Ripley Auctions: PICKERS EXPRESS Timed Auction of Indy 500, Music, Electronics & Telegraph Collectibles XXIII, 51926, Indianapolis

Auction Details

Auction Report

Auction Date: May 19, 2026 - May 19, 2026

Page Size: 56 items in 3 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
15	Richard Rummell (1848-1924)	Fall River Iron Works in N.Y.C.	NYC	1904	Not Available	EUR 50.00
16		Antique Duck Foot Tires		N/A	Not Available	EUR 37.50
17		Rowdy Revelers Silver (25th) Anniversary		1940	Not Available	EUR 18.75
23		Indianapolis Buildings Postcards		N/A	Not Available	EUR 175.00
24		Indianapolis and Indiana Postcards		N/A	Not Available	EUR 100.00
26	Maurice Biais	Race Car		1902	Not Available	EUR 150.00
27		Jack Johnson Standing Over James J. Jeffries		1910	Not Available	Not Sold
28		Indianapolis Motor Speedway Winners (1911-1916)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 200.00
29		World War II Era Indianapolis Motor Speedway Winners (1937-1946)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 125.00
30		Indianapolis 500 Race Related Items		N/A	Not Available	EUR 37.50
31		Indianapolis 500 Mile Race Related Scenes		N/A	Not Available	EUR 12.50
32		Indianapolis 500 Mile Race Postcards		N/A	Not Available	EUR 18.75
33		Indy 500 Mid Century Postcards		N/A	Not Available	EUR 43.75
34		Early and Antique Automobile Memorabilia		N/A	Not Available	EUR 31.25
35		Indy 500 Postcards (1940s-1960s)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 18.75
36		Classic Era Indy 500 Postcards		N/A	Not Available	EUR 150.00
37		Indianapolis 500 Mile Race Related Postcards (1960s)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 25.00
38		Indianapolis 500 Mile Sweepstakes Race Postcards (1930s)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 37.50
39		Early Indianapolis 509 Mile Race Photographs/Postcards (1912-1946)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 43.75
40		Vintage Indianapolis 500 Postcards (1910s-1930s)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 37.50
41		Indianapolis 500 Postcards (1909 Balloon Race, Bird's Eye Views)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 31.25
42		Vintage Indiana State Postcards (Mid Century)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 12.50
43		Indianapolis 500 Memorabilia (Tickets, Photographs, Autographs)		N/A	Not Available	EUR 112.50
51		Silver Shootout		N/A	Not Available	EUR 18.75
119		4 Books, including: Dutch Almanac		N/A	Not Available	EUR 31.25

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 June

Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.