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Israel Museum Gets Einstein Paper

March 21, 1996
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Albert Einstein’s first manuscript on relativity is being donated to the Israel Museumin Jerusalem.

The 72-page document was sold privately for an undisclosed sum to the Jacob E. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, which donate the 1912 manuscript to the Israel Museum, Sotheby’s Auction House said.

The manuscript went unsold in public bidding last Saturday, when the asking price was set between $4 million and $6 million.

The document is the earliest surviving paper on Einstein’s theory of relativity.

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