James Watson’s DNA Nobel Prize Sells For $4.8 Million

The Nobel Prize gold medal awarded to the US scientist James Watson for discovering the structure of DNA has sold at auction for $4.8m (£3m). The 1962 prize was awarded to Watson, Maurice Wilkins and Francis Crick, with each receiving a gold medal. The medal is the first Nobel Prize to be put on sale by a living recipient.

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