![EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to his first wife, Mileva, n.p., n.d. [early 1920s], one page, 4to.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/CKS/2005_CKS_07088_0127_000(110228).jpg?w=1)
Details
EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to his first wife, Mileva, n.p., n.d. [early 1920s], one page, 4to.
'AN OLD CHAP LIKE ME HAS NOT MUCH EXCEPT WORK IN HIS HEAD'. Einstein writes at the end of a happy visit from his sons, Eduard and Hans Albert, who 'in a couple of days will have to slip back into his lederhosen' ; Einstein sympathises with Mileva's difficulties in finding a new house, although in terms of security the old house has nothing against it. As for himself, 'I am still very much hard at my scientific work, with actually rather more success than in many previous years. An old chap like me has not much else in his head, apart from a huge mass of correspondence. That especially has the effect that my private life is sold short'.
'AN OLD CHAP LIKE ME HAS NOT MUCH EXCEPT WORK IN HIS HEAD'. Einstein writes at the end of a happy visit from his sons, Eduard and Hans Albert, who 'in a couple of days will have to slip back into his lederhosen' ; Einstein sympathises with Mileva's difficulties in finding a new house, although in terms of security the old house has nothing against it. As for himself, 'I am still very much hard at my scientific work, with actually rather more success than in many previous years. An old chap like me has not much else in his head, apart from a huge mass of correspondence. That especially has the effect that my private life is sold short'.
Special notice
Buyers from within the EU:
VAT payable at 17.5% on just the buyer's premium (NOT the hammer price)
Buyers from outside the EU:
VAT payable at 17.5% on hammer price and buyer's premium. If a buyer, having registered under a non-EU address, decides that an item is not to be exported from the EU, then he/she should advise Christie's to this effect immediately.