Einstein's First Violin to be Sold at Auction

The first violin of Nobel laureate physicist Albert Einstein will be auctioned in Great Britain.

This is reported by the British publication Telegraph.

According to the tabloid, this is Einstein's first and favorite violin, which he hid during World War II. It is noted that the lot will be put up for sale for £300 thousand (almost 33 million rubles - Ed.).

This is a violin with the engraved name "Lina," on which the scientist played as a teenager, and then in adult life, when he was developing the theory of relativity. Later, Einstein gave the instrument to his fellow physicist when he planned to flee from Germany to America to avoid Nazi persecution, and did not want to lose his property.

As Telegraph writes, the scientist's bicycle saddle will also be auctioned. It is expected to sell for £50 thousand (more than 5 million rubles - Ed.), as well as a philosophy book "Descartes and Spinoza," with two pencil signatures of the physicist.