Nobel medal and diploma of Francis Crick: available at auction

Francis Crick (1916-2004)  won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His Nobel medal and diploma are for sale at auction.

Francis H. C. Crick Nobel Prize Medal and Nobel Diploma.

It is lot 50001 at the 2013 April 10 - 11 Historical Manuscripts Signature Auction - New York #6093

Here's a news story st in the Christian Science Monitor that includes this estimate:
"The auction house handling the sale, Heritage Auctions, has valued the medal and diploma at $500,000, which is "an educated guestimate," said Sandra Palomino, Heritage Auctions' director of historical manuscripts. Estimates by Heritage's in-house coin experts went as high as $5 million, Palomino said. [See Photos of Crick's Medal & Other Auction Items]"


HT: Muriel Niederle

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Update:
Estimated Price USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00
Actual Price USD 2,270,500.00