Recognized as top scientists, both are also the winner of Nobel prize award in Physiology and medicine (1952). Special for Francis crick, beside a biologist, he was also a loving father who brought unpredictable fortune to his son decades later.
As the story goes, in 1953, weeks before Crick published the DNA molecule diagrams on Nature, he sent 7 pages latter containing rough detail about DNA molecules structures to his 12 years old Michael crick.
Michael kept and safe the 7 seven pages letter for 60 years until Christie's had interest to commercialized the historical science letters in the first weeks of April 2013.
Short cut story, Christie Auction House New York fetched DNA molecule letters from anonymous caller $6,059,750 buyer's premium included.
Elizabeth Van Bergen from Christie's said that the most expensive letter tripled pre estimation auction sales and quadrupled Nobel prize reward Crick and James Watson had received in 1962 (1,25 millions).
According to Crick Junior (Michael crick) half of the 6 millions dollar will be donated to Salk institute for Biological Studies (10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, San Diego, CA 92037, ABD) where Francis had been working in until his dead in 2004 at the age of 88.
On the same week of that month, to celebrate 6 decades anniversary of DNA structure finding, Michael auctioned his father diploma, his father canceled Nobel check, 23 Carat gold Nobel medal, one old lab Francis coat, his father picture sketch ,and a notebook . From all the sales, Michael will give 20% of the sales to Francis Crick institute in London.
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