By Bryony Jones, CNN <\/p>\n
updated 8:24 AM EST, Wed November 26, 2014 <\/p>\n
STORY HIGHLIGHTS <\/p>\n
(CNN) -- DNA pioneer James Watson is to sell the Nobel Prize he won for his co-discovery of the double helix structure, the building block of life. <\/p>\n
The coveted gold medal is expected to go under the hammer for up to $3.5 million in a sale at Christie's in New York on December 4. <\/p>\n
It will be the first time a Nobel Prize has been sold by a living recipient. <\/p>\n
Watson, now 85, was awarded the medal for work in the field of physiology or medicine alongside fellow scientists Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins in 1962. <\/p>\n
Nobel Peace Prize: They didn't win either <\/p>\n
Nobel Peace Prize: They didn't win either <\/p>\n
Nobel Peace Prize: They didn't win either <\/p>\n
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Original post: By Bryony Jones, CNN updated 8:24 AM EST, Wed November 26, 2014 STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) -- DNA pioneer James Watson is to sell the Nobel Prize he won for his co-discovery of the double helix structure, the building block of life. The coveted gold medal is expected to go under the hammer for up to $3.5 million in a sale at Christie's in New York on December 4. It will be the first time a Nobel Prize has been sold by a living recipient. Continue reading
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