Auction Date:2012 May 16 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 5.75 x 7.75, December 12, 1914. Letter to his first wife Maric, shortly after their separation. In full (translated): “I just noticed that I had paid for the entire moving expenses. You should have only taken care of the tips for the movers and perhaps the storage fees for Zurich and the prepayment fees. I ask you to discuss the bill with the moving company. If there are any other charges, I will make the complaint.
I trust you know that I will pay the annual alimony of 6,500 M for you and the children, and send it in quarterly payments, at least as long as my income does not drop significantly below the current level.
My best greetings to Albert and Tete. Since Albert has not answered my letters, I must assume that they were not passed on to him. Otherwise I would write to him again.”
Under his signature, Einstein adds an additional paragraph: “Greetings from me to the children don’t seem to get passed on to them, otherwise they would have said hello to me at least once in such a long time. So it seems useless for me to remind them in every letter.
The lacework made by Zora I will forward to you. In the future, I do not want to be bothered with such trivia anymore. Besides the very basic furniture for my bedroom and office I did not keep anything. “
In fine condition, with a few stray pencil marks next to text, a central horizontal fold, and some ink marks to reverse of blank second integral page. After their separation, Einstein would go on to produce his greatest works, while Maric all but stopped and was never published again.
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