- Auction
18958
Eureka! Scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century
24 June 2020 - 16 July 2020, London
SALE TOTAL: 683,125 (GBP)
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42 Lots for Sale 18958
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Lot 1 Edison works on his lightbulb Thomas Edison. 1880-1886 |
estimate £60,000 - £90,000 ($74,940 - $112,410) price realized £75,000 ($94,050) |
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Lot 3 An experiment in photography Nikola Tesla. 29 May 1896 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($7,494 - $11,241) price realized £6,250 ($7,837) |
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Lot 4 Letters by Lenard, Stark, Kamerlingh Onnes and others Wilhelm Wien (recipient). 1901-1915 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($1,873 - $2,498) price realized £16,250 ($20,377) |
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Lot 5 ‘Anode rays are indeed very interesting’ Wilhelm Röntgen. 1902-1915 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,245 - $9,992) price realized £13,750 ($17,242) |
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Lot 6 Space travel is possible: the theoretical proof Robert Esnault-Pelterie. 1913 |
estimate £4,000 - £7,000 ($4,996 - $8,743) price realized £5,000 ($6,270) |
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Lot 7 A planet beyond Neptune Percival Lowell. 1915 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,498 - $2,248) price realized £4,375 ($5,486) |
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Lot 8 The universe is expanding Vesto Melvin Slipher. 1917 |
estimate £4,000 - £7,000 ($4,996 - $8,743) price realized £10,625 ($13,323) |
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Lot 10 Thanking another Einstein for a pipe Albert Einstein. April 1921 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($7,494 - $11,241) price realized £13,750 ($17,242) |
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Lot 11 'A new atomic theory' Erwin Schrödinger. 27 December 1925 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,747 - $6,245) price realized £22,500 ($28,215) |
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Lot 12 Criticising Mussolini and discussing exponential decay Erwin Schrödinger. 3 September 1927 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($1,873 - $2,498) price realized £3,250 ($4,075) |
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Lot 13 On the Davisson-Germer experiment Erwin Schrödinger. 25 November 1927 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($1,873 - $2,498) price realized £5,000 ($6,250) |
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Lot 15 The complementarity principle Niels Bohr. 14 April 1928 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,747 - $6,245) price realized £8,125 ($10,188) |
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Lot 18 Quantum theory to ‘take over all the important parts’ of classical... Paul Dirac. 1933 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,747 - $6,245) price realized £8,125 ($10,188) |
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Lot 19 'A general theory of relativity of nuclear processes' Albert Einstein. 16 June 1935 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,490 - $18,735) price realized £16,250 ($20,377) |
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Lot 20 ‘His American Holiness …‘ Albert Einstein. 19 June 1936 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($1,873 - $2,498) price realized £2,125 ($2,664) |
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Lot 22 A Second World War Enigma Machine Olympia Büromaschinenwerke. 1944 |
estimate £200,000 - £300,000 ($249,800 - $374,700) price realized £347,250 ($435,451) |
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Lot 24 'Feeling our way': a densely scientific letter, including an equation Albert Einstein. 1945 |
estimate £15,000 - £20,000 ($18,735 - $24,980) price realized £15,000 ($18,810) |
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Lot 28 Superfluidity: one of the defining moments in modern physics Richard Feynman. 1953 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,498 - $3,747) price realized £2,500 ($3,135) |
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Lot 31 A geodesic grid Buckminster Fuller. 7 September 1980 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($1,873 - $3,122) price realized £2,125 ($2,664) |
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Lot 32 Six reference works from Stephen Hawking's library Stephen Hawking. 1962-1987 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £5,250 ($6,583) |
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Lot 33 Hawking’s copies (one signed with initials) of two texts on... Stephen Hawking. 1964-1965 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,122 - $4,371) price realized £4,000 ($5,016) |
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Lot 34 Black holes: a major paper inscribed by the author in his own hand Stephen Hawking. 1966 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,490 - $18,735) price realized £27,500 ($34,485) |
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Lot 35 Astrophysical Quantities, with Hawking's ownership inscription... Stephen Hawking. 1970 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,122 - $4,371) price realized £6,875 ($8,621) |
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Lot 36 Newton's Principia, presented to Stephen Hawking by his wife... Sir Isaac Newton. 1726 [1972] |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,249 - $1,873) price realized £6,000 ($7,524) |
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Lot 37 First edition of Hawking’s analysis of the cosmological principle Stephen Hawking and C.B. Collins. 1973 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($1,873 - $3,122) price realized £1,500 ($1,881) |
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Lot 38 Mathematics and physics reference books from Hawking's library [Stephen Hawking]. 1973-1983 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £2,125 ($2,664) |
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Lot 39 Hawking’s most important article, predicting Hawking Radiation Stephen Hawking. 1974 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($4,996 - $7,494) price realized £7,500 ($9,405) |
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Lot 40 The path to the discovery of Hawking Radiation Stephen Hawking and G.W. Gibbons. 1977 |
estimate £1,000 - £2,000 ($1,249 - $2,498) price realized £750 ($940) |
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Lot 41 Cold War Entropy – presentation copies of Soviet astrophysics Stephen Hawking. 1978-1986 |
estimate £600 - £900 ($749 - $1,124) price realized £1,375 ($1,718) |
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Lot 44 On the probability of tunnelling to an expanding universe Stephen Hawking and J.B. Hartle. 1983 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,249 - $1,873) price realized £2,125 ($2,664) |
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Lot 45 Hawking's own copy of the Nuffield Workshop of 1982 Stephen Hawking, G. Gibbons & S. Siklos. 1983 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £4,375 ($5,486) |
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Lot 46 Stephen Hawking in Bloom County Berkeley Breathed. 30 June 1988 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,249 - $1,873) price realized £1,750 ($2,194) |
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Lot 47 Hawking suggests wormholes may exist Stephen Hawking and Don N. Page. 1990 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,498 - $3,747) price realized £2,375 ($2,978) |
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Lot 48 The legendary silhouette Stephen Hawking. c.1990 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,249 - $1,873) price realized £750 ($940) |
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Lot 49 A Brief History of Time in a special presentation binding to... Stephen Hawking. 1990 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,249 - $1,873) price realized £4,375 ($5,486) |
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Lot 50 Presentation draft copy to Hawking of this popular science book Kip Thorne. 1992 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £13,750 ($17,242) |
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Lot 51 Black Holes and Baby Universes 'signed' with Professor Hawking's thumbprint Stephen Hawking. 1994 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,249 - $1,873) price realized £3,250 ($4,075) |
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Lot 52 Portrait of Stephen Hawking Anton Corbijn. 1999 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,249 - $1,873) price realized £1,125 ($1,410) |
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Lot 54 First draft of Hawking's bestselling sequel to A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking. 2002 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £750 ($940) |
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Lot 55 Stephen Hawking’s personal Simpsons... [Stephen Hawking]. 2003 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £2,750 ($3,448) |
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Lot 56 Stephen Hawking's Celestial Globe Uncle Milton. 2011 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £875 ($1,097) |
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Lot 57 Stephen Hawking's doctoral hood [Stephen Hawking]. 2017 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($624 - $999) price realized £4,750 ($5,956) |
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