• Auction 16449

    On the Shoulders of Giants: Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Hawking

    31 October 2018 - 8 November 2018, London

    SALE TOTAL: 1,824,375 (GBP)
51 Lots for Sale 16449
Lot 1
Newton's fascination with alchemy
Isaac Newton. 1670s
estimate
£80,000 - £100,000
($102,480 - $128,100)

price realized
£100,000
($131,100)
Lot 2
A signed document, repaying a loan
Isaac Newton. 24 December 1718
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,810 - $19,215)

price realized
£56,250
($73,743)
Lot 3
Darwin burnishes his geological credentials after the Beagle...
Charles Darwin. 8 May 1841
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£10,625
($13,929)
Lot 4
Sympathy for a scientist in difficulties
Charles Darwin. 19 June 1867
estimate
£1,800 - £2,500
($2,305 - $3,202)

price realized
£4,375
($5,735)
Lot 5
On the most recent editions of his works
Charles Darwin. 10 March 1875
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,537 - $2,305)

price realized
£8,125
($10,651)
Lot 6
Declining an invitation on the grounds of ill-health
Charles Darwin. 11 June 1876
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,921 - $3,202)

price realized
£5,625
($7,374)
Lot 7
'The most memorable scientific expedition which ever left England'
Charles Darwin. 5 November 1876
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,124 - $7,686)

price realized
£11,875
($15,568)
Lot 8
Defending the principle of natural selection
Charles Darwin. 22 November 1876
estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
($19,215 - $32,025)

price realized
£50,000
($65,550)
Lot 9
On deep-sea dwellers and hermaphrodites
Charles Darwin. 7 February 1877
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,202 - $4,483)

price realized
£11,875
($15,568)
Lot 10
Encouragement for a young naturalist
Charles Darwin. 26 November [1878]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,843 - $6,405)

price realized
£7,500
($9,607)
Lot 11
A heartfelt vote of thanks for a book dedication
Charles Darwin. 20 January 1879
estimate
£2,800 - £3,500
($3,586 - $4,483)

price realized
£7,500
($9,607)
Lot 12
Supporting a faculty application
Charles Darwin. 23 January 1879
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£5,000
($6,555)
Lot 13
A glowing review of the naturalist’s report on the...
Charles Darwin. 4 February 1879
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,405 - $10,248)

price realized
£15,000
($19,665)
Lot 14
An invitation to visit alongside the polymath Francis Galton
Charles Darwin. 2 May 1880
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,921 - $3,202)

price realized
£4,375
($5,735)
Lot 15
On the election of the Linacre Professor at Oxford
Charles Darwin. 25 September 1881
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,202 - $4,483)

price realized
£6,875
($9,013)
Lot 16
Subscribing to a memorial fund for a fellow scientist
Charles Darwin. 7 April 1882
estimate
£2,800 - £3,500
($3,586 - $4,483)

price realized
£4,000
($5,244)
Lot 18
Hans Albert Einstein’s copy of his father’s greatest contribution to...
Albert Einstein. 1919
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,124 - $7,686)

price realized
£5,000
($6,555)
Lot 19
Recommending a young chemist to Fritz Haber
Albert Einstein. 12 July 1922
estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,537 - $2,305)

price realized
£8,750
($11,471)
Lot 20
Hans Albert Einstein’s copy of his father’s Nobel Prize speech
Albert Einstein. 1923
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($5,124 - $7,686)

price realized
£6,250
($8,193)
Lot 21
'The grass has now grown over this little affair'
Albert Einstein. 2 September 1925
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£9,375
($12,290)
Lot 22
The first version of Einstein's unified field theory.
Albert Einstein. 1925
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£3,250
($4,260)
Lot 23
Einstein on Newton: Hans Albert Einstein’s copy
Albert Einstein. 1928
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,843 - $6,405)

price realized
£13,750
($18,026)
Lot 24
Einstein at 50
Albert Einstein. 1929
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,810 - $19,215)

price realized
£12,500
($16,387)
Lot 25
'Great and noble things come from isolated figures'
Albert Einstein. 1934
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($23,058 - $32,025)

price realized
£32,500
($42,607)
Lot 26
'Burning with enthusiasm' at seeing an old friend from Berlin
Albert Einstein. 23 October 1941
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£4,750
($6,227)
Lot 27
'So excited ... that I could think of nothing else'
Albert Einstein. 17 June 1942
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,967 - $12,810)

price realized
£11,250
($14,748)
Lot 28
'An unwavering pursuit of truth'
Albert Einstein. 30 September 1942
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,843 - $6,405)

price realized
£9,375
($12,290)
Lot 29
A self-mocking acceptance of a lunch invitation
Albert Einstein. 31 March 1944
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,921 - $2,562)

price realized
£5,250
($6,882)
Lot 30
The Meaning of Relativity: authorial presentation copy
Albert Einstein. 1950
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,686 - $11,529)

price realized
£8,750
($11,471)
Lot 31
'This dissertation is my original work'
Stephen Hawking. 15 October 1965
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($128,100 - $192,150)

price realized
£584,750
($766,607)
Lot 32
'Singularities and the geometry of space-time'
Stephen Hawking. 13 December 1966
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,810 - $19,215)

price realized
£30,000
($39,330)
Lot 33
Theory of the Detection of Short Bursts of Gravitation Radiation
Stephen Hawking and G.W. Gibbons. 1977
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£2,125
($2,785)
Lot 34
The Four Laws of Black Hole Mechanics
J.M. Bardeen, B. Carter & Stephen Hawking. 1973
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,843 - $6,405)

price realized
£5,000
($6,555)
Lot 35
Why is the Universe Isotropic?
Stephen Hawking and C.B. Collins. 1973
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£3,000
($3,933)
Lot 36
The Rotation and Distortion of the Universe
Stephen Hawking and C.B. Collins. 1973
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£1,375
($1,802)
Lot 37
Black Hole Explosions?
Stephen Hawking. 1974
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,843 - $6,405)

price realized
£7,500
($9,832)
Lot 38
Fundamental Breakdown of Physics in Gravitational Collapse
Stephen Hawking. 1975
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£5,250
($6,882)
Lot 39
Action integrals and partition functions in quantum gravity
Stephen Hawking and G.W. Gibbons. 15 May 1977
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£3,000
($3,933)
Lot 40
Classification of Gravitational Instanton Symmetries
Stephen Hawking and G.W. Gibbons. 1979
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£3,000
($3,933)
Lot 41
The Boundary Conditions of the Universe
Stephen Hawking. 1982
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£2,750
($3,605)
Lot 42
Wave function of the Universe
Stephen Hawking and J.B. Hartle. 1983
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,843 - $6,405)

price realized
£1,875
($2,458)
Lot 43
Thermodynamics of Black Holes in Anti-de Sitter Space
Stephen Hawking and Don N. Page. 1983
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£1,875
($2,458)
Lot 44
Origin of Structure in the Universe
Stephen Hawking and J.J. Halliwell. 1985
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£1,750
($2,294)
Lot 45
Brief History of Time 'signed' with a thumbprint
Stephen Hawking. 1988
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£68,750
($90,131)
Lot 46
Spectrum of Wormholes
Stephen Hawking and Don N. Page. 1990
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,281 - $1,921)

price realized
£3,500
($4,483)
Lot 47
A touching portrait
Stephen Hawking. 2005
estimate
£400 - £600
($512 - $768)

price realized
£8,125
($10,651)
Lot 48
Stephen Hawking’s Time Travellers Invitation
Stephen Hawking. October 2013
estimate
£100 - £150
($128 - $192)

price realized
£11,250
($14,748)
Lot 49
Stephen Hawking makes an appearance on The...
Stephen Hawking. 14 December 2009
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,562 - $3,843)

price realized
£6,250
($8,193)
Lot 50
Hawking's medals and awards
Stephen Hawking. 1975-1999
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,810 - $19,215)

price realized
£296,750
($389,039)
Lot 51
Stephen Hawking’s bomber jacket
Stephen Hawking. 2016
estimate
£100 - £150
($128 - $192)

price realized
£40,000
($52,440)
Lot 52
A motorised wheelchair
Stephen Hawking. c.1988
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,810 - $19,215)

price realized
£296,750
($389,039)
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