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Published online 15 December 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061211-20
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Edison's bulbs fail to light up auction
First all-science collection sells modestly at Christie's.
Wanted: a home for Thomas Alva Edison's light bulbs, which failed to reach their reserve price in a rare auction of scientific objects, manuscripts and books.
The bulbs went under the hammer — and came out again — in the first-ever dedicated sale of scientific artefacts held by Christie's auction house in London.
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