The 1988 UK edition of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief of History of Time sold for £3000 at Ewbank’s, with a detail of the witnessed title-page thumbprint above.
Bearing a thumbprint on the title-page – along with a note by a secretary, Susan Macey, witnessing it as genuine – a 1988 UK edition of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief of History of Time… was estimated at £200-400 but sold for £3000 in a May 30 sale. It was offered in the Entertainment & Memorabilia auction held by Ewbank’s (24% buyer’s premium) of Send.