Ripley Auctions: Eclectic Collections: Single-Owner Scale Model Car Extravaganza Timed Auction II, 21125, Indianapolis

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 11, 2025 - February 11, 2025
Page Size: 33 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
275 Terry O'Neil.

The Bahamas Speed Weeks / Motor Racing at Nassau In The 1950's & 1960's

Not Available USD 39.00
276 Hugh Conway

Ettore Bugatti "Bugatti Magnum" Hardcover Book

Not Available USD 260.00
277 Chris Nixon

Sportscar Heaven: Aston Martin DBR1 V Ferrari Testa Rossa

Not Available USD 91.00
278

Lot of 6 vintage Motorsport magazines, 1950's-1970's

Not Available Not Sold
279 Joel E. Finn

Maserati Birdcage: The marvelous Tipo 60 and 61 sports racing cars./Maserati: The Postwar Sportsracing Cars

Not Available USD 52.00
280 John Starkey.

"Racing With A Difference: The History of IMSA"

Not Available USD 91.00
281 Chris Nixon.

"Peter Coltrin Racing In Color 1954-1959. Text by Chris Nixon."

Not Available Not Sold
282 Franco Zagari.

"Tazio Nuvolari"

Modena Italy, Not Available USD 52.00
293

Lot of 24 issues of Vintage Motorsport Magazine, mostly from 1990's

Not Available USD 26.00
294 Automobile Club de L'ouest/Alberto Redaelli

Les 24 Heures Du Mans 1923-1982/ Le Legendarie Mille Miglia.

Not Available USD 26.00
295

Lot of 9 hardcover editions of "Automobile Year," 1960's-70's.

Not Available USD 78.00
296 Luigi Fusi's

"Alfa Romeo: All Cars From 1910"

Not Available USD 130.00
325

Box/opportunity lot of 17 hardcover and softcover books from different eras of automotive history.

Not Available USD 104.00
326

BMW Art Car Collection Automobile Art Soft Cover Book.

Not Available USD 39.00
327 Tony Adriaensens.

"Weekend Heroes"

Not Available USD 91.00
328

Box/opportunity lot of 27 hardcover and softcover automotive/Motorsports books and magazines.

Not Available USD 52.00
329 Doug Nye.

"The Colonel's Ferraris" Hardcover. And Ferrari 1:43 FDS Index Cards Vol. 2. Napoli Italy.

Not Available USD 39.00
330

Box/opportunity lot of 10 hardcover and soft cover automotive books.

Not Available USD 52.00
331

Lot of 3 books for the Fiat/Abarth enthusiast.

Not Available USD 39.00
332 John Starkey

"From R to GT3R: The Racing Porsches 911 & 930." and "930 to 935: The Turbo Porsches."

Not Available USD 156.00
333 Karl Ludvigsen; by J.A. Martin & Ken Wells.

"Juan Manuel Fangio: Motor Racing's Grand Master" and Prototypes: The History of the IMSA GTP Series

Not Available USD 78.00
334

Box/opportunity lot of 10 hardcover and softcover books covering several different racing disciplines.

Not Available USD 39.00
335 Janos L. Wimpffen.

"Time and Two Seats: Five Decades of Long Distance Racing"

Not Available USD 156.00
336

Box/opportunity lot of 22 hardcover and softcover mostly Ferrari-centric books.

Not Available USD 52.00
337

Lot of 4 German Motorsport Books including a signed first edition "Porsche: Excellence Was Expected" by Karl Ludvigsen.

Not Available USD 182.00
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
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