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Einstein's 'gesture' now a collector's prize

He's sticking his tongue out in a gesture to "all of humanity." In Albert Einstein's own words, that was the message behind his playful expression, captured in a 1951 photograph.

Soon the iconic photo, along with a message written in Einstein's native German, will be in the hands of a Great Neck collector who purchased a copy of the image for $74,324 Thursday.

"It's a picture for the...

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