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Auction Name: History of Science & Technology, Including the "Romkey" Apple-1
Auction Date: 07/17/2025 - 07/17/2025
Sale Number: #N11835
Total Lots: 12
Sold Lots: 7
Lots Sold: 58.33%
Unsold Lots: 5

Total Sales (USD): 232,410.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 100,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 156,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 141,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 214,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 108.60%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
29	Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, Christian Cavadia, Aldo Giornini, Grace Hertlein, and Others	An Extensive Archive of Early Computer Art Featuring Works by Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, Christian Cavadia, Aldo Giornini, Grace Hertlein, and Others, 1950s-70s	1950s-70s	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 107,950.00
25	Seymour Cray; Cray-3	Manuscript Cray-3 Logbook, 1989-90. --- The Only Significant Cray Manuscript to Come to Auction	1989-90	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 35,560.00
17		[BINAC] Operating and Maintenance Manual for the BINAC Binary Automatic Computer Built for Northrop Aircraft Corporation.	1949	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 30,480.00
4	[Albert Einstein]	Album Containing Four Signed Photographs of Albert Einstein, With Eleven Additional Einstein Photographs, From His Journey to Japan Aboard the S.S. Kitano Maru, 1922	1922	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 20,320.00
6	Albert Einstein	Typed Letter Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Ann Morrisett, Affirming a Pacifist's Right to Self-Defense, March 21, 1952	1952	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 17,780.00
5	Albert Einstein	Autograph Quotation Signed ("A. Einstein."), to Carl Laubman, About the Virtues of Travel, 1927	1927	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,430.00
21	Steve Jobs	Steve Jobs Apple Computer Business Card, c. 1977	c. 1977	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 8,890.00
3	Karl Capek R.U.R.	New York Theatre Guild Contract: The Popularization of the Term "Robot"	1922	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
8		Original, Combat-used WWII Kriegsmarine Signalbuch, Berlin, 1940.	Berlin, 1940.	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
14	Fred Freeman	Illustration of the Channel Tunnel's British Portal (Presumably at Folkestone), ca. 1958	ca. 1958	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
15	Fred Freeman	SEALAB I Illustration and Preliminary Sketch, The Saturday Evening Post, September 5, 1964	1964	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
23	Apple Computer, Inc.	Double-Sided "Apple Center" Lighted Sign With Rainbow Apple Logo, ca. 1980s-90s	ca. 1980s-90s	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold

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