1962 Nobel medal to be auctioned in New York Dec. 4

The Nobel medal American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist James Dewey Watson received in 1962 will be auctioned in New York on Dec. 4, the Christie's auction house said on Monday (local time).

Watson, 86, is best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Linus Pauling and Francis Crick. Watson, Crick, and Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Watson reportedly plans to donate part of the proceeds from the sale to charity organizations and to assist researches. The medal is estimated to sell between US$2.5 million and $3.5 million.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com

1962 Nobel medal to be auctioned in New York Dec. 4

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