Sarah Waters, and more

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89

Lot of 15 books; includes works by David Mitchell, Geoff Dyer, John Berryman, and more

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90

Lot of 15 books; includes works by Gillian Flynn, Peter Matthiessen, Anthony Doerr, and more

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91

Lot of 20 books; including works by Gertrude Stein, Yann Martel, Brian Selznick, and more

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92

Lot of 16 books; includes works by Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Gregory Maguire, and more

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93

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Amy Hempel, David Sedaris, Seth Grahame-Smith, and more

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94

Lot of 13 books on spirituality; includes works by Arnold Mindell, Ira Progoff, Robert Grinnell, and more

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95

Lot of 25 books by Neil Gaiman

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96

Lot of 18 books; includes works by Jim Harrison (First Printing), Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, and more

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97

Lot of 16 books; includes works by C.J. Sansom, Junot Diaz, Erin Morgenstern, and more

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98

Lot of 15 books; includes works by Patti Smith, John Irving, Karl Marlantes, and more

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99

Lot of 19 books; includes works by William Faulkner (First Printing), Walter Farley (First Printing), Tom Corbett, and more

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100

Lot of 17 books; including works by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Margaret Atwood, Donna Tartt, and more

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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000