- Auction
24550
Fine Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Science
1 October 2026 - 13 October 2026, New York -
Auction overview
Christie's Fine Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Science auction in New York brings together an exceptional selection of material spanning the history of discovery, exploration, and ideas. Highlights include important early printed cartography, led by Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and Speed's The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine; landmarks of science and mathematics from a distinguished private California collection, including a rare offprint of Mendel's Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybride, a fine first edition of Newton's Principia, Turing's "On Computable Numbers," and works by Einstein and Kepler. There is also a Noble Fragment from the Gutenberg Bible, a substantial Gibeon meteorite, and a collection of early NASA photographs. The sale is rounded out by a number of important pieces of Americana, including the first secure mobile phone placed in a presidential limousine, a scarce patent signed by George Washington, and an extensive archive regarding the Nikola Tesla Company, the Niagara Falls Power Company, and the implementation of alternating current.
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Auction information
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Auction
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Online1 Oct, 10am (Lots 1 - 210)
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Contact the department
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Senior Sale CoordinatorAndrew DarlingtonADarlington@christies.comTel: +1 212 636 2111
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Lot 1 A large Gibeon meteorite Iron, Fine Octahedrite – IVA; Gibeon, Great Nama Land, Namibia, (25°23' S, 19 x 11 ½ x 7in. (48.5 x 30 x 17.5cm.) |
estimate $200,000 - $300,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 2 The tooth of a Tyrannosaurus Rex Montana, USA 6 ½in. (16.5cm) long |
estimate $30,000 - $50,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 3 Hyakumanto pagoda with printed dharani Japanese printing, ca. 770 CE |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 4 Mary Magdalene with her ointment pot, miniature from a Book of Hours Georges Trubert, France, Lorraine, c.1495-1500 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 5 Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible Mainz, c.1455 |
estimate $50,000 - $80,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 6 Geographia Ptolemy and Sebastian Münster, 1542 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 7 Cosmography Sebastian Münster, 1578 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 8 Sepher Tehilim [Queen Elizabeth I], 1581 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 9 Theatrum orbis terrarum Abraham Ortelius, 1595 |
estimate $80,000 - $120,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 10 Newer Atlas Jan Jansson, 1638 |
estimate $70,000 - $100,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 11 Le Théâtre du monde Willem and Jan Blaeu, 1643–1645 |
estimate $40,000 - $60,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 12 The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine and the Prospect John Speed, 1650 |
estimate $70,000 - $100,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 13 Theatrum orbis terrarum—Scotland and Ireland Willem Blaeu, 1654 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 14 Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula Willem Blaeu, c.1660 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 15 Atlas major – America Joan Blaeu, 1662 |
estimate $30,000 - $40,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 16 Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula Jan Blaeu, c.1662 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 17 The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain and the Prospect John Speed, 1676 |
estimate $40,000 - $60,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 18 Deluxe, polder wall map of Rijnland J.J. Dou and S. van Broeckhuysen, [1687⁄88] |
estimate $7,000 - $9,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 19 Description de tout l'univers Nicolas Sanson, 1700 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 20 The World Described Herman Moll, c.1731 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 21 A receipt Paul Revere |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 22 On the arrival of muskets from France Gouverneur Morris, 2 April 1777 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 23 Purchasing bar iron for the Potomac Company George Washington, 1 August 1785 |
estimate $6,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 24 A patent document issued for a nail making machine George Washington, 1797 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 25 A Collection of United States Presidents George Washington to Lyndon Johnson (1795-1965) |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 26 Archive of Regency-era fashion illustrations Catherine Hutton, [c.1790–c.1810] |
estimate $10,000 - $20,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 27 Aiding an imprisoned merchant abroad James Madison, 19 January 1804 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 28 Pomona Brittanica George Brookshaw, 1812 |
estimate $50,000 - $70,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 29 The Mummy! Jane Webb Loudon, 1827 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 30 Sunday Under Three Heads [Charles Dickens], 1836 |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 31 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Charles Dickens, 1836–1837 |
estimate $50,000 - $70,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 32 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens, 1838–1839 |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 33 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens, 1870 |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 34 The Indian Tribes of North America Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, 1837 |
estimate $25,000 - $35,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 35 An Illustrated Atlas Thomas Bradford, 1838 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 36 Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American... George Catlin, 1866 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 37 An extensive Civil War correspondence Chaplain William C. Holliday, 1863-1869 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 38 On preserving the Union James Buchanan, 1868 |
estimate $30,000 - $40,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 39 A stanza of Jules Breton's poetry Vincent Van Gogh, c. 1876 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 40 Le avventure di Pinocchio Carlo Collodi, 1883 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 41 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Kelmscott Press, 1896 |
estimate $100,000 - $150,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 42 Keats' Death Mask John Keats, [c.1898–1905] |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 43 Four rare offprints Charles Babbage, c.1817-25 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 44 Letter to Humphry Davy on the application of machinery for calculations Charles Babbage, 1822 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 45 Ars Conjectandi Jacob Bernoulli, 1713 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 46 Laws of Thought George Boole, 1854 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 47 De triplici minimo et mensura Giordano Bruno, 1591 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 48 Transfinite numbers Georg Cantor, 1874 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 49 Commentary on Ptolemy's Quadripartitum Girolamo Cardano, 1554 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 50 Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu Sadi Carnot, 1824 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 51 Eight rare papers on calculus Augustin-Louis Cauchy, 1815–1839 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 52 \"Mémoire sur les intégrals définies\" Presentation copy from Augustin-Louis Cauchy, October 1822 |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 53 On the tendency of species to form varieties Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 54 The Descent of Man Charles Darwin, 1871 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 55 Charles Batchelor's copies of Edison's British patents for the electric light Thomas Edison, 1879–1881 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 56 Introductio in analysin infinitorum Leonhard Euler, 1748 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 57 Lettres à une princesse d'Allemagne Leonhard Euler, 1768–72 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 58 Observationibus Pierre de Fermat, 1670 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 59 Sidereus nuncius, and 3 other works Galileo Galilei, 1610 |
estimate $200,000 - $300,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 60 Rare papers on vector analysis and thermodyamics Josiah Willard Gibbs, 1875–84 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 61 De magnete William Gilbert, 1600 |
estimate $25,000 - $35,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 62 Physico-mathesis de lumine, coloribus, et iride Francisco Maria Grimaldi,1665 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 63 Homeopathy – Organon der rationellen Heilkunde Samuel Hahnemann, 1810 |
estimate $6,000 - $9,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 64 Tabulae astronomicae Edmund Halley, 1749 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 65 Über die Erhaltung der Kraft Hermann von Helmholtz, 1847 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 66 Problems mathématiques David Hilbert, [1902?] |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 67 Opera Posthuma Jeremiah Horrocks, 1673 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 68 A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume, 1739-1740 |
estimate $60,000 - $80,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 69 Horologium oscillatorium sive de motu pendulorum Christiaan Huygens, 1673 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 70 Cosmotheros, sive de terris coelestibus Christiaan Huygens, 1699 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 71 Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur Johannes Kepler, 1604 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 72 Nova stereometria doliorum vinariorum Johannes Kepler, 1615 |
estimate $25,000 - $35,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 73 Exposition du systéme du monde, manuscript draft leaf Pierre-Simon Laplace, not after 1808 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 74 Théorie analytique des probabilités Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1812–25 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 75 Repräsentation der Imaginären der Plangeometrie Marius Sophus Lie, 1869 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 76 Principles of Geology Charles Lyell, 1830–1833 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 77 Aphorismi secundum doctrinam Galeni Maimonides, 1489 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 78 An essay on the principle of population T.R. Malthus, 1803 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 79 Mundus Iovialis Simon Marius, 1614 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 80 A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism James Clerk Maxwell, 1873 |
estimate $6,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 81 The founding document of genetics Gregor Mendel, 1866 |
estimate $250,000 - $350,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 82 Principles of Chemistry Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, 1869 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 83 Differential Barometer Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich, 1876 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 84 Napier's bones Early 18th century |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 85 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Isaac Newton, 1687 |
estimate $300,000 - $500,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 86 Opticks Isaac Newton, 1704 |
estimate $50,000 - $80,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 87 The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Isaac Newton, 1729 |
estimate $25,000 - $35,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 88 Die galvanische Kette Georg Simon Ohm, 1827 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 89 The Castle of Knowledge Robert Recorde, 1556 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 90 Reimann Hypothesis – “Ueber die Anzahl der Primzahlen unter einer gegebenen... Bernhard Riemann, 1859 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 91 Uebe eine neue Art von Strahlen (Vorläufige Mittheilung) Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, 1895 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 92 De judiciis nativitatum libri tres Johann Schöner, 1545 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 93 Syruporum Michael Servetus, 1537 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 94 Theory of moral sentiments Adam Smith, 1759 |
estimate $25,000 - $40,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 95 Arithmetica integra Michael Stifel, 1544 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 96 Les portraicts anatomiques Andreas Vesalius, 1569 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 97 Alcoholics Anonymous Hank Parkhurst's copy |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 98 Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson, 1939 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 99 Alcoholics Anonymous Smith Ely Jelliffe's copy |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 100 Alcoholics Anonymous, inscribed Bill Wilson, 1942 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 101 Alcoholics Anonymous, inscribed Bill Wilson, 1951 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 102 The Ashendene Press Ecclesiasticus Printed on vellum, 1932 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 103 John Cheever's Stories Inscribed to his daughter and with related letters, 1978-1980 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 104 Falconer John Cheever, 1977 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 105 A bet on the future of the British Empire Winston Churchill, 1901 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 106 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke, 1953 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 107 Five early papers on DNA Rosalind Franklin, Raymond Gosling, Maurice Wilkins, et al., 1953–1955 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 108 First papers on DNA, signed by Watson & Crick Nature, 25 April and 30 May 1953 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 109 Hans Einstein's copy, on statistical mechanics Albert Einstein, 1904 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 110 Annus mirabilis papers Albert Einstein, 1905 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 111 \"Über das Relativitätsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen\",... Albert Einstein, 1908 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 112 Wave-Duality of Light Einstein, Albert, 1909 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 113 Einstien's first two papers on gravitational waves: \"Näherungsweise Integration... Albert Einstein, 1916; 1918 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 114 Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung, offprint issue Albert Einstein, 1917 |
estimate $7,000 - $9,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 115 Relativity: The Special and the General Theory Albert Einstein, 1920 |
estimate $6,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 116 On the place of mathematics in physics Albert Einstein, 1921 |
estimate $6,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 117 An attempt at a new unified theory Albert Einstein, 28 July 1925 |
estimate $50,000 - $70,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 118 Albert Einstein: Philosopher–Scientist Albert Einstein, 1949 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 119 Letter to Michele Besso Albert Einstein, 1952 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 120 Lamp with reproduction Einstein TLS [Albert Einstein, 1953] |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 121 Dirac's Principles of Quantum Mechanics Richard Feynman's copy |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 122 Talk on electrostatic and high-energy accelerators Richard Feynman, 1948 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 123 Richard Feynman on Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem Lecture notes and annotated book, c.1960 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 124 Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals Richard Feynman and A.R. Hibbs, 1965 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 125 Addition, defined via subtraction Richard Feynman, c.1969 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 126 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 127 Penicillum notatum presentation sample Alexander Fleming, 1945 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 128 Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development Robert Goddard, 1936 |
estimate $12,000 - $18,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 129 Die Vollständigkeit der Axiome des logischen Funktionenkalküls Kurt Gödel, 1930 |
estimate $40,000 - $60,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 130 \"Zum Entscheidungsproblem des logischen Funktionenkalküls\" Kurt Gödel, 1933 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 131 Love is Hell Signed first edition by Matt Groening, 1984 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 132 Stephen Hawking's copy Einstein's Outrageous Legacy, 1992 |
estimate $7,000 - $9,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 133 Autograph letter to Moritz Schlick Werner Heisenberg, 27 December 1930 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 134 On the history and future of particle physics Werner Heisenberg, 1964 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 135 Helmholtz sound synthesizer [Hermann von Helmholtz], 1905 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 136 One of his earliest letters extant Ernest Hemingway, 9 June [1909] |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 137 \"This newspaper business is the life.\" Ernest Hemingway, 1918 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 138 Announcing the birth of his son and his first published book Ernest Hemingway, 1923 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 139 In Our Time Ernest Hemingway, 1924 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 140 Offering advice on writing Ernest Hemingway, 26 September [1928] |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 141 Death in the Afternoon, inscribed Ernest Hemingway, 1932 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 142 Critiquing Gertrude Stein Ernest Hemingway, 1933 |
estimate $3,500 - $4,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 143 \"The real secret in writing a novel is...\" Ernest Hemingway, 1934 |
estimate $3,500 - $4,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 144 Green Hills of Africa, inscribed Ernest Hemingway, 1935 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 145 \"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber\" Ernest Hemingway, 1936 |
estimate $200,000 - $300,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 146 Forbidding his sister the use of Windermere Ernest Hemingway, [1937] |
estimate $1,000 - $1,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 147 For Whom the Bell Tolls, inscribed Ernest Hemingway, 1940 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 148 Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory Edwin Hubble, 1925-1942 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 149 The Constitution of India Constituent Assembly, 1950 |
estimate $25,000 - $35,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 150 Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol April 2001 |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 151 Profiles in Courage John F. Kennedy, 1956 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 152 Autograph letter to Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac, 1945 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 153 Typed letter to Allen Ginsberg with small drawing Jack Kerouac, 1947 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 154 Typed letter to Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac, 1948 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 155 \"Golden Jack\" Jack Kerouac, 1949 |
estimate $30,000 - $50,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 156 \"I sold my novel to Harcourt Brace\" Jack Kerouac, 29 March 1949 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 157 Writing On the Road “at night, till dawn” Jack Kerouac, 28 April 1949 |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 158 Writing, his time at Columbia, and Burroughs living in exile Jack Kerouac, 9 November 1949 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 159 \"Plan for Artistic Creation\" for The Vanity of St Louis Jack Kerouac, 1951 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 160 On Malcolm Cowley and titles for On the Road Jack Kerouac, 6 August 1953 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 161 Maggie Cassidy, inscribed Jack Kerouac, 1959 |
estimate $20,000 - $30,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 162 Typed letter signed to his girlfriend Lois Sorrells in New York City Jack Kerouac, 1960 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 163 General Theory of Employment Interest and Money John Maynard Keynes, 1936 |
estimate $5,000 - $7,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 164 “1777 Variables in the Magellanic Clouds” Henrietta Swan Leavitt, 1908 |
estimate $2,500 - $3,500 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 165 The Story of Project Mercury, America's Man-in-Space Program Presentation copy, signed by all of the Mercury Seven |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 166 Collection of historic microchips Various, [c.1954–c.1986] |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 167 Theory and Techniques for Design of Electronic Digital Computers Moore School Lectures, 1947–1948 |
estimate $6,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 168 Lecture on the Evolution of Cooperative Behavior John Forbes Nash Jr., 1990 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 169 Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell, 1949 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 170 The Nature of the Chemical Bond Linus Pauling, 1931 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 171 Pablo Picasso Christian Zervos, 1942–1986 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 172 The first fully secure mobile phone in a presidential limousine Installed for President Ronald Reagan, April 1984 |
estimate $50,000 - $80,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 173 FDR, Missy Lehand, and Grace Tully Photograph signed by FDR as President and by his personal secretaries |
estimate $2,000 - $3,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 174 Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, 1951 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 175 Franny and Zooey, inscribed J.D. Salinger, 1961 |
estimate $30,000 - $40,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 176 Photographs of the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott Reginald Skelton, 1901-1904 44 photographs (127 × 86mm and 108 × 83mm), of which 40 are mounted (102 × 76mm by sight; all over 159 × 127mm) and 4 unmounted in a paper envelope. (Condition varies, some silvering and fading and a few occasional foxmarks; overall very good.) |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 177 The Heart of the Antarctic Ernest Shackleton, 1909 |
estimate $15,000 - $25,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 178 An expansive archive from the Nikola Tesla Company and Niagara Falls Power... Edward Dean Adams, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, and others, ca. 1860-1929 |
estimate $50,000 - $80,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 179 \"The Problem of Increasing Human Energy\" Nikola Tesla, 1900 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 180 Organizing a reception for Prince Heinrich of Prussia Edward Adams, George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, et al. February |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 181 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien, 1937 |
estimate $60,000 - $80,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 182 Invention of the Transistor Physical Review journals, 1948-1951 |
estimate $3,000 - $5,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 183 On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem Alan Turing, 1936 |
estimate $30,000 - $50,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 184 \"Computing Machinery and intelligence\" Alan Turing, 1950 |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 185 How to Play Poker... John von Neumann, Princeton, 1941 |
estimate $30,000 - $50,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 186 Theory of Games and Economic Behavior John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, 1944 |
estimate $5,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 187 Planning and Coding of Problems for Electronic Computing Instrument John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine, 1947 |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 188 Recent Theories of Turbulence John von Neumann, 1950 |
estimate $10,000 - $15,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 189 The Pale Blue Dot Voyager 1 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.) |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 190 Center of the Milky Way NASA 20 x 24in. (50.8 x 61cm.) |
estimate $6,000 - $8,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 191 Large format photo of Halley's Comet NASA, 1986 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm) |
estimate $3,000 - $4,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 192 The first color photograph of Earth and Moon Voyager 1, 18 September 1977 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm.) |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 193 Very large format photograph of the crescents of Uranus and Titania Voyager 2 24 x 20in. (61 x 50.8cm) |
estimate $30,000 - $40,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 194 Eruptions on Io Voyager 2 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 195 A colour enhanced view of the sunset on Mars Viking 1 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 196 The first photograph of the surface of Mars [large format] Viking 1 10 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (27.7 x 35.1cm.) |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 197 The first color photograph taken on the surface of Mars, the Red Planet Viking 1, 20 July 1976 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 198 The first color photograph taken on the surface of Venus Venera 13 [NASA printing] 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.) |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 199 First evidence of Jupiter's rings Voyager 1 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 200 A black and white still from Venera 13's landing on Venus Venera 13 [NASA printing] 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.) |
estimate $1,000 - $2,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 201 The Hubble Deep Field Hubble Space Telescope 11 x 14in. (35.2 x 28.0cm.) 13 x 16in. (33 x40.5cm.) on mount |
estimate $8,000 - $12,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 202 A very large format Martian stereoscopic panorama NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 60 x 19 ¼in. (152.5 x 49cm.) |
estimate $15,000 - $20,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 203 Very large format photograph of Jupiter and its satellites Voyager 1 20 x 19 ¼in. (50.6 x 49cm.) |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 204 Sunset on Mars Viking 1 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm.) |
estimate $3,000 - $4,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 205 Rocky Martian plain [large format] Viking 2 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 206 The utopian plain of Mars Viking 2 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm.) |
estimate $3,000 - $4,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 207 Triptych of large format photographs of Mars Viking 1 19 ¼ x 16in. (49 x 40.7cm.) |
estimate $15,000 - $20,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 208 A parting shot of Neptune from Voyager 2 Voyager 2 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 209 The Red Planet Hubble Space Telescope 11 x 14in. (27.9 x 35.6cm.) |
estimate $4,000 - $6,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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Lot 210 Saturn casting a shadow on its rings Voyager 1, 3 December 1980 14 x 11in. (35.6 x 27.9cm.) |
estimate $7,000 - $10,000 PRICE REALIZED ________________________ ________________________ |
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