- Auction
16449
On the Shoulders of Giants: Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Hawking
31 October 2018 - 8 November 2018, London
SALE TOTAL: 1,824,375 (GBP)
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51 Lots for Sale 16449
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Lot 1 Newton's fascination with alchemy Isaac Newton. 1670s |
estimate £80,000 - £100,000 ($102,480 - $128,100) price realized £100,000 ($131,100) |
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Lot 2 A signed document, repaying a loan Isaac Newton. 24 December 1718 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,810 - $19,215) price realized £56,250 ($73,743) |
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Lot 3 Darwin burnishes his geological credentials after the Beagle... Charles Darwin. 8 May 1841 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £10,625 ($13,929) |
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Lot 4 Sympathy for a scientist in difficulties Charles Darwin. 19 June 1867 |
estimate £1,800 - £2,500 ($2,305 - $3,202) price realized £4,375 ($5,735) |
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Lot 5 On the most recent editions of his works Charles Darwin. 10 March 1875 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,537 - $2,305) price realized £8,125 ($10,651) |
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Lot 6 Declining an invitation on the grounds of ill-health Charles Darwin. 11 June 1876 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($1,921 - $3,202) price realized £5,625 ($7,374) |
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Lot 7 'The most memorable scientific expedition which ever left England' Charles Darwin. 5 November 1876 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,124 - $7,686) price realized £11,875 ($15,568) |
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Lot 8 Defending the principle of natural selection Charles Darwin. 22 November 1876 |
estimate £15,000 - £25,000 ($19,215 - $32,025) price realized £50,000 ($65,550) |
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Lot 9 On deep-sea dwellers and hermaphrodites Charles Darwin. 7 February 1877 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,202 - $4,483) price realized £11,875 ($15,568) |
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Lot 10 Encouragement for a young naturalist Charles Darwin. 26 November [1878] |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,843 - $6,405) price realized £7,500 ($9,607) |
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Lot 11 A heartfelt vote of thanks for a book dedication Charles Darwin. 20 January 1879 |
estimate £2,800 - £3,500 ($3,586 - $4,483) price realized £7,500 ($9,607) |
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Lot 12 Supporting a faculty application Charles Darwin. 23 January 1879 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £5,000 ($6,555) |
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Lot 13 A glowing review of the naturalist’s report on the... Charles Darwin. 4 February 1879 |
estimate £5,000 - £8,000 ($6,405 - $10,248) price realized £15,000 ($19,665) |
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Lot 14 An invitation to visit alongside the polymath Francis Galton Charles Darwin. 2 May 1880 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,500 ($1,921 - $3,202) price realized £4,375 ($5,735) |
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Lot 15 On the election of the Linacre Professor at Oxford Charles Darwin. 25 September 1881 |
estimate £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,202 - $4,483) price realized £6,875 ($9,013) |
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Lot 16 Subscribing to a memorial fund for a fellow scientist Charles Darwin. 7 April 1882 |
estimate £2,800 - £3,500 ($3,586 - $4,483) price realized £4,000 ($5,244) |
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Lot 18 Hans Albert Einstein’s copy of his father’s greatest contribution to... Albert Einstein. 1919 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,124 - $7,686) price realized £5,000 ($6,555) |
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Lot 19 Recommending a young chemist to Fritz Haber Albert Einstein. 12 July 1922 |
estimate £1,200 - £1,800 ($1,537 - $2,305) price realized £8,750 ($11,471) |
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Lot 20 Hans Albert Einstein’s copy of his father’s Nobel Prize speech Albert Einstein. 1923 |
estimate £4,000 - £6,000 ($5,124 - $7,686) price realized £6,250 ($8,193) |
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Lot 21 'The grass has now grown over this little affair' Albert Einstein. 2 September 1925 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £9,375 ($12,290) |
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Lot 22 The first version of Einstein's unified field theory. Albert Einstein. 1925 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £3,250 ($4,260) |
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Lot 23 Einstein on Newton: Hans Albert Einstein’s copy Albert Einstein. 1928 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,843 - $6,405) price realized £13,750 ($18,026) |
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Lot 24 Einstein at 50 Albert Einstein. 1929 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,810 - $19,215) price realized £12,500 ($16,387) |
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Lot 25 'Great and noble things come from isolated figures' Albert Einstein. 1934 |
estimate £18,000 - £25,000 ($23,058 - $32,025) price realized £32,500 ($42,607) |
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Lot 26 'Burning with enthusiasm' at seeing an old friend from Berlin Albert Einstein. 23 October 1941 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £4,750 ($6,227) |
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Lot 27 'So excited ... that I could think of nothing else' Albert Einstein. 17 June 1942 |
estimate £7,000 - £10,000 ($8,967 - $12,810) price realized £11,250 ($14,748) |
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Lot 28 'An unwavering pursuit of truth' Albert Einstein. 30 September 1942 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,843 - $6,405) price realized £9,375 ($12,290) |
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Lot 29 A self-mocking acceptance of a lunch invitation Albert Einstein. 31 March 1944 |
estimate £1,500 - £2,000 ($1,921 - $2,562) price realized £5,250 ($6,882) |
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Lot 30 The Meaning of Relativity: authorial presentation copy Albert Einstein. 1950 |
estimate £6,000 - £9,000 ($7,686 - $11,529) price realized £8,750 ($11,471) |
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Lot 31 'This dissertation is my original work' Stephen Hawking. 15 October 1965 |
estimate £100,000 - £150,000 ($128,100 - $192,150) price realized £584,750 ($766,607) |
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Lot 32 'Singularities and the geometry of space-time' Stephen Hawking. 13 December 1966 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,810 - $19,215) price realized £30,000 ($39,330) |
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Lot 33 Theory of the Detection of Short Bursts of Gravitation Radiation Stephen Hawking and G.W. Gibbons. 1977 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £2,125 ($2,785) |
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Lot 34 The Four Laws of Black Hole Mechanics J.M. Bardeen, B. Carter & Stephen Hawking. 1973 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,843 - $6,405) price realized £5,000 ($6,555) |
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Lot 35 Why is the Universe Isotropic? Stephen Hawking and C.B. Collins. 1973 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £3,000 ($3,933) |
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Lot 36 The Rotation and Distortion of the Universe Stephen Hawking and C.B. Collins. 1973 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £1,375 ($1,802) |
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Lot 37 Black Hole Explosions? Stephen Hawking. 1974 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,843 - $6,405) price realized £7,500 ($9,832) |
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Lot 38 Fundamental Breakdown of Physics in Gravitational Collapse Stephen Hawking. 1975 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £5,250 ($6,882) |
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Lot 39 Action integrals and partition functions in quantum gravity Stephen Hawking and G.W. Gibbons. 15 May 1977 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £3,000 ($3,933) |
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Lot 40 Classification of Gravitational Instanton Symmetries Stephen Hawking and G.W. Gibbons. 1979 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £3,000 ($3,933) |
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Lot 41 The Boundary Conditions of the Universe Stephen Hawking. 1982 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £2,750 ($3,605) |
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Lot 42 Wave function of the Universe Stephen Hawking and J.B. Hartle. 1983 |
estimate £3,000 - £5,000 ($3,843 - $6,405) price realized £1,875 ($2,458) |
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Lot 43 Thermodynamics of Black Holes in Anti-de Sitter Space Stephen Hawking and Don N. Page. 1983 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £1,875 ($2,458) |
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Lot 44 Origin of Structure in the Universe Stephen Hawking and J.J. Halliwell. 1985 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £1,750 ($2,294) |
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Lot 45 Brief History of Time 'signed' with a thumbprint Stephen Hawking. 1988 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £68,750 ($90,131) |
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Lot 46 Spectrum of Wormholes Stephen Hawking and Don N. Page. 1990 |
estimate £1,000 - £1,500 ($1,281 - $1,921) price realized £3,500 ($4,483) |
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Lot 47 A touching portrait Stephen Hawking. 2005 |
estimate £400 - £600 ($512 - $768) price realized £8,125 ($10,651) |
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Lot 48 Stephen Hawking’s Time Travellers Invitation Stephen Hawking. October 2013 |
estimate £100 - £150 ($128 - $192) price realized £11,250 ($14,748) |
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Lot 49 Stephen Hawking makes an appearance on The... Stephen Hawking. 14 December 2009 |
estimate £2,000 - £3,000 ($2,562 - $3,843) price realized £6,250 ($8,193) |
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Lot 50 Hawking's medals and awards Stephen Hawking. 1975-1999 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,810 - $19,215) price realized £296,750 ($389,039) |
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Lot 51 Stephen Hawking’s bomber jacket Stephen Hawking. 2016 |
estimate £100 - £150 ($128 - $192) price realized £40,000 ($52,440) |
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Lot 52 A motorised wheelchair Stephen Hawking. c.1988 |
estimate £10,000 - £15,000 ($12,810 - $19,215) price realized £296,750 ($389,039) |
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