Timed Estates Collectible Book Auction - Antiquarian, Nonfiction, Novels, Reference Books & More

Date(s)

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026

Midwest

Auctions

Event Website

Street Address

Ripley's Auctions & Appraisals
5451 N Rural Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220

Ripley's Auctions & Appraisals

Previews by appointment only.

39.852237513256, -86.1168783

Timed Estates Collectible Book Auction - Antiquarian, Nonfiction, Novels, Reference Books & More

Event Times

3pm (EDT)

Exhibitions

Charles Dickens to Thomas Beard, Devonshire Terrace, June 21, 1849 (detail)

Charles Dickens's Summer Holiday Letters Go On Show

'The Worlds of Gertrude Stein' Opens at the Harry Ransom Center

Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition

Americana

Paul Cuffe, signed autograph letter, sold for $96,000

Important African Americana Collection Leads at Freeman's

George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375

Colonel Sanders' Personal Planner Sold for $30,000 at Auction

Auctions

Ernest Hemingway typed letter, signed, referencing his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway's "Best Book" Letter and Harry Potter First Edition to Auction

'The Wipers Times' First World War Newspaper Sold for £7,000

Great Estates ART Live! Featuring Modern 20th Century Works on Paper, Paintings, Prints, & Multiples

Photographs

Henry Wessel, Incidents No 5, no date, gelatin silver print

'Henry Wessel: Photographs and Books' at the Grolier Club

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

Dr. Wakefield's Labrador, 'Even a Dog Enlists', and 'Windowsill Daydreaming': The Week in Rare Books

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Book People

The Anne Lefroy miniature with her obituary copied out from The Sun newspaper by Jane Austen.

Jane Austen's House Acquires Miniature of Austen's Mentor Anne Lefroy

Bright Young Booksellers: Adélaïde Carton

Washington Irving, Ruth Anna Fisher, and Linotype History: August Books Roundup

Rare Books

2025 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair 2026 Details

Landmark Mark Catesby Natural History Acquired by Missouri Botanical Garden

Harry Potter Edition Never Commercially Available: Rare Book of the Week

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Visual Art

Peter Firmin, original Noggin the Nog artwork in colour for the cover of The Saga of Noggin the Nog - book 1, monogrammed with title to lower margin

Original Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, and Ivor the Engine Artwork to Auction

Vintage Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors

Original Iron Man First Appearance Cover Artwork to Auction

1859 First Edition of Darwin’s "On the Origin of Species" to Lead Ripley Rare Books Auctions

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

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Timed Estates Collectible Book Auction - Antiquarian, Nonfiction, Novels, Reference Books & More

39.852237513256, -86.1168783