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Lack of Rules on Selling Medals Allows James Watson to Sell His Nobel Medal for $4.75M
| Vittorio Hernandez | | Dec 06, 2014 03:55 AM EST |
The Nobel Foundation, which awards the coveted Nobel Prize to five different categories, lacks rules on the selling of the medals it has given to its awardees. This loophole allowed DNA Double Helix co-discoverer James Watson to sell the Nobel medal for Physiology and Medicine he got in 1962.
Warhol's Elvis And Brando Works Fetch $151.5 Million At Record-Shattering Auction
| Christian George Acevedo | | Nov 13, 2014 09:15 AM EST |
Andi Warhol’s multiple images of Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando starred in Christie’s auction, selling $151 million, in an event which was hailed as the biggest-grossing day in the history of the auction house.
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