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
176	Lot of 11 fiction books. Includes works by John Steinbeck, Hugh Lofting, Gene Stratton Porter, and John Updike. Includes a First Edition "Grapes of Wrath", First Edition "Rabbit is Rich", and First Trade Edition "The ...	N/A	Not Available	USD 200.00
177	Lot of 19 biographies; includes biographies about E.E. Cummings, T.S. Eliot, Scott Walker, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.25
178	Lot of 12 books; includes works by Ira Levin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, N.C. Wyeth, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 37.50
179	Lot of 13 non-fiction books; includes works by Gary Snyder, Gertrude Stein, Glenn Watkins, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
180	Lot of 5 volumes of "The Works of Edgar Allen Poe" Centenary Edition; includes volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, 7	N/A	Not Available	USD 150.00
181	Lot of 24 books on psychology and spirituality. Titles like "The Point of Existence" by A.H. Almaas, "Spiritual Beings" by Steiner and more.	N/A	Not Available	USD 281.25
182	Lot of 11 books, titles like "High Fidelity" and "The Infinities"	N/A	Not Available	USD 50.00
183	Lot of 12 fiction books, titles like "The Hummingbird's Daughter" by Luis Alberto Urrea, "Dead Eye Dick" by Kurt Vonnegut, and more.	N/A	Not Available	USD 87.50
184	Lot of 11 books. Authors like Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Richard Bausch and more.	N/A	Not Available	USD 75.00
185	Lot of 11 books, titles like Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien, Shroud by John Banville and more. All in fair condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 75.00
186	Lot of 12 fiction books, titles like "His Illegal Self" by Peter Carey, "The Death of Bunny Munro" by Nick Cave, and more	N/A	Not Available	USD 31.25
187	Lot of ten books, titles like "Drinking Lightning" by Rubinov Jacobson, "The Shining Paths" by Delores Ashcrost-Nowicki and more. All in good condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
188	Lot of 13 books on Mysticism and Christianity. Titles like "School of Kabbalah" by Halevi, "Chronicle of the Living Christ" by Robert A. Powell, and more. All in good condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 43.75
189	Lot of 11 books. Titles like "Dominion" by C.J. Sansom, "Europe Central" by William T. Vollmann, and more.	N/A	Not Available	USD 50.00
190	Lot of 13 books, titles like "That Distant Land" by Wendell Berry and "Joy, Inspiration and Hope" by Verena Kast, and more. All in good conditions	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
191	Lot of 13 books on Psychology, titles like "People Who Do Things to Eachother" by Hubback, "The Way of Woman by Helen M. Luke and more. All in fair condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 343.75
192	Lot of 12 books on psychology and christianity. Titles like "Theosophy" by Rudolf Steiner, "Self Remembering" by Burton, and more. All in fair condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 343.75
193	Lot of 12 books on love and healing. Titles like "Creators on Creating" by Barron, Montouri ann Barron, "How Starbucks Saved my Life" by Michael Gates Gill, and more.	N/A	Not Available	USD 12.50
194	Lot of 12 books, titles like "The Buried Giant" by Kazuo Ishiguro, "Willard and his Bowling Trophies" by Richard Brautigan and more.	N/A	Not Available	USD 25.00
195	Lot of 10 art books. The Unicorn Tapestries, Tetrascroll, and more. Some have corner wear, but otherwise in good condition	N/A	Not Available	USD 18.75

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.