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Ripley Auctions: Pickers EXPRESS Auction of Industrial, Scientific & Pop Culture Collectibles XI

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Auction Name	Pickers EXPRESS Auction of Industrial, Scientific & Pop Culture Collectibles XI	Total Sales (USD)	2,056.25
Auction Date	July 08, 2025 - July 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#70825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	51
Sold Lots	44.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	86.27%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
7926	Opportunity lot box filled with bound issues of electrical world,		Not Available	USD 406.25
7884	Lot of four 1920s art study figure study magazines. Nudity books, art lovers, art studies, art photos, the world of art,	1920s	Not Available	USD 150.00
8117	Large book, The Electrical World Vol. IV 1884	1884	Not Available	USD 125.00
8055	2 period nudie mags, heavenly bodies astrology and Esquire 1947 calendar,		Not Available	USD 100.00
8091	Large book, collection of issues of Electrical World July-December 1889	1889	Not Available	USD 100.00
8092	Large vintage book, The Electrical World Vol. XI and XII, January 1- December 31, 1888, collection of periodicals	1888	Not Available	USD 87.50
8057	Period nudist girlie cards, cutouts, promos, cartoons,		Not Available	USD 75.00
8062	Love Thief illustrated naughty book Paris France		Not Available	USD 75.00
8056	Some Interesting Figures, Earl Moran girl paintings,		Not Available	USD 62.50
8114	The Electrical World, 1890	1890	Not Available	USD 62.50
7857	Antique Wooden box filled with scientific cards		Not Available	USD 56.25
8028	Vintage Western Union glass advertising sign, yellow painted glass		Not Available	USD 56.25
8095	Large vintage book, The Electrical World Vol. 17 Jan 3 - June 27, 1891, collection of periodicals	1891	Not Available	USD 56.25
7883	3 1920s Art figure study and news magazines, The American Art Student, Art Classics,	1920s	Not Available	USD 50.00
8065	4 distressed 1920s figure study nude flapper girl books with covers removed,	1920s	Not Available	USD 50.00
8054	Model studies annual volume 15, figure studies, girly mag,		Not Available	USD 43.75
8063	Art studies magazine for art lovers and students, 1920s pin up girls,	1920s	Not Available	USD 43.75
7879	Group of 4 1950s/1960s comics western themes, Dell, DC, maverick, Wyatt Earp, the hallelujah Trail, western comics,	1950s/1960s	Not Available	USD 31.25
7880	Group of four 1950s and 1960s and 1970s war obsessed comic books, Two Gun Kid, Gunmaster, Fightin' Marines, Battle,	1950s and 1960s and 1970s	Not Available	USD 31.25
8064	Edwin Bower Hester's Arts monthly pictorial, 1920s pin up sepia girls,	1920s	Not Available	USD 31.25
7821	Opportunity lot box of 1920s 30s era art/photography/nudies, some don't have covers, various states,	1920s 30s	Not Available	USD 25.00
7901	Treasures of Tutankhamen tour poster, sealed, 1976 King tut national Gallery of Art field Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art	1976	Not Available	USD 25.00
8026	From Sex to Sexty, Volume 1-8, vintage crude adult cartoon magazine		Not Available	USD 25.00
7786	Antique 1929 Heart's Delight Farms Calendar. Chazy, New York	1929	Not Available	USD 18.75
8018	Opportunity lot Sex to Sexty magazines 6 issues of number 18, sock it to me		Not Available	USD 18.75

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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