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

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
151	5 books of nature writing, travel and photography	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
152	Lot of 5 books on art; "Nek Chand's Outsider Art: The Rock Garden of Chandigarh" Lucienne Peiry & Philippe Lespinasse; "The Medici Aesop" Bernard McTigue; "Masterpiece of Indian Art" Dr. Alka Pande; "Treasures of Asia...	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.25
153	5 fantasy novels, plus one about the rise of misogyny in the late 19th century art, literature and science	N/A	Not Available	USD 62.50
154	Lot of twelve books, some vintage. Titles like "Rosemary's Baby", "Roxy" and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 112.50
155	Lot of 6 books on art; "Axel Vervoordt: Wabi Inspirations"; "Lasting Impressions: The Grolier Club Library"; "Arts & Crafts: Judith Miller; "Parisian Architecture of the Belle Epoque" Roy Johnson; "Romanesque" Rolf To...	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
156	Lot of 13 Graphic Novels, titles like "The Acme Novelty Date Book", "Rusty Brown" by F.C. Ware, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 56.25
157	Lot of 8 books, with titles like "A Beautiful Mind" by Sylvia Nasar, "The Pale King" by David Foster Wallace, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.25
158	Lot of 14 childrens books and poetry books. "Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss, "Long Life" by Mary Oliver and more. Some in vintage condition,	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.25
159	Six copies of "Skippy Dies" by Paul Murray and "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden	N/A	Not Available	USD 112.50
160	Lot of 8 art books; "The Painter's House: Balthus at the Grand Chalet" Kishin Shinoyama; "Aperture"; "Ansel Adams: Photographs of the Southwest" Lawrence Clark Powell; "Annie Leibovitz: At Work"; "Spirit into Matter" ...	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
161	2 poetry books and 5 novels: Paths of Glory, by Humphrey Cobb; They Came Like Swallows, by William Maxwell; Gathering The Tribes, by Carolyn Forche; Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham; Still Life With Woodpecker...	N/A	Not Available	USD 18.75
162	Lot of 6 books on indigenous art; "Lightningbolt" Hyemeyohsts Storm; "Stories of the Dreamwalkers" Joyce Mills & Frank Howell; "Edward S. Curtis: The Women" Christopher Cardozo; "A New and Native Beauty: The Art and C...	N/A	Not Available	USD 25.00
163	10 books of novels and stories by Haruki Muraki: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage; Men Without Women (stories); Wind; Pinball; Sputnik Sweetheart; After Dark; 2 copies of 1Q84 - Book One and Two; K...	N/A	Not Available	USD 100.00
164	6 novels and 2 books of stories by Haruki Murakami: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage; After Dark; Killing Commendatore; Kafka On the Shore; 1Q84; 1Q84 Book Three; Men Without Women (stories); Blund...	N/A	Not Available	USD 62.50
165	Lot of 6 books on art; "Illuminations" Joyce Tenneson; "The Return of La Belle Jardiniere: Max Ernst 1950-1970" Werner Spies; "Gerard Malanga: Screen Tests Portraits Nudes 1964-1996" Patrick Remy & Marc Parent; "Surre...	N/A	Not Available	USD 62.50
166	2 books of stories and 4 novels by Haruki Murakami: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage; Killing Commendatore; After Dark; 1Q84; Men Without Women (stories); Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (stories)	N/A	Not Available	USD 25.00
167	Lot of 5 books on design and architecture; "Art Nouveau Tiles" Hans Van Lemmen & Bart Verbrugge; "Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition" Elyse Zorn Karlin; "Shingle Styles: Innovation and Tradition in Ame...	N/A	Not Available	USD 25.00
168	4 novels by Haruki Murakami: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, 1Q84, Kafka On the Shore, and Killing Commendatore	N/A	Not Available	USD 25.00
169	3 novels and 2 books of short stories by Haruki Murakami: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage; 1Q84; Killing Commendatore; Men Without Women (stories); Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (stories)	N/A	Not Available	USD 18.75
170	Lot of 5 books on design; "Christie's Arts and Crafts Style" Michael Jeffery; "The Arts & Crafts Movement" Oscar Lovell Triggs; "Arts & Crafts Style" Isabelle Anscombe; "The Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts a...	N/A	Not Available	USD 56.25
171	3 Haruki Murakami novels: Killing Commendatore and 2 copies of 1Q84	N/A	Not Available	Not Sold
172	Lot of 4 books on art; "Italian Painters of the Renaissance" Bernard Berenson; "In a New Light: Giovanni Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert" Susannah Rutherglen & Charlotte Hale; "Titian to 1518" Paul Joannides; "The...	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
173	Lot of 5 art books; "Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out" Christopher Rothko; "Baja California Woodcuts" Edgar Dorsey Taylor; "Grisha Bruskin: Paintings and Sculpture"; "Peter Milton: Complete Prints 1960-1996" Robert Fl...	N/A	Not Available	USD 18.75
174	Lot of 5 books on art and archaeology; "The Mummies of Urumchi" Elizabeth Wayland Barber; "Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture" Jo Anne Van Tilburg; "Monuments of the Incas" John Hemming & Edward Ranney; ...	N/A	Not Available	USD 37.50
175	Lot of 16 books; includes works by Gillian Flynn, Garcia Marquez, David Ebershoff, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 125.00

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
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.