‘Rock Star’ of physics and Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman, habitually refused to sign copies of his books, telling his editor: “I’m not going to go on TV and I’m not going to sign any books!”
In a Sotheby’s New York (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) sale of December 12, however, a rare exception, an inscribed 1985 first of his autobiography pictured below left sold for $35,000 (£26,315).