Christies: Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection, 23617, New York

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September 10, 2024 - September 10, 2024
Page Size: 13 items in 1 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3 LOUIS LEAKEY, DIAN FOSSEY, AND JANE GOODALL

CORRESPONDENCE FROM LOUIS LEAKEY, DIAN FOSSEY, AND JANE GOODALL, TO THE WILKIE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, 1950s-80s

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,320.00
4

PORTOLAN CHART OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, NORTHERN EUROPE, AND THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN,

 [PROBABLY CIVITAVECCHIA OR NAPLES, USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 302,400.00
6 ALBERT EINSTEIN

WARNING F.D.R. OF GERMANY'S ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE ATOMIC BOMB, ALBERT EINSTEIN, 2 AUGUST 1939

 USD 4,000,000.00 - 6,000,000.00 USD 3,922,000.00
8 INCLUDING BILL GATES

COMPUTER NOTES, INCLUDING BILL GATES' FAMED "AN OPEN LETTER TO HOBBYISTS", SEPTEMBER 1975 - NOVEMBER 1976

 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,930.00
9 STEVE JOBS

ENCLOSED IS YOUR FIRST APPLE COMPUTER..., STEVE JOBS, 5 NOVEMBER 1976

 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 302,400.00
12

FIRST CLASS LUNCHEON MENU, R.M.S. TITANIC, 14 APRIL 1912

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 340,200.00
15 CRICK, WATSON, AND WILKINS

THE DOUBLE HELIX OF DNA, SIGNED BY CRICK, WATSON, AND WILKINS

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 37,800.00
19

SPACEWALK CHECKLIST, FLOWN AND ANNOTATED, GEMINI IV, 3 JUNE 1965

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 201,600.00
21 JACQUES COUSTEAU

CONQUEST OF INNER SPACE. GREAT UNDERSEA ADVENTURES ... A TELEVISION SERIES OF ONE HOUR SPECIALS, JACQUES COUSTEAU, [1966]

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 37,800.00
24 JAMES LOVELL

FLOWN APOLLO 8 HANDWRITTEN CREW LOG, JAMES LOVELL, DECEMBER 1968

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 277,200.00
25 BUZZ ALDRIN

SECTION OF BUZZ ALDRIN'S LUNAR DESCENT MONITORING CHART, FLOWN ON APOLLO 11, 16-24 JULY 1969

 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 27,720.00
26 BUZZ ALDRIN

FLOWN APOLLO 11 LUNAR SURFACE CHECKLIST PAGE, ANNOTATED BY BUZZ ALDRIN, 21 JULY 1969

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 88,200.00
33

AN APPLE MACINTOSH 'PICASSO' DEALER SIGN, APPLE COMPUTER INC., 1984

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 37,800.00
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    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
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    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
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    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
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