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Ripley Auctions: Humanitiques Live! Collecting Diversity and Eccentricities of Humanity

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Auction Name	Humanitiques Live! Collecting Diversity and Eccentricities of Humanity	Total Sales (USD)	22,018.75
Auction Date	June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#61225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	91
Sold Lots	78	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	85.71%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	13	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95	Louis McKay archive and estate papers, last husband of Eleanor McKay aka Billie Holiday - Ephemera Group		Not Available	USD 5,250.00
26	Mme. C.J. Walker Manufacturing Co. Order Blank,	1919	Not Available	USD 2,000.00
29	13 Original 1918 Mme. C.J. Walker Mfg. Co. Order File Cards	1918	Not Available	USD 1,750.00
148	1909 Indianapolis Race ticket with Barney Oldfield autograph		Not Available	USD 1,375.00
107	Showcase #22 DC comics, October 1959, 1st Green Lantern, HAL JORDAN	1959	Not Available	USD 1,250.00
24	Original 12-Page Complete Course of Instructions on "The Walker Method of Hair Culture"		Not Available	USD 1,187.50
86	Louis McKay archive and estate papers, husband of Eleanor McKay aka Billie Holiday		Not Available	USD 750.00
83	Louis McKay archive and estate papers, controversial last husband of Eleanor McKay aka Billie Holiday		Not Available	USD 625.00
25	Original "The Walker 1949 Almanac"		Not Available	USD 593.75
251	Dodgem Bumper Cars vintage amusement park painted canvas advertisement		Not Available	USD 500.00
81	TV-Radio Service We Use RCA Tubes light up dealership advertising sign		Not Available	USD 437.50
147	Indianapolis Motor Speedway IMS Pre WWI Indy 500 racing postcards group.		Not Available	USD 312.50
113	Charles White limited edition 1977 prints published by The Brown Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.	1977	Not Available	USD 281.25
115	Poems of the Caribbean: The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott & the Art of Romare Bearden (1911 - 1988),	1983	Not Available	USD 281.25
93	3 Lady Day band charts "Lover Come Back" and "Nobody's Business" trumpet, trombone, tenor sax		Not Available	USD 250.00
140	Indianapolis Motor Speedway IMS Pre WWI Indy 500 racing postcards group.		Not Available	USD 250.00
203	Large 2-sided painted wood "Mr. J's" Tobacco Pipe Sign		Not Available	USD 250.00
206	Self-framed Tin Fehr's Malt-Tonic "For Health And Strength" Sign		Not Available	USD 250.00
142	Indianapolis Motor Speedway IMS Pre WWI Indy 500 racing postcards group.		Not Available	USD 225.00
211	Tin Embossed Hires Root Beer Soda Advertising Sign		Not Available	USD 175.00
220	Self-framed Tin Gunther's Famous Chicago Candies "Springtime" Sign		Not Available	USD 175.00
108	Showcase #23, comic book Green Lantern, . "The Invisible Destroyer,"	December 1959	Not Available	USD 150.00
248	HUGE Beech-Nut Chewing Tobacco Vintage Banner by P. Lorillard Inc.		Not Available	USD 150.00
92	2 Lady Day band charts for 2nd tenor, "Blue Moon" and "Too Marvelous" "Chiefy"		Not Available	USD 125.00
175	Indianapolis Motor Speedway IMS 1930s-1940s old photograph prints of 1st place racers	1930s-1940s	Not Available	USD 125.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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