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Auction Name On the shoulders of Giants - Online bidstart 5/16 Total Sales (GBP) 1,102,125.00
Auction Date May 23, 2019 - May 23, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 604,500.00
Sale Number #18156 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 965,700.00
Total Lots 57
Sold Lots 45 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 718,500.00
% of Lots Sold 78.95% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 1,135,200.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 97.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
50 [Steven Jobs (1955-2011) & Stephen Wozniak (b.1950)].

An Apple-1 personal computer, Palo Alto, 1976.

 1976 GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 GBP 371,250.00
44 Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

Autograph letter signed (‘Stephen Hawking’) to Charles W. Misner, n.p., n.d. [early 1968].

 early 1968 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 162,500.00
1 Isaac Newton (1642-1727).

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Translated by Andrew Motte.

 1729 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 43,750.00
10 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to [Wilhelm Wien], Bern, 23 'August' [actually July] 1907.

 1907 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
12 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Zur allgemeinen molekularen Theorie der Wärme.' Offprint from: Annalen der Physik Ser. 4, vol. 14, pp. 354-362.

 1904 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 37,500.00
17 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed (‘A. Einstein’) to [Wilhelm Wien], Berlin, 18 March 1916.

 1916 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 32,500.00
14

Autograph letter signed (‘A. Einstein‘) to [Wilhelm Wien], Prague, 17 May 1912.

 1912 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
28 Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954).

On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem.' In: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

 1936, 1937 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 30,000.00
11 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed (‘A. Einstein’) to [Wilhelm Wien], Bern, 26 August 1907.

 1907 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
31 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph manuscript, partial draft for the paper 'Five-dimensional representation of gravitation and electricity', [1941].

 1941 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
43 Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

Typed letter signed (‘Stephen’) to Charles Misner, Cambridge, 21 November 1967.

 1967 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 25,000.00
45 Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

Typed letter signed (‘Stephen’) to Charles W. Misner, Cambridge, 12 February 1968.

 1968 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 23,750.00
34 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to [Dr Isidore and Mrs Fannie] Held, Princeton, 26 April 1945.

1945 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 22,500.00
41 Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976).

Autograph manuscript, 'Entwicklung der Theorie des Elementarteilchen' (Development of the theory of the particle), draft of a lecture given at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, 5 March 1964.

1964 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 22,500.00
35 Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to [Otto Juliusburger], Princeton, 29 September 1947.

 1947 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 21,250.00
47 Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

Typed letter signed (‘Stephen’) to Charles W. Misner, Cambridge, 10 November 1970.

 1970 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 GBP 17,500.00
13 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph postcard signed ('A. Einstein') to Wilhelm Wien, Prague, 27 January [1912].

 1912 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 15,000.00
42 Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).

Albert Einstein Etching, signed by the artist (‘Dalí’)

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 15,000.00
23 Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Autograph aphorism signed and dated (‘A. Einstein 1925’).

1925 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,500.00
55 Richard Phillips Feynman (1918-1988).

Autograph diagram signed (‘Richard P. Feynman’), a ‘Feynman diagram’,

n.d. GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
38 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to [Otto] Juliusburger, Princeton, 24 January 1950.

1950 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 9,375.00
33 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'A.E') to [Otto Juliusburger], [postmarked Saranac Lake, New York], 6 September [1944].

 1944 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
51 Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) and M. Rocek (editors). </i>

Superspace and Supergravity: Proceedings of the Nuffield Workshop, Cambridge June 16-July 12, 1980.

1981 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 8,750.00
24 Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph sentiment signed ('A. Einstein'), [Berlin, December 1925].

1925 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
26 Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and Boris Georgiev (1888-1962).

Portrait lithograph by Boris Georgiev signed and dated by Einstein (‘A. Einstein 1929’; in pencil) and by the artist (‘Boris Georgiev Berlin V 1929’; in pencil), Berlin, May 1929.

1929 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 7,500.00
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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