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Lot #292
Internet Pioneers

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Four items: a pair of color satin-finish photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, showing Leonard Kleinrock next to the Interface Message Processor, or IMP, which was used to send the first message on the internet in 1969, both signed and inscribed in blue ink, "To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock"; an AQS from Vint Cerf on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet with typed question asking Cerf the purpose of the Internet and what role he hoped it would serve, with Cerf responding: "It began as a project to support computer use in military command & control but it's civilian applications soon became apparent. I saw it as the beginning of an Internetted global society. Vint Cerf"; and a first edition of How Google Works, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on an opening page in black ink, "Eric Schmidt" and "Jonathan Rosenberg." In overall fine condition.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #589 - Ended August 12, 2020