- Auction
16447
Einstein and Family: Letters and Portraits
2 May 2018 - 9 May 2018, London
SALE TOTAL: 526,750 (GBP)
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77 Lots for Sale 16447
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Lot 1 Albert and Maja Einstein Munich, c.1893 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £2,750 ($3,715) |
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Lot 2 From Ulm to New York City Ulm, late 19th Century |
estimate £500 - £800 ($679 - $1,086) price realized £1,500 ($2,026) |
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Lot 3 The 5-year-old Einstein Munich, [c.1884] |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,432 - $8,148) price realized £8,750 ($11,821) |
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Lot 4 The 16-year-old prodigy Aarau, 1895 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,432 - $8,148) price realized £43,750 ($59,106) |
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Lot 5 The only known letter to his father Lindau (Germany), 26 September 1897 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £6,000 ($8,106) |
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Lot 6 Hermann and Pauline Einstein Milan, c.1900 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($679 - $1,086) price realized £625 ($844) |
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Lot 7 Playful greetings to his sister Zurich, 13 January 1898 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,629 - $2,444) price realized £3,750 ($5,066) |
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Lot 8 Postcards to the Einstein family Milan and Switzerland, 1898-1901 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($2,037 - $2,716) price realized £1,250 ($1,688) |
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Lot 9 Postcards to the young Einstein Zurich, 1898-1900 14.7 x 10.4 cm |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £1,500 ($2,026) |
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Lot 10 Einstein on the cusp of adulthood Mettmenstetten (Switzerland), 11 September 1899 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £5,000 ($6,755) |
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Lot 11 A trip to Venice with his father Venice, 11 September 1900 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £3,750 ($5,066) |
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Lot 12 Einstein in the mountains Urnerboden (Switzerland), 27 July 1901 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £4,750 ($6,417) |
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Lot 13 On the eve of the annus mirabilis Berne, 1904 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,716 - $4,074) price realized £7,500 ($10,132) |
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Lot 14 Portrait of a reluctantly famous scientist Zurich, c.1919 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £3,000 ($4,053) |
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Lot 15 'I have laid a marvellous egg' Berlin, 1 March 1917 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,432 - $8,148) price realized £22,500 ($30,397) |
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Lot 16 Romain Rolland writes to Einstein Villeneuve (Switzerland), 21 and 23 August 1917 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £1,500 ($2,026) |
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Lot 17 Taking in his dying mother, and trying to work Berlin, 10 November 1919 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,716 - $4,074) price realized £3,000 ($4,053) |
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Lot 18 A room for his terminally-ill mother Berlin, 23 December 1919 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £2,125 ($2,870) |
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Lot 19 Coded instructions on a financial matter Berlin, 3 September 1921 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,629 - $2,444) price realized £2,375 ($3,208) |
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Lot 20 'Man learns only through experience' Berlin, 6 September 1921 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($2,037 - $2,716) price realized £2,750 ($3,715) |
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Lot 21 Travelling 'incognito' to Florence Berlin, 8 October 1921 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,629 - $2,444) price realized £2,125 ($2,870) |
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Lot 22 Tired of endless travel Berlin, 9 December 1921 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £2,750 ($3,715) |
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Lot 23 'What a work of art the good Lord has made in us' Berlin, 14 December 1921 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £12,500 ($16,887) |
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Lot 24 'Like living in a pigeon-loft' Berlin, 17 March 1922 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,716 - $4,074) price realized £3,000 ($4,053) |
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Lot 25 Europe sinking into misery Berlin, 23 April 1922 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £4,000 ($5,404) |
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Lot 26 'People are going a bit crazy ...' Spandau, nr Berlin, 12 August 1922 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £4,375 ($5,910) |
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Lot 27 The end of a lovely summer Berlin, 2 September 1922 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($2,037 - $2,716) price realized £2,125 ($2,870) |
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Lot 28 'A wonderful continuation of the general theory of relativity' Berlin, 15 April 1923 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($8,148 - $12,222) price realized £27,500 ($37,152) |
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Lot 29 'Invention is the privilege of youth' Berlin, 27 March 1924 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £9,375 ($12,665) |
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Lot 30 'The scientific demon makes a fool of me' Berlin, late April 1924 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £7,500 ($10,132) |
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Lot 31 An 'easy-going monastic' life Kiel, 20 May 1924 |
estimate £1,400 - £1,800 ($1,901 - $2,444) price realized £2,250 ($3,039) |
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Lot 32 'Please, no cult of personality' Berlin, 28 August 1924 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,432 - $8,148) price realized £10,000 ($13,510) |
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Lot 33 'I can earn it more easily than you' Lucerne, 1 October 1924 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,629 - $2,444) price realized £2,125 ($2,870) |
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Lot 34 'Possibly it is better not to think too much' Berlin, 4 October 1924 |
estimate £1,400 - £1,800 ($1,901 - $2,444) price realized £8,125 ($10,976) |
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Lot 35 'I have to drag along a heavy load' Berlin, early 1925 |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,444 - $3,395) price realized £4,000 ($5,404) |
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Lot 36 Remembering 'the storm surge of relativity' Berlin, 12 July 1925 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £16,250 ($21,953) |
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Lot 37 A summer of sailing and music-making Berlin, 14 September 1925 |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,444 - $3,395) price realized £3,250 ($4,390) |
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Lot 38 His favourite books: Don Quixote and the Bible Berlin, 15 March 1926 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £35,000 ($47,285) |
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Lot 39 The nervous turmoil of his life Berlin, 3 February 1928 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £3,250 ($4,390) |
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Lot 40 A summer holiday with his sister Scharbeutz-bei-Lübeck, 13 September 1928 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,358 - $2,037) price realized £2,750 ($3,715) |
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Lot 41 The beauty of his new theory Berlin, 14 March 1929 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($2,037 - $2,716) price realized £5,250 ($7,092) |
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Lot 42 'A wonderful thing, which completes my life's work' Berlin, late March 1929 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £5,250 ($7,092) |
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Lot 43 'My new theory is finished' Berlin, 24 March 1929 |
estimate £1,400 - £1,800 ($1,901 - $2,444) price realized £12,500 ($16,887) |
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Lot 44 'My new theory now stands formally perfect' Zurich, 10 August 1929 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £6,875 ($9,288) |
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Lot 45 A scientific discovery and his new country refuge Caputh, nr Berlin, 19 August 1929 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £3,500 ($4,728) |
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Lot 46 A birthday call to Thomas Edison Berlin, 18 October 1929 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £15,000 ($20,265) |
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Lot 47 'My decrepit ego' Berlin, 18 November 1929 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,200 ($2,037 - $2,987) price realized £4,000 ($5,404) |
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Lot 48 Einstein's hands Berlin, 1929 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($13,580 - $20,370) price realized £13,750 ($18,576) |
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Lot 49 'The collective is a nasty animal' Berlin, 2 March 1930 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £9,375 ($12,665) |
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Lot 50 His incompetence at housework Berlin, 10 August 1930 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,200 ($2,037 - $2,987) price realized £2,250 ($3,039) |
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Lot 51 'Playing the part of the good Lord or his assistant' Pasadena, 7 February 1931 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £15,000 ($20,265) |
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Lot 52 'The downside of success' At sea on SS Deutschland, early March 1931 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £4,000 ($5,404) |
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Lot 53 'I have developed into a migratory bird' Antwerp, 2 December 1931 |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,444 - $3,395) price realized £3,750 ($5,066) |
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Lot 54 'The mathematical correlation of gravitation and electricity' Los Angeles, 9 January 1933 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £12,500 ($16,887) |
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Lot 55 'Homeless but happy' At sea, SS Belgenland, 21 March 1933 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £4,000 ($5,404) |
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Lot 56 'Looking for a hide-out for the summer' On board SS Belgenland, 28 March 1933 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,629 - $2,444) price realized £1,625 ($2,195) |
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Lot 57 'The only unshakeable things are the stars and mathematics' England, September 1933 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($8,148 - $12,222) price realized £18,750 ($25,331) |
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Lot 58 'The brilliance of younger years is past' Watch Hill, Rhode Island, 9 July 1934 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,074 - $6,790) price realized £5,000 ($6,755) |
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Lot 59 'Part of the foundations of our science' Old Lyme, Connecticut, 31 August 1935 |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($9,506 - $13,580) price realized £16,250 ($21,953) |
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Lot 60 'As in my youth I sit here unceasingly and think and calculate' Princeton, 1936 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £13,750 ($18,576) |
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Lot 61 'A difficult but uncommonly important piece of work' Saranac Lake, New York, summer 1936 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £3,500 ($4,728) |
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Lot 62 Science is 'the most satisfying thing in life' Princeton, 1936 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,716 - $4,074) price realized £6,000 ($8,106) |
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Lot 63 The last illness of Elsa Einstein Princeton, 16 November 1936 |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,444 - $3,395) price realized £2,750 ($3,715) |
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Lot 64 'The nightmare of her suffering still hangs over us' Princeton, 5 January 1937 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £3,500 ($4,728) |
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Lot 65 Working, sailing – and a visit from a girlfriend Huntington, Long Island, 27 June 1937 |
estimate £800 - £1,200 ($1,086 - $1,629) price realized £2,750 ($3,715) |
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Lot 66 'A personal world into which one can retreat' Princeton, autumn 1937 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £4,375 ($5,910) |
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Lot 67 'On the track of the riddle of electricity' Peconic, Long Island, June 1938 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £5,250 ($7,092) |
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Lot 68 'Scientifically I am having a wonderful time' Peconic, Long Island, 30 June 1938 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £6,000 ($8,106) |
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Lot 69 Three generations of Einsteins Caputh, 1932 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($679 - $1,086) price realized £1,625 ($2,195) |
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Lot 70 Coded advice on emigration Princeton, 17 September 1938 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,200 ($2,037 - $2,987) price realized £3,750 ($5,066) |
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Lot 71 His efforts as a 'walking relief-committee' Princeton, 14 December 1938 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,395 - $4,753) price realized £4,750 ($6,417) |
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Lot 72 The iconic Einstein New York, 1946 |
estimate £500 - £800 ($679 - $1,086) price realized £3,500 ($4,728) |
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Lot 73 Maja's physical decline Princeton, 18 March 1946 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,716 - $4,074) price realized £2,750 ($3,715) |
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Lot 74 The possibility of Maja's return Princeton, June 1946 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,200 ($2,037 - $2,987) price realized £2,250 ($3,039) |
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Lot 75 Maja's deteriorating health Princeton, June 1946 |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,444 - $3,395) price realized £3,000 ($4,053) |
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Lot 76 An unlucky accident Princeton, 31 July 1946 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,629 - $2,444) price realized £3,500 ($4,728) |
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Lot 77 The death of his beloved sister Princeton, 27 June 1951 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,716 - $4,074) price realized £4,750 ($6,417) |
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