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
101

Lot of 22 books on spirituality; includes works by Edward Hirsch, J.G. Bennett, Jung Young Lee, and more

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102

Lot of 15 books; includes works by Patti Smith, Robert Girardi, Philip Pullman, and more

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103

Lot of 20 non-fiction book, including authors like Per Petterson, Dave Eggers, James Salter and more

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104

Lot of 19 books; includes works by Neal Stephenson, Kate Atkinson, Joanne Harris, and more

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105

Box lot of 20 non-fiction books, authors like Laurie Sheck, Rachel Pollack, Jennifer Egen and more.

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106

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Susanna Clarke, Thomas Harris, Paul Harding, and more,

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107

Lot of 18 books; includes works by Timothy McSweeney, Dave Eggers, Jay Anson, and more

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108

Lot of 18 books; includes works by Ocean Vuong, James Salter, J.M. Coetzee, and more

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109

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Jack London, Nick Hornby, Jeanne DuPrau, and more

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110

Lot of 18 books; includes works by David Foster Wallace, Ake Edwardson, Ken Kesey, and others

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111

Lot of 7 books; includes works by Henry James and William Faulkner

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112

Lot of 11 books by Walt Kelly (9 First Printing)

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113

Lot of 17 books; includes works by Ray Bradbury, Henry James, W.G. Sebald, and more

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114

Lot of 15 books; includes works by Clayton Eshleman, Brian Marley, Anne Carson, and more

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115

9 books on art; "New American Paintings Vol. 74, 81, 87" Steven T. Zevitas; "Dard Hunter: The Graphic Works" Lawrence Kreisman; "In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art" Mary McWilliams; "Titia...

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116

Lot of 14 books on spirituality and psychology; includes works by R.J. Stewart, John P. Conger, H.L. Philp, and more

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117

7 books on various art mediums; "Kiki Smith" Hatje Cantz; "Recent Forgeries" Viggo Mortensen; "Roberto Rossellini: Magician of the Real" David Forgacs; "Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg,...

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118

7 books on music; "The Joshua Tree U2"; "Three Chords and the Truth: U2" Niall Stokes; "A Hard Day's Write" Steve Turner; "Woodstock Vision: The Spirit of a Generation" Elliott Landy; "U2: Into the Heart" Niall Stokes...

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119

4 books on art; "Gift from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait" William W. Fitzhugh; "The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin" John L. Tancock; "Maya" Peter Schmidt; "The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership" Michael ...

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120

Lot of 8 books (1 First Edition Copy and 5 First American Edition Copies), and 3 calendars (1986, 1987, 2003) by Glen Baxter (2 written in)

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121

5 books on art; "Noa Noa: Paul Gauguin" Jonathan Griffin; "Michael Parkes" John Russell Taylor; "Arthur Wesley Dow: His Art and His Influence" Nancy E. Green; "The Art of Richard Diebenkorn" Jane Livingston; "Seance: ...

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122

Lot of 5 books on art; "Light from Within" Linda McCartney; "Illuminations" Joyce Tenneson; "Things I've Heard" Christian Marclay; "Paul Jenkins" Albert Elsen; "Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of Charles Jones" Sean...

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123

Lot of 7 Vort periodicals on poetry and 5 Black Clock magazines on English literature

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124

Lot of 5 books on art; "Anselm Kiefer: After the Catastrophe" Rafael Lopez-Pedraza; "Georgie O'Keefe & Alfred Stieglitz: Two Lives" Alexandra Arrowsmith; "Arthur Wesley Dow: His Art and His Influence" Nancy E. Green; ...

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125

Lot of 6 books; "Eugene Ionesco: Story Number 1" Joel Naprstek; "Eugene Ionesco: Story Number 2" Gerard Failly; "Blackboard, Blackboard on the Wall, Who is the Fairest One of All?" Albert Cullum; "The Sandman: The Dre...

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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