Ripley Auctions: Timed Estates Book Auction - Antiquarian, Reference Books, 1st Editions & More, 102726, Indianapolis

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 27, 2026 - October 27, 2026
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Whitman Walt; Kent Rockwell; Picasso Pablo; Stevenson Robert Louis; Wilson Edward; Wilder Thornton; Bunyan John; Blake William; Gray Thomas; Parker Agnes Miller; Coleridge Samuel Taylor; Ward Lynd

8 Books, including: Leaves of Grass

1962; 1952; 1939; 1942; 1979; 1973 Not Available USD 75.00
2 Gibbon Edward

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

NY 1946 Not Available USD 125.00
3 Cather Willa

3 Books, including: A Biographical Sketch

NY 1926; 1948; 1929 Not Available USD 25.00
4 Frost Robert

4 Books, including: In The Clearing

NY; VT 1962; 1936; 1992 Not Available USD 343.75
5 Steinbeck John

4 Books, including: America and Americans

NY; Rome 1966; 1945; 1939; 1975 Not Available USD 100.00
6 Meyer Susan E.; Collodi D.; Crothers Samuel McChord; Gruelle Johnny; Gruelle Justin; Szyk Arthur; Kredel Fritz

7 Books, including: A Treasury of the Great Children's Book Illustrators

NY 1983; 1924; 1944; 1918; 2009; 1908; 1945 Not Available USD 37.50
7 Leighton Clare

4 Books, including: Country Matters

NY 1937; 1935; 1942; 1932 Not Available USD 87.50
8 Kerouac Jack

3 Books, including: On The Road

NY; San Francisco 1957; 1966; 1999 Not Available USD 31.25
9

6 Books, including: Masters of Contemporary Glass

1997; 1958; 1989 Not Available USD 12.50
10 Fraprie Frank Roy; Potter Mary Knight; Oliphant Mrs.; Dark Sidney; Sterne Laurence; Allen Grant; Williamson George; Howells William Dean

13 Books, including: The Raphael Book

Boston 1912; 1888; 1906; 1892 Not Available USD 43.75
11 Roth Philip; Styron William; Sandburg Carl; Hemingway Ernest; Dickey James

5 Books, including: Portnoy's Complaint

N/A Not Available USD 87.50
12 Joyce James; Eliot T. S.

Two Tales of Shem and Shaun; Marina

London 1932; 1930 Not Available USD 62.50
13

12 Books, including: Whistler

N/A Not Available USD 25.00
14 Hedgecoe John; Moore Henry; Sweeney James Johnson; Christo; Dali Salvador

5 Books, including: Henry Moore

1968; 1946; 1973 Not Available USD 125.00
15 Huffington Arianna; Cervantes Miguel de; Stevenson Robert Louis; Poe Edgar Allan; Cellini Benvenuto

5 Books, including: Picasso: Creator and Destroyer

1988; 1944; 1948 Not Available USD 112.50
16 Stevenson Robert Louis; Coleridge Samuel Taylor; Miller Arthur; Shakespeare William; Longfellow Henry Wadsworth; Thomas Dylan; Sandburg Carl; Whitman Walt; Kielty Bernardine; Simon Neil; Sharp William; Browning Robert

13 Books, including: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

N/A Not Available USD 50.00
17 Updike John; Lucie-Smith Edward; Eldredge Charles; Rose Barbara

4 Books, including: Just Looking

N/A Not Available Not Sold
18 Stratton-Porter Gene; Tarkington Booth; Nesbit Wilbur D.; Riley James Whitcomb

5 Books, including: Freckles

1904; 1914; 1905 Not Available USD 37.50
19 Steele; Shulz

7 Books, including: The House of the Singing Winds

N/A Not Available USD 125.00
20

6 Books, including: Fun with Dick and Jane

N/A Not Available USD 37.50
21 Gauguin; Bellini Giovanni; Steele Theodore Clemente

Collection of art reference books, exhibition catalogs, and museum guides

Indianapolis N/A Not Available USD 56.25
22

10 Books, including: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

1910; 1930; 1900 Not Available USD 75.00
23 Kloss William; Wolff Perry; Monroe Michael

4 Books, including: Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years

NY 2001; 1992; 1962; 1995 Not Available USD 25.00
24 Bunyan John; Longfellow Henry Wadsworth; James Henry; Howells W.D.

4 Books, including: The Pilgrim's Progress

London; Oxford; Indianapolis 1903; 1901 Not Available USD 75.00
25 Wharton Edith; Waterfield Margaret; Thaxter Celia; Cook E. T.

5 Books, including: Italian Villas and Their Gardens

Boston; London; NY 1988; 1908; 1904; 1905; 1940 Not Available USD 125.00
  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300