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Auction Name Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection Total Sales (USD) 5,622,370.00
Auction Date September 10, 2024 - September 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,399,000.00
Sale Number #23617 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 6,590,000.00
Total Lots 13
Sold Lots 13 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,399,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 6,590,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 85.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
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
12

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

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 340,200.00
4

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

 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 302,400.00
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
24 JAMES LOVELL

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

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 277,200.00
19

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

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 201,600.00
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
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
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
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
33

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

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 37,800.00
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
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
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    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
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    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.