Lucerne, 1 October 1924

Name: 'I can earn it more easily than you'
Brand: Lucerne, 1 October 1924
Price: 1700.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 2,125

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GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

Closed: 9 May 2018

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'I can earn it more easily than you'

Lucerne, 1 October 1924

Price Realised GBP 2,125

Closed: 9 May 2018

Price Realised GBP 2,125

Closed: 9 May 2018

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Autograph correspondence card signed ('Albert') to his sister, Maja, and his brother-in-law, Paul Winteler, Lucerne, 1 October 1924.

In German, one page, 140 x 90mm.

Maja Winteler-Einstein (1881-1951) – her husband Paul Winteler (1882-1952) – Besso family.

Unpublished.

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Lot Essay

Einstein's old friend Albert Karr has passed on a letter from Paul Winteler which is already a year old. Its contents delighted him: there is no need for them however to return the 1,000 francs, as 'I can earn it more easily than you'. He refers jokingly to some 'lady pensioners' who are coming shortly, and who would suit the Wintelers, 'better than young girls, whose heads are still full of big ideas []'. He is in Lucerne as he has been invited to the Swiss ; then he goes to see their uncle Caesar Koch, and thence on to Leiden.
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