Auction number 106
A. Einstein, Zionism, Jewish Art, letters of Rabbis and Rebbes and Collection of letters to Sir Moses Montefiore from the archive of the late Rabbi Avraham Shisha - London
March 6, 2018
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Item 1
Letter from Prof. Albert Einstein Regarding the Formalization of the "Third Stage of the Theory of Relativity." Signed Autograph. 1928
Opening price: $30,000
Estimated: $250,000 -
$300,000
Sold: $103,700

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 2
Signed Autograph by Albert Einstein to Danish Professor Martin Kundsen. 17.10.1916
Opening price: $6,000
Estimated: $20,000 -
$30,000
Sold: $9,760

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 3
Magnificent Invitation in Honor of Prof. Albert Einstein, with a Note Signed by the Foreign Minister of Uruguay [Montevideo], 1925
Opening price: $5,000
Estimated: $10,000 -
$20,000
Item 4
Guide for the Uncertain: Advice for Life by Einstein to a Novice Chemist. Princeton, 1946
Opening price: $3,000
Estimated: $10,000 -
$15,000
Sold: $6,100

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 5
Einstein's Theory of Romantic Games. 1921
Opening price: $3,000
Estimated: $20,000 -
$40,000
Sold: $6,100

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 6
Indifferent or Sensitive? Who Are You, Albert Einstein? Signed Autograph Expressing Einstein's Approach to Society
Opening price: $8,000
Estimated: $20,000 -
$30,000
Sold: $9,760

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 7
Letter from Professor Einstein Expressing Exceptional Sensitivity to Another's Pain. Signed Autograph. Princeton, 26.04.1945
Opening price: $10,000
Estimated: $40,000 -
$60,000
Sold: $12,200

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 8
Correspondence Describing Einstein's Commitment and Dedication to Help Release Musician Helmut Blume from a Refugee Camp in Canada. United States and Canada, Summer, 1942
Opening price: $8,000
Estimated: $15,000 -
$20,000
Sold: $14,640

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 9
Rare Letter from Prof. Einstein to Admor Mordechai Shalom Yosef Friedman in Vienna. Berlin, November 13, 1930
Opening price: $5,000
Estimated: $30,000 -
$50,000
Sold: $7,930

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 10
Original Photograph of Albert Einstein, c. 1922, the Year He Won the Nobel Prize
Opening price: $500
Estimated: $1,000 -
$1,200
Sold: $671

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Item 11
Collection of [10] Press Photos of Albert Einstein. Germany, England and the United States, 1929-1934
Opening price: $1,000
Estimated: $3,000 -
$4,000
Sold: $1,342

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 12
Rare Artistic Photograph of Prof. Einstein Smoking a Corn Pipe, With an Autographed Inscription. 1937
Opening price: $8,000
Estimated: $20,000 -
$30,000
Item 13
Letter from the Famous Scientist, Winner of Two Nobel Prizes - Prof. Marie Curie. The Radom Institute, Paris, 1921
Opening price: $1,000
Estimated: $3,000 -
$4,000
Sold: $3,172

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 14
Letter from Senator Kennedy after He was Elected President of the United States. Many Thanks for his Victory at Elections. Washington D.C., 1960
Opening price: $2,000
Estimated: $3,000 -
$4,000
Item 15
Sketches from a Trip to Algeria and [30] Lithographs Chez J. F. Wagner. 1839. Rare.
Opening price: $1,800
Estimated: $5,000 -
$8,000
Item 16
Package with a Pair of Royal Sugar Spoons. Hallmarked Silver, Made by C. J. Begeer. Utrecht, Holland, Start of the 20th Century
Opening price: $2,000
Estimated: $5,000 -
$8,000
Sold: $2,440

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 17
Letter from Dr. Theodor Herzl written during the period of the first Alliyah, Signed Autograph 15.04.1899
Opening price: $2,000
Estimated: $3,000 -
$4,000
Sold: $2,440

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 18
His Life Tractate: The Personal Gemara of the Great Zionist Leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Discovery
Opening price: $2,500
Estimated: $4,000 -
$6,000
Sold: $3,050

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 19
Letter in the Handwriting and with the Signature of David Ben Gurion, on Civil Rights and Freedom of Expression in Israel. Sde Boker, January 16, 1968
Opening price: $800
Estimated: $1,200 -
$1,500
Item 20
Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867-1953). Jewish "Maskil"
Opening price: $2,100
Estimated: $3,000 -
$5,000
Item 21
Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867-1953). Rabbi Studying
Opening price: $3,500
Estimated: $6,000 -
$8,000
Sold: $4,270

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 22
Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867-1953). Rabbi Studying Torah
Opening price: $3,500
Estimated: $5,000 -
$7,000
Sold: $4,270

The price includes a buyer's commission

Item 23
Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867-1953). The Preacher
Opening price: $4,900
Estimated: $8,000 -
$10,000
Item 24
Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (1867-1953). Portrait of a Rabbi
Opening price: $5,500
Estimated: $9,000 -
$12,000
Sold: $7,320

The price includes a buyer's commission

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