- Auction
15830
Einstein: Letters to a Friend Part II
29 November 2017 - 6 December 2017, ECommerce
SALE TOTAL: 1,234,625 (USD)
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63 Lots for Sale 15830
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Lot 1 Evaluating energy in thermodynamics Berne, 17 March 1903 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 price realized $32,500 |
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Lot 2 Baffled by quanta Prague, 13 May 1911 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $21,250 |
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Lot 3 On conductivity, collision time and radiation Prague, 21 October 1911 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $16,250 |
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Lot 4 On residual rays – and guilt about an old girlfriend Prague, 26 December 1911 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $16,250 |
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Lot 5 On the earth's radius and residual rays Prague, 4 February 1912 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 price realized $16,250 |
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Lot 6 Closing in on general relativity Zurich, March 1914 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $106,250 |
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Lot 7 'Gravitation. Redshift of spectral lines...' Berlin, 12 February 1915 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $32,500 |
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Lot 8 His 'boldest dreams' of general relativity Berlin, 10 December 1915 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $106,250 |
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Lot 9 Calling to see Besso Zurich, late April 1916 |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $5,000 |
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Lot 10 A postcard from Lucerne Lucerne, 22 April 1916 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $6,000 |
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Lot 11 Is there a finite universe? Berlin, 14 May 1916 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $30,000 |
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Lot 12 A friendship in danger Berlin, 21 July 1916 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 13 'A glorious idea' Berlin, 11 August 1916 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 price realized $32,500 |
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Lot 14 On gravitational waves and Planck's formula Berlin, 24 August 1916 |
estimate $6,000 - $9,000 price realized $32,500 |
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Lot 15 Einstein ‘hibernates’ Berlin, 24 August 1916 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $4,750 |
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Lot 16 'Light quanta are confirmed' Berlin, 6 September 1916 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $27,500 |
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Lot 17 Quantum theory, and a political assassin Berlin, 29 April 1917 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $11,875 |
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Lot 18 His physical break-down. Berlin, 15 June 1917 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $13,750 |
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Lot 19 Delight at returning to Switzerland Berlin, 24 June 1917 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $3,750 |
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Lot 20 Gratitude to his friends Lucerne, 1 August 1917 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $3,750 |
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Lot 21 Quantum theory and illness Berlin, 22 September 1917 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $7,500 |
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Lot 22 Einstein's bank statements 20 October 1917 - 23 January 1918 |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $5,250 |
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Lot 23 'The sum (she + I) didn't work out' Berlin, 26 November 1917 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $6,250 |
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Lot 24 Confined to bed, but still working Berlin, 5 January 1918 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 25 'Like Don Quixote's windmills' Berlin, January-February 1918 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $6,250 |
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Lot 26 Financial provision for his family Berlin, February 1918 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $4,750 |
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Lot 27 Resolving his family affairs Berlin, 11 March 1918 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $5,000 |
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Lot 28 News of his divorce Ahrenshoop, 9 July 1918 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $3,500 |
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Lot 29 Grappling with the cosmological constant Ahrenshoop (on the German Baltic coast), 29 July 1918 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $35,000 |
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Lot 30 'The universe only exists in one example' Ahrenshoop (on the German Baltic coast), 20 August 1918 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $106,250 |
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Lot 31 The empirical versus the speculative in physics Berlin, 8 September 1918 |
estimate $6,000 - $9,000 price realized $8,125 |
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Lot 32 Fretting over the finite universe Berlin, 12 December 1919 |
estimate $6,000 - $9,000 price realized $30,000 |
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Lot 33 On holiday with his sons. Wildenstein (Germany), 16 October 1920 |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $4,750 |
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Lot 34 A stop in Berne on the way to Japan Berlin, 26 September 1922 |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 price realized $2,750 |
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Lot 35 A postcard from Japan Nara (Japan), 19 December 1922 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $11,250 |
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Lot 36 Working on 'the quantum problem' Kiel (Germany), 24 May 1924 |
estimate $6,000 - $9,000 price realized $9,375 |
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Lot 37 A lightning visit to Switzerland. Lucerne, 1 October 1924. |
estimate $1,500 - $2,000 price realized $5,000 |
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Lot 38 Further work on the quantum problem Berlin, 5 June 1925 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $18,750 |
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Lot 39 Schrödinger's 'wonderful papers' Berlin, 1 May 1926 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $40,000 |
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Lot 40 A pen-portrait of Besso Berlin, 21 December 1926 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $6,875 |
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Lot 41 Plans for meeting in Geneva Geneva, 23 July 1927 |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $4,000 |
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Lot 42 His reverence for Aurel Stodola Berlin, 27 April 1929 |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 price realized $3,500 |
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Lot 43 A tribute to an inspiring teacher Berlin, early May 1929 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 price realized $13,750 |
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Lot 44 Seeking 'the whole basis for physics' 25 September 1930 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $10,000 |
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Lot 45 Returning to Zurich Zurich, 1 November 1930 |
estimate $1,200 - $1,800 price realized $3,750 |
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Lot 46 The excessive demands on his time Caputh (near Berlin), 8 June 1931 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $10,625 |
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Lot 47 The Great Depression – and a new paper Berlin, 19 November 1931 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $7,500 |
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Lot 48 Einstein's regrets at the passage of time Princeton, 9 June 1937 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $25,000 |
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Lot 49 'Stubborn and undeterred' Princeton, 11 November 1940 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $6,000 |
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Lot 50 The madness of the war 6 September 1945 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 price realized $37,500 |
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Lot 51 The 'scientific demon' and the sad state of the world Princeton, 21 April 1946 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 price realized $11,875 |
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Lot 52 On Ernst Mach and the origins of theories Princeton, 6 January 1948 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 price realized $40,000 |
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Lot 53 'Fascinated by work' Princeton, 24 July 1949 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $20,000 |
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Lot 54 'What is logically simple is so difficult mathematically' Princeton, 16 August 1949 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 price realized $35,000 |
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Lot 55 Quantum theory and field theory Princeton, 2 January 1950 |
estimate $1,500 - $2,000 price realized $4,750 |
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Lot 56 'One can be dazzled by success' Princeton, 9 February 1950 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 price realized $11,250 |
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Lot 57 'What are light quanta?' Princeton, 12 December 1951 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 price realized $11,875 |
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Lot 58 Memories of his brilliant youth Princeton, 6 March 1952 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 price realized $27,500 |
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Lot 59 On the subjective nature of time Princeton, 13 July 1952 |
estimate $6,000 - $9,000 price realized $43,750 |
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Lot 60 A meditation on mortality Princeton, 17 July 1952 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 price realized $8,750 |
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Lot 61 On the meaning of physics Princeton, 9 August 1952 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 price realized $5,250 |
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Lot 62 The flaw in quantum theory Princeton, 8 October 1952 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 price realized $40,000 |
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Lot 63 The cult of beauty Princeton, 7 June 1954 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 price realized $4,750 |
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