[QUOTE="gans;268975"]FALERISTICS - orders, medals, awards signs and Sachkov@
December 4 S., in new York at Christie's auction was sold medal of the Nobel prize famous American geneticist James Watson/James Watson for $4 750 000 estimé$2 500 000 - $3 500 000.
It was the first sale of the Nobel medal of living of the winner.
J. Watson was awarded the prize in 1962 for the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, together with Francis Crick and Maurice H. F. Wilkins, one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century.
At the auction were sold handwritten notes Watson his speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1962 - five pages with the estimate of $ 300,000- $ 400,000 went under the hammer for $ 365 000 and 46-page manuscript Nobel lecture Watson on December 11, 1962 with the estimate of $ 200,000- $ 300,000 went for $ 245 000.
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