- Auction
17701
On the Shoulders of Giants: A Brief History of Big Ideas
30 October 2019 - 7 November 2019, London
SALE TOTAL: 351,500 (GBP)
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39 Lots for Sale 17701
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Lot 1 Newton: Master of the Mint Isaac Newton. c.1708 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($7,752 - $11,628) price realized £7,500 ($9,622) |
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Lot 2 Einstein in the mountains Albert Einstein. 27 July 1901 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,230 - $4,522) price realized £3,500 ($4,504) |
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Lot 3 'The equation \"signal velocity = velocity of light... Albert Einstein. 29 July 1907 |
estimate £8,000 - £12,000 ($10,336 - $15,504) price realized £9,375 ($12,028) |
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Lot 4 Signal velocities may not exceed the speed of light Albert Einstein. 11 August 1907 |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($19,380 - $25,840) price realized £20,000 ($25,660) |
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Lot 5 A paper for the Annalen der Physik Albert Einstein. 7 October 1910 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,876 - $6,460) price realized £4,000 ($5,132) |
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Lot 8 A paper on thermodynamics Albert Einstein. 17 January 1912 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,876 - $6,460) price realized £6,875 ($8,820) |
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Lot 9 'This gravitational problem is extremely interesting' Albert Einstein. 11 March 1912 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,460 - $10,336) price realized £16,250 ($20,848) |
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Lot 10 Submitting a paper on gravity Albert Einstein. 20 March 1912 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,168 - $7,752) price realized £5,625 ($7,216) |
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Lot 14 The origins of special relativity in the ‘ether... Albert Einstein. 19 June 1919 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,920 - $19,380) price realized £22,500 ($28,957) |
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Lot 16 On the place of mathematics in physics Albert Einstein. 1921 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,876 - $6,460) price realized £7,500 ($9,622) |
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Lot 17 Einstein's 'easy-going monastic' life Albert Einstein. 20 May 1924 |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,325 - $3,230) price realized £3,500 ($4,490) |
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Lot 20 Disagreeing with Niels Bohr Erwin Schrödinger. 21 October 1926 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,168 - $7,752) price realized £5,000 ($6,415) |
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Lot 22 Moving to join Einstein in Berlin Erwin Schrödinger. 8 October 1927 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($1,938 - $3,230) price realized £1,750 ($2,245) |
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Lot 25 Einstein on Newton: Hans Albert Einstein's copy Albert Einstein. 1927 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,876 - $6,460) price realized £3,000 ($3,849) |
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Lot 26 Recommending a paper on causality Albert Einstein. 10 November 1928 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($1,938 - $2,584) price realized £2,500 ($3,207) |
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Lot 28 Critiquing a new theory of relativity Max Planck. 25 January 1928 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,292 - $1,938) price realized £9,375 ($12,028) |
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Lot 29 Einstein's evolving vision of Zionism Albert Einstein. 19 June 1930 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,920 - $19,380) price realized £13,750 ($17,641) |
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Lot 30 Experimental validation of special relativity Albert Einstein. 27 February 1932 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,920 - $19,380) price realized £10,625 ($13,631) |
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Lot 31 A pacifist in militaristic Prussia Albert Einstein. 15 September 1932 |
estimate £2,800 - £3,500 ($3,617 - $4,522) price realized £3,750 ($4,811) |
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Lot 32 Failing to foresee the rise of Nazism Albert Einstein. 26 November 1932 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,584 - $3,876) price realized £4,375 ($5,613) |
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Lot 33 Proposals to save the Hebrew University Albert Einstein. 3 June 1934 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,584 - $3,876) price realized £2,750 ($3,528) |
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Lot 34 Eagerly following events in Palestine Albert Einstein. 5 June 1936 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,584 - $3,876) price realized £5,000 ($6,415) |
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Lot 36 'A rare display of character for a German!' Albert Einstein. 22 October 1932 |
estimate £3,500 - £5,000 ($4,522 - $6,460) price realized £4,375 ($5,613) |
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Lot 37 The primacy of theoretical over experimental physics Albert Einstein. 14 December 1936 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,460 - $10,336) price realized £4,750 ($6,094) |
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Lot 39 When is a hypothesis valuable? Albert Einstein. 1 July 1938 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,168 - $7,752) price realized £3,750 ($4,811) |
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Lot 41 On helping the maverick physicist Felix Ehrenhaft Albert Einstein. 2 March 1939 |
estimate £2,800 - £3,500 ($3,617 - $4,522) price realized £2,500 ($3,207) |
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Lot 42 'A paper that is especially close to my heart' Albert Einstein. 9 May 1939 |
estimate £2,800 - £3,500 ($3,617 - $4,522) price realized £2,500 ($3,207) |
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Lot 43 Ferromagnetism and quantum spin Werner Heisenberg. 22 July [1939] |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,876 - $6,460) price realized £4,750 ($6,094) |
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Lot 45 ‘Searching after what is hidden’ Albert Einstein. 13 January 1943 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($7,752 - $11,628) price realized £21,250 ($27,263) |
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Lot 46 'Constantly under the pressure of intractable problems' Albert Einstein. 11 April 1946 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,460 - $10,336) price realized £8,125 ($10,424) |
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Lot 48 ‘The controversy about the physics of probability’ Albert Einstein. 2 January 1950 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,230 - $4,522) price realized £2,750 ($3,528) |
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Lot 49 ‘The completed and fulfilled life is something... Albert Einstein. 15 June 1952 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,230 - $4,522) price realized £10,000 ($12,830) |
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Lot 50 The first published account of the molecular structure of DNA. James Dewey Watson and Francis H.C. Crick. 1953 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,920 - $19,380) price realized £50,000 ($64,150) |
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Lot 51 Bohr in his academic finery Niels Bohr. c.1950s |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,292 - $1,938) price realized £1,750 ($2,245) |
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Lot 53 'I hope to avoid a collision' Stephen Hawking. [26 April 1968] |
estimate £15,000 - £25,000 ($19,380 - $32,300) price realized £50,000 ($64,150) |
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Lot 54 Apollo 11: Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. n.d. |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,876 - $6,460) price realized £3,250 ($4,169) |
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Lot 55 Introducing a 'hidden thermodynamics of particles' Louis de Broglie. 1970 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,292 - $1,938) price realized £1,000 ($1,283) |
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Lot 57 Superspace and Supergravity signed by Hawking Stephen Hawking. 1981 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,584 - $3,876) price realized £7,500 ($9,652) |
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Lot 58 A Brief History of Time 'signed' with a fingerprint Stephen Hawking. 1988 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,584 - $3,876) price realized £4,750 ($6,094) |
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