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Sale 412: Fine Books & Manuscripts (#412) 09/17/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/17/2009 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #49 Signed portrait of Albert Einstein

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$625

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Description

Title:

Signed portrait of Albert Einstein

Author:

Einstein, Albert

Place Published:

No place

Date Published:

c.1938

Description:

Printed photograph, close-up taken at his home in Princeton wearing a leather jacket, apparently from a July 1938 issue of the Chicago Tribune. Signed in ink at bottom, A. Einstein. 6¼x5.

Formerly tipped onto backing sheet along with a short article "We Receive a New Citizen," 1940, and a picture of Einstein as a schoolboy from the July 1938 Tribune. With certificate of authenticity from Signature House.

Condition:

The E in Einstein's signature slightly rubbed; very good.

Item#:

204563

Headline:

Signed portrait of Albert Einstein
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