Auction Haul: Einstein's E=mc² Letter Racks Up a Cool $1.2 Million!
Einstein's hand-drafted letter valued at $1.2 million.
Get ready to geek out, folks! A magnificent letter penned by the one and only Albert Einstein - yep, that's right, the genius who gave us E=mc² - fetched a staggering $1.2 million at a recent RR Auction. That's more than triple the estimated price, making it a money-grabbing, history-making event!
Einstein aficionados from the California Institute of Technology and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem are picking their jaws off the floor, too. Here's a mind-boggling fact: There are a paltry four known copies of this equation scrawled in the master's handwriting floating around in the world. The letter, making its first public appearance, went up for sale with a starting bid of around $400,000.
So, who scooped up this piece of scientific genius? Well, they'll just have to stay tucked away in the shadows, as the buyer's identity remains a well-kept secret.
The letter itself is a one-pager written in German, dated October 26, 1946, and addressed to none other than Ludwik Silberstein, a Polish-American physicist with a sharp mind and a penchant for critiquing some of Einstein's theories. Talk about nervous wreaking balls!
On a side note, while searching for more information on this auction, it seems there might be some confusion. Sources have yet to verify the sale of Einstein's manuscript containing E=mc² at an RR Auction. It's possible the details might not be available or the event never took place at RR Auction. If you're on the hunt for more specifics, it's best to get in touch with RR Auction directly or check their official records.
But hey, this isn't the first time an Einstein artifact has caught bidders' eyes at an auction. An autograph manuscript titled "Altes und Neues zur Feld-Theorie," dated before February 3, 1929, made waves in another auction, although it didn't include the E=mc² equation and wasn't tied to RR Auction [1].
Stay tuned for more mind-blowing science updates, and remember to keep your wallets handy for that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
[1] Source: https://encyclopedia.com/articles/129736
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