Lot 65 · Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Richard G. Kieninger, 112 Mercer Street, Princeton, 3 July 1948
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- Estimate
- £50,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $66,741–$80,089
- Result
- upcoming — 8 July 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography, London · 8 July 2026
- Dimensions
- In English. One page, 281 x 217mm, on paper with Einstein's blind-stamped address. Custom cloth box
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3064336
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3064336 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3064336
Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955., Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Richard G. Kieninger, 112 Mercer Street, Princeton, 3 July 1948. Christie's, 8 Jul 2026, lot 65. estimate £50,000–£60,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3064336.
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78% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 82%, 73% sold.
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Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955., Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Richard G. Kieninger, 112 Mercer Street, Princeton, 3 July 1948. Christie's, 8 Jul 2026, lot 65. estimate £50,000–£60,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3064336.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | Revised galley proof sheets for The Meaning of Relativity in | $76,285 | Christie's, Jul 2026 | |
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | Autograph manuscript, section 3 of a paper on unified field | Christie's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | The Holy Bible. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [c.1930]. | Bonhams, Jun 2013 | ||
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | two hand-prints of einstein's left and right hands, both sig | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | ‘Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abh | Christie's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | 'Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie', in: Ann | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | Autograph manuscript signed (at conclusion, 'A. Einstein'), | Christie's, May 2014 | ||
| Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. | 'Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme gef | Christie's, Dec 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.