{"id":466040,"date":"2022-06-21T08:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T05:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nobel-sold-for-ukrainian-kids-shatters-record-at-103-5m\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T05:05:02","slug":"nobel-sold-for-ukrainian-kids-shatters-record-at-103-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nobel-sold-for-ukrainian-kids-shatters-record-at-103-5m\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a55caa386\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a55caa386\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nobel-sold-for-ukrainian-kids-shatters-record-at-103-5m\/#%E2%80%9CNobel_sold_for_Ukrainian_kids_shatters_record_at_1035M%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNobel_sold_for_Ukrainian_kids_shatters_record_at_1035M%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 The Nobel Peace Prize auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Heritage Auctions, which handled the sale, could not confirm the identity of the buyer but said the winning bid was made by proxy. The $103.5 million sale translates to $100 million Swiss francs, hinting that the buyer is from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping that there was going to be an enormous amount of solidarity, but I was not expecting this to be such a huge amount,\u201d Muratov said in an interview after bidding in the nearly 3-week auction ended on World Refugee Day.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the most ever paid for a Nobel Prize medal was $4.76 million in 2014, when James Watson, whose co-discovery of the structure of DNA earned him a Nobel Prize in 1962, sold his. Three years later, the family of his co-recipient, Francis Crick, received $2.27 million in bidding also run by Heritage Auctions.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov, who was awarded the gold medal in October 2021, helped found the independent Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper Novaya Gazeta and was the publication\u2019s editor-in-chief when it shut down in March amid the Kremlin\u2019s clampdown on journalists and public dissent in the wake of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171767093955.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned.\" class=\"wp-image-22737679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171767093955.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171767093955.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171767093955.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171767093955.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov\u2019s 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was Muratov\u2019s idea to auction off his prize, having already announced he was donating the accompanying $500,000 cash award to charity.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov has said the proceeds will go directly to UNICEF in its efforts to help children displaced by the war in Ukraine. Just minutes after bidding ended, UNICEF told the auction house it had already received the funds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171765842126.jpg?w=231\" alt=\"Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize is displayed.\" class=\"wp-image-22737678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171765842126.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171765842126.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171765842126.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171765842126.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22171765842126.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov\u2019s 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize is displayed.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Online bids had begun June 1 to coincide with the International Children\u2019s Day observance. Many bids came by telephone or online. The winning bid, tendered by telephone, catapulted the bidding from the low millions to astronomical levels.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov had left Russia on Thursday to begin his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to New York City, where live bidding began Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Early Monday, the high bid was only $550,000. The purchase price had been expected to spiral upward \u2014 but not over $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019m awestruck. Personally, I\u2019m flabbergasted. I\u2019m stunned. I don\u2019t really know what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in there,\u201d said Joshua Benesh, the chief strategy officer for Heritage Auctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew that there was a tremendous groundswell of interest in the last couple of days by people who were moved by Dimitry\u2019s story, by Dimitry\u2019s act of generosity, that the global audience was listening tonight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov and Heritage officials said even those out of the bidding can still help by donating directly to UNICEF.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov shared the Nobel Peace Prize last year with journalist\u00a0Maria Ressa of the Philippines.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The two journalists, who each received their own medals,\u00a0were honored for their battles to preserve free speech\u00a0in their respective countries, despite coming under attack by harassment, their governments and even death threats.<\/p>\n<p>Melted down, the 175 grams of 23-karat gold contained in Muratov\u2019s medal would be worth about $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov has been highly critical of Russia\u2019s 2014 annexation of Crimea and\u00a0the war launched in February\u00a0that has caused nearly 5 million Ukrainians to flee to other countries for safety, creating the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalists in Russia have come under scrutiny by the Kremlin, if not outright targets of the government. Since Putin came into power more than two decades ago, nearly two dozen journalists have been killed, including at least four who had worked for Muratov\u2019s newspaper.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22172013908434.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Nobel Peace Prize that Muratov auctioned off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel.\" class=\"wp-image-22737685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22172013908434.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22172013908434.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22172013908434.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22172013908434.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Nobel Peace Prize that Muratov auctioned off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In April, Muratov said he was\u00a0attacked with red paint\u00a0while aboard a Russian train.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 1901, there have been nearly 1,000 recipients of the Nobel Prizes honoring achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and the advancement of peace.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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