Bidspirit auctions | Ripley Auctions Auction Dec 2, 2025

Ripley Auctions, Dec 2, 2025. 240 lots, estimates 10 $.

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Auction date: 3:00PM EDT, Tuesday 2 December 2025

Welcome to the third Pickers LIVE auction! Just like our previous timed Pickers Express auctions, dive into the vast single-owner estate that we've been selling for well over a year, now with a live video feed and audio! This auction contains 240 lots of anything you could imagine. You see the items moments after we unbox them! With a single-owner collection including vintage Hi-Fi equipment, radios, advertising memorabilia, and one-of-a-kind collectibles, there is something for enthusiasts from all genres and niches.

As always, there are no reserves, no detailed descriptions—just pure treasure hunting! Our shipping partner, Shipping Saint, continues to handle all third-party in-house shipping needs. For quicker access to your winnings, we encourage local pickup.

Whether you’re a seasoned collector or a first-time bidder, the Pickers Express Sales offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore this colossal and remarkable collection. The hunt is on. Happy bidding!

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Lots in this catalog (240)

• Lot 10041: Vibroplex telegraph key, Horace G. Martin, early railroad, Marconi, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10042: Healing Golden Voice Bakelite Radio - 1940s Model 552E, shortwave, broadcast, cream color. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10043: Western Electric 1-B “transmitter” early microphone, not tested, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10044: Bi-polar electric motor circa 1880s ? Untested, robust (heavy) design, 7” x 9” x 6” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10045: FWEW Wood system 8” fan, Fort Wayne, Indiana, untested, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10046: Emerson Model 1270 portable television from 1956, 8” screen, untested, gold, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10049: Atwater Kent model 666 car radio system with remote control for restoration — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10050: Western Electric 387-W double-button carbon microphone for restoration with extant 600A capsule, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10052: Hudson American Co. Buccaneer shortwave and broadcast radio, metal cabinet, printed faceplate, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10053: Assortment of 4 table lighters of years gone by, Bakelite, fire machines, electric, fluid, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10054: Addison L2 all tube, Bakelite radio, gold dial, not tested, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10060: vintage Emerson "Snow White" repwood radio cabinet, 1939 — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10062: Toy motor, antique, L.E. Knott model 98-20 A, 2 1/2” X 3” X 2” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10063: Vintage circa1945 Buck Rogers U-235 Atomic Pistol by Daisy, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10067: Aluminum obelisk, 2 piece construction, sticker on bottom dated 1948, 20” x 7 1/2” x 7 1/2” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10086: First National City Bank of New York, illuminated desk/window sign, brass and glass, light turns on, 14” x 2” x 3 1/2” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10088: E.F. Johnson Telegraph key and sounder on dramatic stained wood base, wiring instructions on underside, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10090: Corona four lavender typewriter, early 1930s with road case, original ribbon covers, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10091: Circa 1929 Corona four, brick red typewriter with Harvard University letters, L.C. Smith and Corona, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10092: Sony Walkman Professional model WM-D6C stereo portable cassette recorder, with soft case, loose door window, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10093: "Excelsior" telegraphic date and time stamping machine, Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10112: Vacheron and Constantin Gold filled pocket watch, articulated case, AM Wentworth branding, Portland Maine, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10115: Vintage wooden airplane engine lamp, turn the propeller and flip the switch! Works, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10117: Lot of vintage Bakelite accessories/pieces. Red and butterscotch bangle, one with orange inlays, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10120: Vintage Western Union Tele-Recorder ticker tape telegraph relay unit, looks to be incomplete — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10121: Lot of 2 Knapp? miniature electric motors, untested, Tallest 4”H — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10122: Lot of 2 vintage telegraph keys, United Electrical Apparatus Co., Boston and E. I. Co. New York — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10123: Vintage Sangamo Electric Co. (Springfield, IL) Toye HC Watthour Meter, some loose components in bag, 15” x 7” x 5.5” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10124: Antique Western Electric Co. ammeter/voltmeter, glass in display broken, 10.5” x 6” x 3” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10126: Vintage Western Electric Type 32 wood telephone box, back marked “Special(?) Type 6”, bells ring when crank is turned, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10127: Vintage Weston Electrical Instrument Co. Voltmeter & Ammeter, back marked “May 6th 1893”, 10.5” x 8” x 5” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10128: Vintage Motorola Power-10 7 Transistor radio, good condition, powers on! — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10129: Lot of 2 vintage Weston Electrical Instrument Co. meters, Ammeter No. 8190 and Mil-Am-Meter no. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10131: Lot of 6 vintage sports bobbles heads, NHL Hockey Original 6 teams, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10132: Lot of 3 vintage ceramic bobble head souvenirs, Lemon Lady “Sun Kissed” and Orange Man “In Florida”, Dr. Ben Casey, M. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10133: Vintage ceramic Detroit Tigers MLB Baseball bobble head, sticker on the bottom reads “Japan”, 6.5”H — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10134: 1961-65 CFL Edmonton Eskimos Bobbing Head Doll, good condition, 5.25”H — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10135: Vintage 1960’s Kansas City Athletics professional baseball souvenir bobble head “nodder” batter, good condition, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10136: Vintage 1960’s Minnesota Twins professional baseball souvenir bobble head “nodder” batter, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10139: American Watch Co. (also known as Waltham Watch Company) Waltham, Massachusetts, circa 1870, Fogg’s patent, watch no. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10144: Vintage 1960's Swiss Watch Pedre 17 Jewels & Cabochons, untested, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10145: RCA Victor "Sound Tape" cartridge tape recorder, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10146: Early spark transmitter, wood box, PAF, coil, untested, 12“ x 9“ x 8“ — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10147: Harmony H 189 amplifier, circa 1954, powers on, guitar, lap steel — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10148: Antique Dietz Convex Brass 3 Lens Color Red, Blue, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10161: vintage Revox 3377 dynamic microphone and stand. Untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10168: Vintage Fada Model 246-W tube radio from 1937 AM and shortwave band radio, brown bakelite cabinet with Art Deco design. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10169: Vintage Marshall/Clinton? "Baby Blue" tube radio, likely from the mid-20th century. Taped cord, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10171: Vintage steampunk glass cold cathode X-ray tube, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10172: Vintage KLH Model Eight tube FM radio with separate speaker in solid wood cabinets produced from 1960 to 1965. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10174: Westinghouse Aeriola Senior radio receiver, first introduced in December 1921. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10177: Vintage D.C. (direct current) Ammeter manufactured by Queen & Co. of Philadelphia, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10185: Silvercraft Art Deco desk clock retailed by Farber Bros. of New York City, circa 1920. Ticking. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10199: Antique French Dial Telegraph with wooden base by Bréguet, circa 1855, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10201: Vintage Crosley "All American Five" model tabletop tube radio with Bakelite case, 1940s - 1950s, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10202: Vintage Clapp-Eastham "Radak" Type H.R. radio receiver, wooden cabinet, 1921, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10203: Collectible vintage Dictogrand Type R-3 Radio Loud Speaker, made in the 1920s, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10204: Antique "People's" index typewriter, a model produced around 1892, inside wooden box for carrying case. Untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10206: Early Siegley patent combination plow plane woodworking tool, 1890, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10207: Vintage Caframo "Dragonfly" Model V electric fan from the 1950s, beige and black body with a metal loop base, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10209: Philmore "Flivver" crystal set radio receiver, circa 1937, untested. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10213: Antique William J. Murdock knife switch, a component of early wireless radio sets from 1920s-30s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10214: Philco model H-2010 Safari portable television with black leather cover. “Hood” not secure, 1958-59, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10215: Vintage Bell Duovox Wha Wha - Volume Combination Pedal., circa 1973, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10216: Vintage J.H. Bunnell & Co, telegraph key and sounder. Brass, copper and wood, circa 1876 — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10217: Antique combination telegraph key and sounder. Wood, metal & copper, property of Self-Winding Clock Co, New York — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10218: Antique induction or spark coil, circa late 19th to early 20th centuries. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10219: Antique J.H. Bunnell & Co. semi-automatic telegraph key or "bug,” circa early 1900s. 8 1/2” X 5” X 5” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10220: J. H. Bunnell & Co Milliken-type telegraph repeater, circa 1873 — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10222: Antique J.H. Bunnell Co. Telegraph key and sounder, late 1800s — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10223: Collectible antique telegraph sounder, circa late 1800s, 6” X 4 3/4” X 5 1/2” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10225: Box of vintage General Electric “Lighted Ice” Christmas light bulbs from 1960s-70s (untested) AND a vintage record — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10226: Antique radio receiver in dark wood cabinet, Paragon? circa 1920s, 19 1/2” X 8 1/2” X 8” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10227: Zenith Trans-Oceanic radio, U.S. Army model R-520A/URR, 1956, untested. ALSO, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10230: Vintage Emerson Bakelite Table tube Radio, Model BA-199, Circa 1938, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10231: Vintage Nikon Nippon Kogaku S3 Rangefinder Camera with case, lenses and filters, paperwork — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10232: Carl Zeiss Ikon Contarex 35mm camera with 3 lenses, extra film tray, filters, accessories, and bag — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10233: Polly Oscillator portable phonograph, record player, wind up, victrola, turntable turns — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10234: 12" Western Electric Hawthorn Vane Oscillator fan for restoration, circa 1910, brass and iron — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10235: 4 Matchbox SuperKings large format trucks lorry in packages — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10239: Simplex type 1775 dual boiler, laboratory unit, stainless steel and marble, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10240: Pachon Oscillometre sphygmometrique, original condition, French, in wood and velvet box — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10241: Antique wooden cigarette dispenser or vending machine from the early 1900s. , 8” X 12 1/4” X 5 1/2” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10242: vintage Remington Rand Streamliner portable typewriter, circa 1940-47, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10243: Philco Jr. Model 80 Cathedral tube radio, produced around 1932-1933, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10244: Philco Transitone 42-PT-93, a vintage walnut veneer cabinet tube radio from the early 1940s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10245: Vintage Kadette model 66 tube radio with wood cabinet, 1936, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10246: Antique horn speaker, circa 1920s, Strada Vox? untested. 16 1/4” X 9 1/4” X 6 1/4” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10248: Philco 38-7, a vintage large table model tube radio with a wood cabinet from 1938, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10250: 2 Antique collectible sewing machines:, Standard sewing machine, late 1870s to early 1900s. , — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10252: 7 Antique Dietz Traffic Guard No. 40 lanterns glass globe utility lamp, 3 1/4” X 3” DIA — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10256: Vintage General Electric E-52 tabletop wood cabinet tube radio from 1937, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10257: Antique collectible French Vion brass microscope, from the late 19th or early 20th century, in original wooden case, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10259: Vintage tube AM Airline 62-288 "Miracle" radio with Bakelite cabinet from 1937 or 1938, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10260: Vintage Westinghouse Turnover Toaster in original box, circa 1920s-30s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10261: Vintage Philmore M-18 dual crystal microphone, made in the 1950s-60s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10262: Antique Westinghouse Model RC radio receiver, a Type RA receiving tuner and a Type DA detector-amplifier, circa 1919, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10264: Antique RCA Radiola V Model AR-885 radio receiver and detector amplifier, metal cabinets with wood grain pattern, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10265: Vintage Atlas Bantam 5 Cent Peanut or Gumball Vending Machine from the 1940s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10266: 2 antique Automatic Electric Company candlestick telephones, late 1890s-1940s — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10267: Vintage American Bosch model 04 tube radio with wood cabinet, circa mid-1930s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10270: Antique hand-crank telephone or magneto telephone, Utica Fire Alarm Tel. Co., late 19th to early 20th centuries — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10271: Antique S.H. Couch automatic candlestick telephone with separate ringer box, circa 1900-1920 — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10272: Vintage Telefunken Magnetophon 302 TS reel-to-reel tape recorder, 1968 — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10273: vintage General Electric kilowatt-hour meter, also known as a watthour meter, 1903-1924 — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10274: 3 vintage voltmeters: Weston A.C. Ammeter model 155, Columbia University, circa 1898, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10275: Antique A.P. Gage & Son induction coil with wood base, circa 1860s, 10” X 5 3/4” X 8 3/4” — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10276: Speed Key chrome telegraph key model CP810 with original box, "Hole In The Wall" — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10279: 4 vintage Aurora, AFX slot cars with original packaging, Trans Am, Porsche 917, Matador stock car, Ferrari 512M, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10282: Victor, Victrola VV-VI 78 player for restoration, talking machine, 174268F — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10286: RCA Electron Tube, 7198A, unusual large valve — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10287: Antique sifting or grinding machine? Patent model? Small critter feeder? Small wooden apparatus with wind up actuator, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10288: Unusual antique Arrow Radio “C” battery no 500 3-4 1/2 volt power service — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10289: 2 Vintage Marx Battery Operated Lighted Gas Pump Islands, shabby and chic — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10290: January 1919 Willys-Overland car company Dealer’s banquet brochure with song lyrics, hype from the central division hq, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10291: Emerson AU-213 Ingraham Cabinet circa 1938, (wood tube tombstone cabinet) — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10295: 1938 Sparton Selectronne Radio, Walter Dorwin Teague Design, moderne metal construction with chrome detailing, — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10297: Gay Tone (LUXURI DS85 ?) VINTAGE JAPANESE VALVE RADIO, turquoise, white, and gold — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10298: Grantline white tube radio model 501 series A, powers on — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10299: Arvin white model 153T, chassis RE 233, made in Columbus IN. Untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10301: Antique quackery electro therapy equipment - Voltamp Battery No. — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10303: Vintage Emerson Model 851 portable Bakelite tube radio, 1957, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10304: Vintage Bakelite W48 (Wählfernsprecher 1948) desk telephone — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10307: Vintage Carver DTL-100 compact disc player, 1985 — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10309: Antique A.P. Gage induction coil with wood base, circa 1860s — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10310: Antique Princess Pink 1959 General Electric Model C-416 tube AM clock radio — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10311: Emerson Model 321-AW “Orient Chest” tube radio with painted wood case from 1934, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10313: Vintage Brewster Bakelite vacuum tube radio, circa 1946, untested, appears to have been re-painted — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10314: Vintage Bakelite Emerson Model 729B AM vacuum tube radio, 1954 untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10315: Vintage Regency TR-1 transistor radio, circa 1954, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10316: Collectible vintage Art Deco Bakelite Philco Transitone 49-500 AM tube radio, circa 1949, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10317: 1948 Packard Bell Model 5FP AM tube radio in ivory Plaskon (plastic) cabinet, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10318: 1938 Marconi Model 98 Metal Mantle Set AM tube Radio, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10319: Vintage Model 350LC Antenna Loading Unit, circa 1940-45, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10320: Vintage Emerson CJ217 "Little Miracle" wood tube table radio, circa 1939, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10321: Vintage Philco Transitone "Flying Wedge" tube radio, model 49-503, 1947-48, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10322: vintage Northern Electric 5508 Midge "bullet" style Bakelite tube radio, 1950s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10323: Vintage coin-operated Dahlberg Pillow Speaker Radio made for hotels & hospitals in the mid-20th century, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10324: Vintage Lafayette Model 1R513 table-top AM/shortwave Bakelite radio, circa 1948, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10325: Vintage Stewart-Warner Model 9166 Bakelite tube radio, circa 1953, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10327: Vintage Bakelite Art Deco RCA Victor Model X-551 vacuum tube AM radio, circa 1950-51, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10328: Vintage General Television Model 2A5 vacuum tube AM radio with Art Deco solid wood cabinet, circa 1946-1947, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10329: Vintage Crosley wooden cabinet & push-button operation tube radio, circa 1940s, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10330: Vintage Emerson Model AX-212 "Bullseye" tube radio with Ingraham cabinet, 1938, cut cord — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10331: Vintage RCA Victor Model 9TX50 wood cabinet AM tube radio with built-in loop antenna, 1938, cut cord — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10332: Vintage Emerson AX-217 "Little Miracle" Art Deco tube radio, with Ingraham wood cabinet, 1937-39, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10333: CBS pink, white, and gold all tube radio, model 2160/T201, powers on — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10334: Majestic radio, Ivory, tube radio, model 5LA80, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10335: Belmont 6D111 Art Deco Bakelite Radio, elusive classic design, ivory/cream, untested — $10 - $10,000
• Lot 10336: Belmont 6D111, Series B, Art Deco Bakelite all tube Radio, for restoration, ivory/cream, untested — $10 - $10,000