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“Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents leads Hindman’s upcoming sale of Famous Photographs”
American entertainer Eddie Carmel was born with pituitary adenoma, which led to his gigantism. He was sometimes a carnival sideshow act, a film actor, a rock and roll singer, and a stand-up comedian. But he was not well known until Diane Arbus’s photo titled Jewish Giant, taken at Home with…
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Rare Science Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams: On Black Holes and the “Science of Kingship”
Stephen Hawking’s copy of “Black Hole Explosions?” OFFPRINT FROM: Nature, Vol. 248, No. 5443, 1 March 1974. Image courtesy of Bonhams. In the moment, scientific discoveries often feel utterly new, from Copernicus’ heliocentric model of the universe in 1543 to the first photos from the James Webb Space Telescope in…
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Albert Einstein Letters, Antique Books, Historical Documents, and More From Turner Auctions + Appraisals
In April of 1950, Albert Einstein was president of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science at Hebrew University. In this role, Einstein sent a letter to Professor Hans Freudenthal (a Jewish German-born Dutch mathematician) to invite him to the institute’s first dinner and conference to be held…
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Americana Between the Boards From Potter & Potter
Perhaps best known for both capturing Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War and founding the state of Vermont, Ethan Allen also led a failed attempt into Montreal that resulted in his capture by British authorities. Imprisoned aboard Royal Navy ships, he was released in a prisoner exchange in 1778.…
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University Archives Will Hold Back-to-back Online Auctions – A General Sale On August 25th And A Judaica Auction On August 26th
The August 25th sale will feature 363 lots of autographs, rare books, historical documents and memorabilia. The August 26th auction will be a smaller, specialized Judaica sale, just 100 lots. WILTON, Conn. – University Archives will hold back-to-back online auctions on Wednesday and Thursday, August 25th and 26th, starting at 10:30…
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Items Signed By Albert Einstein, George Washington, Lou Gehrig And Others Will Be Offered Wednesday, June 30th By University Archives
Other names in the sale include such luminaries as Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing, Kim Il Sung, Barack Obama, the Kennedy brothers, Theodore Roosevelt, Harriet Beecher Stowe and MLK Jr. Typed letter written in German and signed by Albert Einstein to President Herbert Hoover in 1929 after receiving Hoover’s congratulatory 50th…
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Manuscript Written And Signed By Sir Isaac Newton, Circa 1715-1725, Realizes $118,750 In University Archives’ Online Auction Held May 26th
The rare manuscript, with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of Newton’s seminal scientific work “Principia”, was the top lot of the 409-lot sale that grossed $678,043. Sir Isaac Newton’s handwritten notes and calculations regarding the longitudinal positions of stars and comets, ideas later formalized in his iconic…
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Alfons Walde Painting Leads Day 1 of Shapiro Auctions Upcoming Sale
Day One of the International Fine & Decorative Art sale, offered by Shapiro Auctions, features works from the former Eastern Bloc and Russia. Among the key lots up for bid is a painting by Austrian artist Alfons Walde titled Bauernsonntag (Farmer Sunday). The painting shows two eerily similar men standing…
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Items Signed By Jefferson, Einstein, Adam Smith And More Of History’s Brightest Luminaries Will Be Offered April 14th By University Archives
The full catalog showing all 356 lots is up for bidding and viewing now at University Archives’ website (www.UniversityArchives.com), as well as on three popular online bidding platforms. Exquisite portrait miniature of Thomas Jefferson attributed to the British miniaturist Robert Field (1769-1819), along with two locks of hair (one of…
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“American Classics and Signed Letters at Potter & Potter”
In 1939, Raymond Chandler published his novel The Big Sleep. The first to feature hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe, the book later inspired a classic film by the same title starring Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall. A first edition, first printing copy of this American classic is currently up for bid…
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Items Signed By Lincoln, Jefferson, Einstein And More Of History’s Brightest Stars Will Be Auctioned March 3rd By University Archives
The full catalog showing all 408 lots is up for bidding and viewing now at University Archives’ website (www.UniversityArchives.com), as well as on three popular online bidding platforms. Two-page letter handwritten and signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, regarding the transportation of troops by…
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University Archives' online auction, January 6th, will be led by rare items signed by Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein
The full catalog showing all 440 lots (most in company history) is up for bidding and viewing now at University Archives’ website: www.UniversityArchives.com. Four-page manuscript by the physicist Sir Isaac Newton consisting of nearly 2,300 words penned entirely in his hand around 1710, connecting metaphysics to physics (est. $130,000-$160,000). WESTPORT,…
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Letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, photo signed by Marilyn Monroe are in One of a Kind Collectibles' December 17 auction
The Internet-only auction is online now. Bidding is currently open at www.OAKauctions.com and ends Thursday, December 17th at 8:30 pm Eastern time. Signed letter from Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris requesting assistance with hiring a French chef, written and sent in 1792 (est. $14,000-$16,000). CORAL GABLES, FL, UNITED STATES, December…
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Letter written by Albert Einstein in 1943, in English, condemning racism and segregation in the U.S., is for sale
His words are strong and prescient, and resonate just as strongly today as when first written. The letter would be an important addition to anyone’s collection. The letter is handsomely matted and framed, with a photo of Einstein. It’s also one of the few letters Einstein hand-wrote in English. German…
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Items signed by Mao Zedong, Edgar Allan Poe, Einstein, Darwin, etc., are in University Archives' online auction Sept. 30
The sale contains rare and highly collectible items from multiple specialty categories -- 356 lots in all. It will begin promptly at 10:30 am Eastern time. Presentation copy of a Russian book celebrating the 10th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China in October 1959, 588 pages, signed by Chairman…
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Items signed by Washington, Lincoln, JFK and Jackie, Einstein, others are in One of a Kind Collectibles auction Sept. 10
Buyers can register and bid now, at www.OAKauctions.com. The sale has 282 lots, many signed by history's brightest luminaries. It's a collector's paradise. 1776 letter signed by then-General George Washington, to Abraham Yates Jr., requesting assistance moving wounded troops after the Battle of Long Island (est. $15,000 -$20,000). CORAL GABLES,…
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Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, and Sports Auction
The Battle of Long Island was a military action taken by the American Continental Army against British forces on August 27th, 1776. Around 19,000 soldiers, under the leadership of George Washington, fought against the British Army to gain control of New York’s port. A letter dated September 8th, 1776 indicates…
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Fine Books and Manuscripts including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection
Originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1893, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story was written to introduce Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older and smarter brother in the series. Doyle would later place it on a…
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Music, Continental Books & Medieval Manuscripts
The upcoming Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books, & Medieval Manuscripts auction opens with 45 lots of music-related works on paper, including several letters between Johannes Brahms and Ernst Ruderoff. The lot includes an autographed music manuscript that proposes a solution to a problematic passage in Mozart’s “Flute Concerto.” Also in the…
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Essential Genius Ten Important Manuscripts
Bonhams’ upcoming manuscripts auction will offer ten historical documents that remain relevant today. Among the lots up for bid are the earliest two of Leonardo Bruni’s Platonic dialogues. Phaedo (1405) teaches of the immortality of the soul as Socrates faces death, and Gorgias (1409) looks into virtue and rhetoric. Also…
