August 11, 2026 3:00 PM EDT
- Indianapolis, IN, US
- Auction Details
Pickers Humanitiques TIMED Auction - Native American, Militaria, Civil War, Ephemera, Railroad & Black American History
by Ripley Auctions
206 lots
61: 14 vintage 1940’s-1950’s motorcycle magazines, The Motorcycle, Cycle, American Motorcycling. Post-war advertisements, BSA, Ariel, Triumph, Norton.
62: 8 issues of Moto Revue and La Moto 1935-1942, rare and a little rough. French motorsport, automobilia, military/utility adaptations, wartime French automotive history. Terrot, Peugeot, Gillet, and more.
63: 31 1960s era motorcycle magazines, Motorcyclist Magazine, 1959-64. Fair to good condition. Era of early introduction of Japanese motorcycles to the US market
64: 23 vintage 1960s issues of Hot Rod magazine, rare early custom car periodicals! 1960s muscle car debuts, early drag racing, and classic hot rod modifications
65: 5 vintage Eversharp Red Top Lead retail displays still containing product with original boxes
66: Antique Tin Wind Up Humphrey Mobile Toy by Wyandotte Toys, moving arm, legs and hat when wound and rolling. Joe Palooka, Ham Fisher/Joe Palooka, 7” x 8 1/2” x 5 1/2”
67: 2 vintage tin toys, 1930’s Louis Marx & Co. Charlie McCarthy "Benzine Buggy" tin litho wind-up toy, 1920s or 1930s hand-held "squeeze" drumming tin soldier made in Germany. Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy, ventriloquism...
68: Vintage 1940’s Wyandotte "Man on the Flying Trapeze" mechanical toy, lithographed tin metal, wind-up mechanism, 9”H
69: Signed Pete Rose 8” x 10” color photo, 2017, matted, Cincinnati Reds
70: Historical large scale photograph of heavyweight champion Jack Johnson standing over a defeated James J. Jeffries in a ring surrounded by a large crowd in Reno, Nevada, "Fight of the Century," July 4th, 1910 27 1/2"H x 3
71: Group of celebrity photographs and ephemera, signed 8 x 10 portrait of Walt Disney "Sincerely Walt Disney," 4 Walt Disney stamps, pair of 8 x 10 photos of Jayne Mansfield and Sophia Loren including the famous wardrobe...
72: Fred K. "Hoopie" Monroe (1883-1960) memorabilia: Fred K. Monroe Music Shop calendar/ thermometer advertisement, photographs, wallet with cards, documents, stationary and envelopes, letterpress printing block with America
73: Comprehensive Archive of John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) memorabilia: books, performance programs, photographs, vinyl record, 1895 King Cotton March sheet music, and more 13 3/4"H x 10 3/4"W (largest)
74: Two Black American photographic print portraits, expressive character portrait with period frames 14 3/4"H x 11"W(sight), 22” H x 18” W(frame) - Larger frame measured
75: Chuck Berry and The Four Tops Carnegie Hall performance poster 19” H x 13” W (Frame)
76: Scenic three panel wooden fire screen - Sporting/Nature Triptych 30” H x 42 1/2"W
77: Suspected to be custom-built Thomas Cristiano burl wood 7-drawer cigar humidor. Stocked with 3 Calabresi humidifiers and skeleton key., 11 3/4”W x 11 1/4”D x 17 1/4”H
78: Limited/Special edition Santa Damiana La Romana blue lacquered wood cigar humidor box, branded seal, Habana 2000 edition, tobacciana, 8”H x 16 1/4”W x 11 1/4”D
79: Collection of many vintage cigar bands and cigar box inner labels, tobacciana. Includes large assortment of vintage embossed foil and paper cigar bands along with original chromolithographed cigar box inner/lid labels...
80: “MY DEAR” CIGARETTES, Chinese framed advertising Shanghai style poster, Hwa Ching Tobacco Co., Shanghai glamour girl, large-format display, 32” x 22 1/2” x 1 1/2”,