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

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Auction Date
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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