(JTA) — A letter written by Albert Einstein on the day he renounced his German citizenship, after realizing he could not return due to the rise of the Nazis, was sold. The letter written on board the S.S. Belgenland and dated March 28, 1933, sold for $30,250 at the Nate D. Sanders Auction House in…
A four-page letter written by Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa, on the day Einstein renounced his German citizenship, will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on Thursday. Einstein wrote the letter to his sister Maja Winteler-Einstein on March 28, 1933, aboard the S.S. Belgenland, ignoring pleas from friends and colleagues not to return…
These days, when every celebrity is having every other celebrity’s babies and popping in and out of rehab, really make you nostalgic for the classy glamor of old Hollywood. In other news, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ninth husband, a prince who allegedly bought his way into royalty via adult adoption following managing a gay German sauna,…
An oil portrait believed to have been painted by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler of a little-known former lover will go under the hammer next week with an asking price of 60,000 euros ($74,000), a German auction house said on Thursday. The painting, signed A. Hitler, 1916, depicts Charlotte Lobjoie, a Frenchwoman whom Hitler met while…
(JTA) — The quirky Jewish physicist would have been proud. A violin once owned by Albert Einstein sold for $516,500 at the New York-based Bonhams auction house on Friday. The instrument, which eportedly was gifted to the scientist in 1933 by Oscar Steger, a member of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, went for over three times…
An Ohio auction house is selling Adolf Hitler’s desk in an auction late this month. The high bid for the desk, which Hitler received in 1929 and used at his residence in Munich, is currently just $10,000. The auction house, called Milestone Auctions, projects a final sale price of over $100,000. Hitler murdered some 12…
Hanukkah menorahs and lamps can be valuable — depending on their origin, material, size and decoration. Since the majority European Jews was very poor, not everyone owned their own menorah. When they did, it was usually made of brass or pewter — less expensive metals than silver. Silver lamps are often very ornately decorated with…
A scribbled note by Albert Einstein containing the beloved physicist’s theory on happiness sold for a record $1.6 million dollars at an auction this week in Jerusalem, the Guardian reported. Original estimates for the value of the document — a scribbled note given to a courier in Tokyo — were between $5,000 and $8,000. Einstein’s…
