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Ripley Auctions: PICKERS EXPRESS Timed Auction of Industrial, Scientific & Pop Culture Collectibles XXIV
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| Auction Name | PICKERS EXPRESS Timed Auction of Industrial, Scientific & Pop Culture Collectibles XXIV | Total Sales (USD) | 6,918.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #61626 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 120 | ||
| Sold Lots | 111.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 92.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | Inf% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | Science and Invention Magazine covers |
N/A | Not Available | USD 937.50 | |
| 226 | Science and Invention Magazine covers |
N/A | Not Available | USD 531.25 | |
| 227 | Science and Invention Magazine covers |
N/A | Not Available | USD 406.25 | |
| 247 | Sawyer Mann Electric Appliance catalogue; Edison Electric Motors Instruction pamphlet |
1890 | Not Available | USD 343.75 | |
| 181 | L.G. Tillotson & Co. Catalog & Price List |
19th-century | Not Available | USD 281.25 | |
| 83 | Railroad Gazettes |
1897-98 | Not Available | USD 250.00 | |
| 252 | Standard Electric car Model M |
c. 1913 | Not Available | USD 200.00 | |
| 135 | Crumb Robert;Brown M.K.;Bukowski Charles;Spiegelman Art;Shelton Gilbert | 4 Books, including: Arcade |
1972 | Not Available | USD 150.00 |
| 139 | Crumb R;Kominsky-Crumb Aline | 4 Books, including: El Perfecto Comics |
1970;1973;1974 | Not Available | USD 125.00 |
| 253 | Rail Way Entertainment Menu |
1870 | Not Available | USD 125.00 | |
| 58 | Atkinson Philip | Electricity for Everybody |
1895 | Not Available | USD 112.50 |
| 129 | Williams Robert;Crumb R | 6 Books, including: Sleazy Scandals |
1968-75 | Not Available | USD 112.50 |
| 117 | The Nostalgic MAD |
N/A | Not Available | USD 87.50 | |
| 220 | The Electrical World |
1890 | Not Available | USD 87.50 | |
| 66 | Group of 1940s Radio catalogue and periodicals |
1940s | Not Available | USD 75.00 | |
| 102 | Bizzare Sex Comics |
N/A | Not Available | USD 75.00 | |
| 124 | Crumb R; Eisner Will; Kitchen; Lynch; Kurtz | Snarf |
N/A | Not Available | USD 75.00 |
| 125 | Crumb R | Head Comix |
1967 | Not Available | USD 75.00 |
| 131 | Crumb R;Wilson | Zap comics |
N/A | Not Available | USD 75.00 |
| 147 | Crumb Robert | Motor City Comics |
1969;1970 | Not Available | USD 75.00 |
| 171 | Rings um den Bodensee |
N/A | Not Available | USD 75.00 | |
| 187 | 5 Books, including: RCA Victor Service Notes |
1933; 1935; 1937; 1947 | Not Available | USD 75.00 | |
| 228 | Caldwell Eugene Wilson; Pusey William Allen | The Practical Application of the Rontgen Rays in Therapeutics and Diagnosis |
c. 1905 | Not Available | USD 75.00 |
| 50 | Black and white photographs from 1920s and 30s era advertising and products |
1920s; 1930s | Not Available | USD 62.50 | |
| 71 | 12 months of Radio Engineering |
1931 | Not Available | USD 62.50 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000