- Auction
18156
On the Shoulders of Giants: Making the Modern World
16 May 2019 - 23 May 2019, London
SALE TOTAL: 1,102,125 (GBP)
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46 Lots for Sale 18156
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Lot 1 Newton's Principia in its first English edition Isaac Newton. 1729 |
estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($50,560 - $75,840) price realized £43,750 ($55,300) |
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Lot 6 Darwin and the entomologist Charles Darwin. 19 May 1877 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($7,584 - $11,376) price realized £6,250 ($7,900) |
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Lot 8 On a biography of Charles Lyell Charles Darwin. 16 February 1882 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,320 - $10,112) price realized £5,625 ($7,110) |
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Lot 9 An Einstein offprint on Brownian motion: Hans Albert Einstein's copy Albert Einstein. 1907 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,528 - $3,792) price realized £2,500 ($3,160) |
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Lot 10 'A contradiction in the principle of relativity' Albert Einstein. 23 July 1907 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,640 - $18,960) price realized £37,500 ($47,400) |
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Lot 11 Signals cannot exceed the speed of light Albert Einstein. 26 August 1907 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,640 - $18,960) price realized £25,000 ($31,600) |
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Lot 12 Hans Albert Einstein’s copy of one of his father’s earliest papers Albert Einstein. 1904 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,056 - $7,584) price realized £37,500 ($47,400) |
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Lot 13 On residual rays, and a controversy about gravitation Albert Einstein. 27 January 1912 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,320 - $10,112) price realized £15,000 ($18,960) |
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Lot 14 Formulating the theory of gravitation Albert Einstein. 17 May 1912 |
estimate £12,000 - £18,000 ($15,168 - $22,752) price realized £30,000 ($37,920) |
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Lot 15 The first outline of general relativity Albert Einstein. 30 January 1914 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,056 - $7,584) price realized £5,000 ($6,320) |
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Lot 16 Refuting an opponent of special relativity Albert Einstein. 18 July 1914 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,056 - $7,584) price realized £5,250 ($6,636) |
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Lot 17 The finalisation of the general theory of relativity Albert Einstein. 18 March 1916 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,640 - $18,960) price realized £32,500 ($41,080) |
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Lot 18 Einstein against his critics Albert Einstein. 17 October 1916 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,056 - $7,584) price realized £5,000 ($6,320) |
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Lot 19 Departing for his first visit to the USA Albert Einstein. 21 March 1921 |
estimate £3,500 - £4,500 ($4,424 - $5,688) price realized £4,375 ($5,530) |
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Lot 20 Supporting the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Albert Einstein. 1921 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,528 - $3,792) price realized £3,750 ($4,740) |
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Lot 23 'Be benevolent towards people...' Albert Einstein. 1925 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,640 - $18,960) price realized £12,500 ($15,800) |
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Lot 24 On the role of intellectuals in promoting peace Albert Einstein. December 1925 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($7,584 - $11,376) price realized £7,500 ($9,480) |
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Lot 26 A monumental signed portrait Albert Einstein. May 1929 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,056 - $7,584) price realized £7,500 ($9,480) |
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Lot 27 Reduced to penury by the Nazis Albert Einstein. 19 July 1933 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,320 - $10,112) price realized £6,875 ($8,690) |
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Lot 28 The foundation of modern digital computing Alan Turing. 1936-1937 |
estimate £30,000 - £50,000 ($37,920 - $63,200) price realized £30,000 ($37,920) |
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Lot 30 'The courage to be trivial': presentation copy of The Evolution of... Albert Einstein. 1938 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,056 - $7,584) price realized £4,375 ($5,530) |
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Lot 31 Einstein in five dimensions Albert Einstein. 1941 |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($25,280 - $37,920) price realized £25,000 ($31,600) |
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Lot 32 A meeting in New York with an old friend from Berlin Albert Einstein. 3 November 1941 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,264 - $1,896) price realized £2,375 ($3,002) |
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Lot 33 Enquiries into memory loss – and a near-fatal sailing... Albert Einstein. 6 September 1944 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,320 - $10,112) price realized £8,750 ($11,060) |
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Lot 34 'We are like shipwrecked beings' Albert Einstein. 26 April 1945 |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($25,280 - $37,920) price realized £22,500 ($28,440) |
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Lot 35 'As curious as children' before the great puzzle of existence Albert Einstein. 29 September 1947 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,792 - $6,320) price realized £21,250 ($26,860) |
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Lot 36 Equations in unified field theory Albert Einstein. 1948-49 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,320 - $10,112) price realized £5,625 ($7,110) |
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Lot 37 Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist – presentation copy to a... Albert Einstein. 1949 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($1,896 - $3,160) price realized £3,750 ($4,740) |
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Lot 38 The pursuit of truth is a substitute for religious faith Albert Einstein. 24 January 1950 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,792 - $6,320) price realized £9,375 ($11,850) |
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Lot 39 Deep in thought in his study Albert Einstein. c.1950 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,200 ($1,896 - $2,780) price realized £1,875 ($2,370) |
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Lot 40 Praise for a revolutionary Jewish thinker Albert Einstein. 20 December 1951 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($1,896 - $2,528) price realized £2,750 ($3,476) |
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Lot 41 On the history and future of particle physics Werner Heisenberg. 5 March 1964 |
estimate £20,000 - £30,000 ($25,280 - $37,920) price realized £22,500 ($28,440) |
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Lot 42 Albert Einstein by Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí. 1968 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,264 - $1,896) price realized £15,000 ($18,960) |
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Lot 43 On finite and infinite dimensions Stephen Hawking. 21 November 1967 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,792 - $6,320) price realized £25,000 ($31,600) |
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Lot 44 A new definition for space-time singularity Stephen Hawking. [Early 1968] |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,640 - $18,960) price realized £162,500 ($205,400) |
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Lot 45 A new post – and a new singularity theorem Stephen Hawking. 12 February 1968 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,320 - $10,112) price realized £23,750 ($30,020) |
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Lot 46 Extraordinary academic recognition Stephen Hawking. 4 June 1969 |
estimate ($1,264 - $1,896) This lot was withdrawn from the sale |
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Lot 47 The hunt for gravitational waves Stephen Hawking. 10 November 1970 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,160 - $4,424) price realized £17,500 ($22,120) |
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Lot 48 Apollo 11: Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. n.d. |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,792 - $6,320) price realized £3,250 ($4,108) |
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Lot 49 Attending a space exploration seminar Neil Armstrong. [10-12 February 1972]. |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,528 - $3,792) price realized £2,250 ($2,844) |
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Lot 50 The first Apple computer Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak. 1976 |
estimate £300,000 - £500,000 ($379,200 - $632,000) price realized £371,250 ($469,260) |
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Lot 51 Superspace and Supergravity signed by Hawking Stephen Hawking. 1981 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,528 - $3,792) price realized £8,750 ($11,060) |
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Lot 52 Proof edition of A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking. 1988 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,264 - $1,896) price realized £1,125 ($1,422) |
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Lot 53 Brief History of Time 'signed' with a thumbprint Stephen Hawking. 1988 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,528 - $3,792) price realized £6,000 ($7,584) |
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Lot 54 The Universe in a Nutshell 'signed' with a thumbprint Stephen Hawking. 2001 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,264 - $1,896) price realized £2,250 ($2,844) |
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Lot 55 Feynman and his diagram Richard Feynman. n.d. |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,640 - $18,960) price realized £10,000 ($12,640) |
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