The Einstein letter
There was a world auction record for an Einstein letter when The God Letter sold for $2.89 million at Christie’s in New York. In the handwritten letter the physicist expresses doubts about the existence of God. There was a four minute bidding battle between two telephone clients at the sale.
Other results in the Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts included $81,250 for a collection of original printing blocks for the first editions of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection realised $162,500 and the rare true first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone which achieved a world auction record for Harry Potter and more than doubled the high estimate to sell for $162,500.