Bidspirit auctions | Ripley Auctions Auction Oct 4, 2025
Ripley Auctions, Oct 4, 2025. 215 lots, estimates 100 - 35000 $.
Ripley Auctions - Ripley Auctions is proud to present our Oct. 4 Great Estates Live! Premier Art & Antiques auction!
Gallery Preview: Friday, October 3rd, 2-5PM or by appointment.
Doors open 10am day of sale.
This sale features Global Art, Antiques, and Artifacts from prehistory to the present showcasing museum quality rarities from beginning to end.
Highlights include:
Two oil paintings by T.C. Steele, a Brown County landscape dated 1916, and a floral still life with zinnias, dated 1913, both from a private Indianapolis collector and art benefactor.
A collection of fossils, artifacts, and ancient art and antiquities from around the world, from an Indiana collection.
Master drawings and prints.
Impressionist to Important 20th Century modernist paintings, prints, and works on paper.
Also featuring Sterling & Silver Vertu, Rugs, Studio pottery and glass.
Modern Paintings/Works on Paper by Shirley Jaffe, Blanche Lazzell, Jean Crotti, Raymond Johnson, Beatrice Mandelman, Ida Kohlmeyer, Herman Cherry, Milton Avery, Charlotte Park, Randall Morgan, Emil Bisttram, Paul Kelpe, Eleanor de Laittre, Mercedes Matter, and MANY MORE!
A large and striking still life by Russian Federation artist, Nikolai I. Barchenkov.
A French Impressionist painting of Poppies in a Field by Louis-Marie Lemaire.
A 16th Century detail drawing from The Last Judgement after Michelangelo.
Prints by Rembrandt, Renoir, Rouault, Icart, and Thomas Hart Benton.
Classical Greek/Roman marble sculpture.
Chinese Xiapei embroidered silk women's court waistcoat.
Chinese Han Dynasty ceramic duck pond. Tang Dynasty earthenware court lady figure with bird.
Tibetan Buddhist Thangka scroll paintings.
Samurai Swords.
Collection of six Egyptian faience Ushabti.
African Art including carved tribal pieces and a Benin Kingdom bronze head of a ruler.
A small oil painting depicting a path at Clifty Falls State Park by William McKendree Snyder.
Along with contemporary Indiana Art by James Wille Faust, Robert Berkshire, Dick Hay, Rose Cabat, Mae Engron, John Domont, Katy McMurray, and Mary Kathryn Massey.
Fossils: Oreodont Skull brule formation Penning Co. South Dakota Oligocene Epoch 30 million years old, Gembone / dinosaur bone fossil carved hunchback figural pestle, Museum quality petrified lychee wood specimen tree trunk, and a Mastodon tooth with roots specimen.
Grooved axes, and an Olmec greenstone mask carving.
Lots in this catalog (215)
- Lot 1: Native American Indigenous full groove ax artifact / relic. 6 1/2"H x 4 3/4"W — $140 - $250
- Lot 2: Native American Indigenous 9 inch 3/4 grooved ax artifact / relic, Mississinewa river drainage South — $200 - $400
- Lot 3: Native American Indigenous full groove banded hardstone ax artifact / relic. 5 3/4"H x 3 1/2"W — $200 - $400
- Lot 4: Large Native American Indian granite celt artifact / relic, Anderson, Indiana. 3 1/4"H x 6"W — $100 - $200
- Lot 5: Gembone / dinosaur bone fossil carved hunchback figural pestle; Native American Indigenous People / — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 6: Olmec Pre-Columbian carved greenstone mask faced idol fetish bust. 4 3/4"H x 3 1/2"W — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 7: Mastodon tooth with roots fossilized / fossil specimen found in Santa Fe River, museum quality. 8"H — $500 - $700
- Lot 8: Dinohyus / Daeodon Miocene maxilla and teeth fossil / fossilized bone specimen, 20 Million years old — $200 - $400
- Lot 9: Oreodont Skull brule formation Penning Co. South Dakota Oligocene Epoch 30 million years old 4 1/2"H — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 10: Museum quality petrified lychee wood specimen tree trunk stump with live edge. 12"H x 16"W — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 11: Classical Greek / Roman / Italian carved marble model of a male torso, Apollo / Dionysus. 8"H x 6"W — $4,000 - $6,000
- Lot 12: French Renaissance 1400-1600 AD white marble sculpture carving, head of youth, Adonis / Hermes. 11 — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 13: Follower of Buonarroti Michelangelo, Renaissance School (Italy, 16th Century), study after the Last — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 14: Circle of Parmigianino, Francesco Mazzola (Italian, 1503 - 1540) Descent from the Cross, ink, — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 15: LARGE fruit bowl bounty motif stained glass window with geometric leaded beveled clear glass. 33 — $700 - $900
- Lot 16: M. Leonori signed Italian white marble standing figure of a female nude Venus with drapery — $200 - $400
- Lot 17: Nikolai Ivanovich Barchenkov, Russian Federation (1918-2002), Floral still life with glass fruit — $6,000 - $8,000
- Lot 18: Louis Marie Lemaire, French (1824-1910), Poppies, oil on canvas, 15" x 18". — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 19: Four Maine naturally tumbled granite hardstone balls. 4 1/4"Diam. (one) — $200 - $300
- Lot 20: Nine early settler or Native American clay game balls 3"Diam. (one) — $140 - $250
- Lot 21: Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) View of Amsterdam from the Northwest, etching on fine laid — $700 - $900
- Lot 22: Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch (1609-1669), Self Portrait Drawing at a Window, copper plate etching and — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 23: Dutch and English black glass bottles and book 9 1/4"H x 4"Diam. (largest) — $400 - $600
- Lot 24: Dutch onion black glass bottle 6 3/4"H x 5 1/2"Diam. — $200 - $400
- Lot 25: Francois Boucher, French (1703-1770), Young Woman Lying in Bed, reclining female nude, sanguine and — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 26: Attr. J.M.W. Turner (English, 1775 - 1851) figural group/harbor scene, graphite watercolor/gouache — $500 - $700
- Lot 28: Cartier sterling silver tea caddy with carved pineapple finial 4 1/2"H x 3"W — $250 - $350
- Lot 29: Manner of Francois Duquesnoy, Flemish (1594-1643), Continental carved portrait bust of a young child — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 30: Theodore Clement, (T.C.) Steele, American (1847-1926), Brown County Landscape with Hilltop View, — $20,000 - $30,000
- Lot 31: Theodore Clement, (T.C.) Steele, American (1847-1926), Still Life with Zinnias, 1913, oil on canvas, — $15,000 - $25,000
- Lot 32: Mettlach Villeroy & Boch Art Nouveau stoneware vase #2909, stylized poppy floral design. 14 1/2"H x — $300 - $500
- Lot 33: Ryrie Brothers English sterling silver reticulated double handle center pedestal bowl, 1911. 10"H — $1,000 - $1,400
- Lot 34: George III set of sterling silver serving spoons, hallmarked London, 1800. 8 1/2"L x 1 3/4"W — $250 - $350
- Lot 35: Six bright cut sterling silver spoons, George III, London 1786, and two small spoons with hallmarks — $200 - $300
- Lot 36: Set of 8 St Louis cobalt cut to clear "Tommy" crystal stems; wine goblets. 7 3/4"H x 3 1/2"Diam. — $700 - $900
- Lot 37: Christofle France silver plated America pattern flatware partial dinner service. — $700 - $900
- Lot 38: Reed & Barton "Burgundy" sterling silver flatware 93pc service, Heirloom Sterling serving spoon, 3 — $1,500 - $2,500
- Lot 39: Lunt sterling silver Belle Meade pattern flatware dinner service for 12, 66pc 9"L (dinner knife), 7 — $1,500 - $2,500
- Lot 40: Knowles "Roman" pattern sterling silver bouillon or gumbo soup spoons, 6pc. 7 1/4"H x 2"W (one) — $200 - $300
- Lot 41: Gorham "Lancaster" pattern sterling silver flatware partial dinner service for 6, 16pc 9 1/4"H (one — $350 - $450
- Lot 42: Wallace "Violet" sterling silver flatware, 17pc 8"H x 1 1/2"W (pie server) — $200 - $300
- Lot 43: Antique Sterling silver 4pc.; Dutch 19th Century meat fork, R&W Wilson, Philadelphia sterling, Towle — $200 - $300
- Lot 44: Estate antique American fiddleback coin silver spoons 7"L x 1 1/2"W (largest spoon) — $200 - $300
- Lot 45: Jean Francois Millet (French, 1814 - 1875) Peasant Girl from Auvergne Spinning Wool (La Fileuse — $400 - $600
- Lot 46: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French (1841-1919), Ambroise Vollard, 1904, lithograph, 12 1/2"H x 9 — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 47: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French (1841-1919), Louis Valtat, 1904, lithograph, 12 1/2"H x 9 — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 48: John Taylor Arms, American (1887-1953), In Memoriam (The North Portal of Chartres Cathedral), 1939, — $400 - $600
- Lot 49: Honore Daumier, French (1808-1879), head of a man, bronze bust, 6"H x 5 1/2"W — $300 - $500
- Lot 50: Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), La Parade, 1926, lithograph, 20"H x 13"W — $300 - $500
- Lot 51: Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), "Au Pas de Parade" (from "Grotesques"), lithograph, 19 3/4"H — $300 - $500
- Lot 52: Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), Le Jongleur, 1926, lithograph, 19 3/4"H x 13"W — $300 - $500
- Lot 53: Georges Rouault, French (1871 - 1958), Le Trio, lithograph, 19 3/4"H x 13"W — $300 - $500
- Lot 54: Neo-Classical carved white marble female nude caryatid support column 47 3/4"H x 12"W — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 55: Neo-Classical carved white marble female nude caryatid support column 44 1/2"H x 11 1/2"W — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 56: Mary Kathryn Massey, American (b.1953), still life with melon and grapes, oil on board, 14" x 18". — $700 - $900
- Lot 57: Mary Kathryn Massey, American (b.1953), Still Life with Sake Pitcher and Oranges, oil on board, 7 — $400 - $600
- Lot 58: Katy McMurray, Indiana (21st Century), Still Life with Apples, 2002, oil on board — $700 - $900
- Lot 59: Richard Judson Zolan, American (1931-2001), Hebrew Scholar, 1973, oil on linen, 16"H x — $140 - $300
- Lot 60: Thomas Walter, Austrian (ca. 1900), rural landscape, tree-lined path with horse and wagon, oil on — $200 - $400
- Lot 61: Thomas Walter, Austrian (ca. 1900), bucolic landscape with cattle and figure, Wien, oil on canvas, — $200 - $400
- Lot 62: James Desvarreux-Larpenteur, American (1847 - 1937), bucolic landscape with cattle and grazing — $500 - $700
- Lot 63: Nermut, Russian (ca. 1900), winter scene; troika with wolves, oil on panel., 20"H x 30"W(board), 32 — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 64: Japanese Mumei sword blade with wooden sheath 1 1/4"Wide x 22"Long — $400 - $600
- Lot 65: Japanese Tanba No Kami Yoshimichi sword blade, signed. 1"Wide x 22"Long — $400 - $600
- Lot 66: Japanese Sakushu Tsuyama Ju Kanesaki from Tsuyama Sakushu sword blade, signed. 27 1/4"Long (blade) — $600 - $900
- Lot 67: Japanese Edo period hand forged iron tsuba with koi fish motif 2 3/4"Diam. — $300 - $500
- Lot 68: Antique 19th Century Japanese scroll painting on silk with Samurai warrior figure and poem. 47 1/2"H — $300 - $500
- Lot 69: Jizo Japanese carved stone Bodhisattva shrine monument; protector of travelers. 21" H x 11" W x 5" D — $700 - $900
- Lot 70: Japanese carved stone Buddhist monk statue, Kobo Daishi, Edo period. 12 1/2"H x 8"W — $300 - $500
- Lot 71: Antique Chinese bamboo console table with three drawers. 34"H x 38"W — $400 - $600
- Lot 72: Chinese archaic Dynasty carved stone allegorical Daoist male scholar figure statue fragment., 9"H x — $300 - $500
- Lot 73: Antique Chinese Dynastic carved hardstone Buddhist or Daoist Immortal deity Bodhisattva or Tianguan, — $500 - $700
- Lot 74: Framed vintage Chinese Xiapei embroidered silk women's court waistcoat vest with phoenix and dragon — $1,500 - $3,000
- Lot 75: Framed antique vintage Chinese Late Qing/Republic period embroidered black ground silk robe with — $200 - $400
- Lot 76: Framed Vintage Qing Dynasty Chinese embroidered silk collar 26"H x 26"W(frame) — $200 - $400
- Lot 77: Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain tea canister caddy. 6 1/4"H x 5 1/4"W — $300 - $400
- Lot 78: Chinese Duan inkstone, seal under base, late Qing Dynasty, dragon bats and peaches with auspicious — $1,500 - $2,500
- Lot 79: Indochina/Southeast Asia/Burma carved wood statue of a Buddhist Monk figure on stand 34 1/4"H x 12 — $400 - $600
- Lot 80: Asian inspired cast iron powder coated hanging table bell metal gong on stand after Tom Torrens, — $700 - $900
- Lot 81: Vintage Tibetan Buddhist Thangka religious painting on linen depicting Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 82: Tibetan Buddhist Thangka mandala religious painting with gilt detail 13"H x 11"W(sight), 14 1/2"H x — $200 - $400
- Lot 83: Chinese Tang Dynasty polychrome terracotta pottery figure of a court lady with bird. 12"H x 4 1/2"W — $600 - $800
- Lot 84: Chinese Han Dynasty duck pond; grey/green glazed pottery figure group 3"H x 10 1/4"W — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 85: Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted illuminated manuscript leaf page with court scene 8"H x 4 — $200 - $300
- Lot 86: Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted illuminated manuscript leaf page with holy figure 11 1/2"H x 7 — $200 - $300
- Lot 87: Indo Persian Mughal hand-painted illuminated manuscript leaf page with battle scene 12 1/4"H x — $200 - $300
- Lot 88: Persian kashan estate rug / carpet, ca. 1920s 119"H x 82"W — $1,200 - $1,500
- Lot 89: Persian dargazine estate rug / carpet, ca. 1950s 143 1/2"H x 105 1/4"W — $800 - $1,000
- Lot 90: Indo bahktiari estate rug / carpet, ca. 1990s 144 H x 108 W — $600 - $800
- Lot 91: Antique Persian Sarouk estate room size rug carpet ca.1930s, 17.5 x 10.2 — $1,500 - $3,000
- Lot 92: Blue glazed faience Ushabti with hieroglyphic inscription, dates from ancient Egypt's 26th-30th — $400 - $600
- Lot 93: Blue glazed faience Ushabti with inscriptions on front and back, dates from ancient Egypt's 26th — $500 - $900
- Lot 94: Glazed faience ushabti inscribed for Seshep-Wn, dates from ancient Egypt's 30th Dynasty, c. 300 BC. — $200 - $400
- Lot 95: Brown glazed faience Ushabti, named for the "Kings's first true priest" Ai-m-u-hotep, dates from — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 96: Glazed faience Ushabti inscribed with 9 lines of inscription from the Book of the Dead for the — $600 - $900
- Lot 97: Glazed faience Ushabti inscribed with 8 lines from the Book of the Dead, dates from ancient Egypt's — $600 - $800
- Lot 98: Ancient native Bura terracotta funerary head fragment effigy. 6 1/2"H x 3"W — $400 - $600
- Lot 99: Kwere or Zigua Bantu culture terracotta earthenware figure of steatopygous female, Tanzania. 8 1/4"H — $140 - $250
- Lot 100: African Ife style Benin Kingdom bronze lifesize head of a ruler, Nigeria. 15 1/4"H x 6 1/2"W — $500 - $700
- Lot 101: Three African bronze tribal currency bracelets., 1 3/4"H x 4"W (one) — $200 - $300
- Lot 102: Yoruba peoples Babalawo beaded container with lid, West Africa, and a Zulu Ndebele initiation cloth — $200 - $300
- Lot 103: Namji wooden fertility fetish doll with adornments including bead strands and shells. 12"H x 6"W — $140 - $250
- Lot 104: African Biiga Mossi fertility doll fetish; carved wood with incised pattern decoration and beaded — $140 - $250
- Lot 105: Small antique African tribal mask, possibly Dan?, Ivory Coast. 7 3/4"H x 4 1/2"W — $200 - $400
- Lot 106: Three African carvings; tall wooden figure, carved bone deity figure, ceremonial scepter with human — $200 - $300
- Lot 107: Three Gogo peoples Bantu culture carvings; two fetish figures and a musical instrument, Dodoma, — $140 - $250
- Lot 108: Three African wood carvings; Kwere female Mwana Hiti miniature figures, and Kuba powder box with — $200 - $400
- Lot 109: African Pende carved bone ikhoko ceremonial mask pendant, Democratic Republic of Congo 1 1/4"H x 1"W — $400 - $500
- Lot 110: African terracotta clay figural smoking pipe, Cameroon. 4 1/4"H x 3 3/4"W — $100 - $200
- Lot 111: Oceanic Polynesian tribal culture Tiki God carved dark wood figural fetish hilt / tool handles. 6 — $300 - $500
- Lot 112: Three tribal African carvings; Baule zoomorphic slingshot sling, Luba head rest, DR Congo, and a — $200 - $400
- Lot 113: African tribal carvings 6pc.: two ceremonial combs, and head rest stand, and three ceremonial spoons — $140 - $300
- Lot 114: African tribal carved items, 5pc.: Three miniature Dan passport masks, Ashanti Akuaba doll, Ghana, — $200 - $400
- Lot 115: Hemba? dance rattle, DR Congo, Bakongo? female maternity figure, and a Yoruba? Eshu staff sculpture. — $200 - $400
- Lot 116: Oscar Bluemner, Massachusetts, New York / Germany (1867 - 1938), Untitled, View of Soho, New Jersey, — $200 - $300
- Lot 117: William McKendree Snyder, Indiana (1848 - 1930), Rocky Autumn Path at Clifty Falls State Park, IN, — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 118: Gustave Adolph Wiegand, United States (1886 - 1973), Autumn Landscape with Stone Bridge, oil on — $500 - $700
- Lot 119: Birger Sandzen, Kansas, Colorado / Sweden (1871 - 1954), Rocky Mountain Lake, 1948, lithograph, 10 — $400 - $600
- Lot 120: Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri / Massachusetts (1889 - 1975), "Lonesome Road," 1938, lithograph, 9"H x — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 121: Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri / Massachusetts (1889 - 1975), ''Sunday Morning'',1939, lithograph, 9"H — $1,500 - $2,500
- Lot 122: Thomas Hart Benton, American (1889-1975), In the Ozarks, Plate Number Nine, lithograph, 9"H x 12"W — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 123: Louis Icart, France (1888-1950), Do Not Enter, 1922, Color Etching with Aquatint and added — $400 - $600
- Lot 124: Louis Icart, France (1888-1950), Untied Ribbon, 1922, Color Etching with Aquatint and added — $400 - $600
- Lot 125: Louis Icart, France (1888-1950), Lounging, 1924, Original dry point etching with hand watercoloring — $500 - $700
- Lot 127: Louis Icart, France (1888-1950), Blossom Time, 1926, original drypoint etching with hand coloring on — $600 - $800
- Lot 128: Gino Severini (Italian, 1883 - 1966) abstract color lithograph 21 1/4"H x 13 3/4"W(sight), 28 3/4"H — $500 - $700
- Lot 129: Pair French Art Deco frosted art glass flower wall sconces attr/ Degue with silvered textured metal — $500 - $700
- Lot 130: Lalique France Nemours, (cactus), frosted crystal Art Deco center bowl. 4"H x 10"Diam. — $400 - $600
- Lot 131: After Michel Pellier Art Deco style patinated bronze dancer figure with peacock feathers. 21 1/4"H x — $300 - $500
- Lot 132: Art Deco rose and black marble mantle clock with surmounted cast metal recumbent great dane dog — $400 - $600
- Lot 133: Attributed to Maitland Smith French Empire style round glass top table with bronze ormolu, inlay — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 134: Pair of Anglo-Indian carved and polychrome peacock figural chairs, style of Tony Duquette. — $1,200 - $1,800
- Lot 135: Jean Crotti, French (1878 - 1958), geometric abstract, 1920, gouache on rice paper, 9 1/2"H x 7 — $7,000 - $9,000
- Lot 136: Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell, American (1878 - 1956), abstract still life, 1937, watercolor on — $8,000 - $12,000
- Lot 137: Milton Clark Avery, American (1885 - 1965), Two Seated, seated female nude line drawing, ink on — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 138: Benjamin D. Kopman, Russian American (1887-1965), female portrait, oil on canvas, 24 1/4"H x 20 — $300 - $500
- Lot 139: Raymond Jonson, American (1891 - 1982), untitled no. 11, 1948, watercolor on paper, 19"H x — $5,000 - $7,000
- Lot 140: Emil Bisttram, Hungarian American (1895 - 1976), geometric abstract, 1943, encaustic on paper, 12 — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 141: Emil Bisttram, Hungarian American (1895 - 1976), Two geometric abstract works, 1941, mixed media, — $2,000 - $3,000
- Lot 142: Emil Ganso, German American (1895 - 1941), street scene with horse drawn wagon, 1918, watercolor on — $400 - $600
- Lot 143: Emil Ganso, German American (1895 - 1941), reclined female nude, graphite on paper, 16"H x 21"W — $200 - $400
- Lot 144: Clay Spohn, American (1898 - 1977), Untitled Surrealist drawing, graphite / pencil on paper, 6"H x — $200 - $400
- Lot 145: Moses Soyer, New York (1899-1974), portrait of a woman with hat, oil on masonite board — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 146: Isabel Bishop, American (1902 - 1988), Nude Rising From Bed, c.1936, ink and inkwash on paper, 6 — $1,500 - $2,500
- Lot 147: Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902 - 1971), The Lapis, 1957, 5 original watercolor paintings and — $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot 148: Louis Stone, American (1902-1984), Untitled, 1939, gouache and watercolor on paper, double sided, 5 — $1,000 - $2,000
- Lot 149: Paul Kelpe, German American (1902 - 1985), geometric abstract, 1936, mixed media on board, 7 1/4"H x — $3,000 - $4,000
- Lot 150: Paul Cadmus, American (1904-1999), Seated Male Nude, pastel and black crayon on blue paper — $800 - $1,200
- Lot 151: Paul Cadmus, American (1904 - 1999), Seate Female Nude, watercolor and crayon on paper, 8 1/2"H x — $400 - $600
- Lot 152: John Ferren, American (1905 - 1970), abstract, 1933, watercolor and ink on paper, 6 1/4"H x 9 — $1,200 - $1,800