Sothebys: History of Science & Technology, Including the "Romkey" Apple-1, N11835, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 17, 2025 - July 17, 2025
Page Size: 12 items in 1 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3 Karl Capek R.U.R.

New York Theatre Guild Contract: The Popularization of the Term "Robot"

1922 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
4 [Albert Einstein]

Album Containing Four Signed Photographs of Albert Einstein, With Eleven Additional Einstein Photographs, From His Journey to Japan Aboard the S.S. Kitano Maru, 1922

1922 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,320.00
5 Albert Einstein

Autograph Quotation Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Carl Laubman, About the Virtues of Travel, 1927

1927 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,430.00
6 Albert Einstein

Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952

1952 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,780.00
8

Original, Combat-used WWII Kriegsmarine Signalbuch, Berlin, 1940.

Berlin, 1940. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
14 Fred Freeman

Illustration of the Channel Tunnel's British Portal (Presumably at Folkestone), ca. 1958

ca. 1958 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
15 Fred Freeman

SEALAB I Illustration and Preliminary Sketch, The Saturday Evening Post, September 5, 1964

1964 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
17

[BINAC] Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation.

Philadelphia: 1949 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,480.00
21 Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977

c. 1977 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,890.00
23 Apple Computer, Inc.

Double-Sided "Apple Center" Lighted Sign With Rainbow Apple Logo, ca. 1980s-90s

ca. 1980s-90s USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
25 Seymour Cray; Cray-3

Manuscript Cray-3 Logbook, 1989-90. --- The Only Significant Cray Manuscript to Come to Auction

1989-90 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,560.00
29 Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, Christian Cavadia, Aldo Giornini, Grace Hertlein, and Others

An Extensive Archive of Early Computer Art Featuring Works by Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, Christian Cavadia, Aldo Giornini, Grace Hertlein, and Others, 1950s-70s

1950s-70s USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 107,950.00
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