Most expensive letter sold at auction
- Who
- Francis Crick's letter - 1953
- What
- 6098500 US dollar(s)
- Where
- United States (New York,Rockefeller Plaza,)
- When
- 10 April 2013
The most expensive letter sold at auction was sold for US$6,098,500 (£3,964,025; 4,634,860€) on 10 April 2013 by Christie's, New York, USA, for a letter written by Francis Crick in 1953 to his son Michael Crick, outlining the revolutionary discovery of the structure and function of DNA.
In the seven-page handwritten letter 'Secret Of Life to his 12-year-old son, Francis Crick describes his discovery of the structure of DNA as something "beautiful". It includes a simple sketch of DNA's double helix structure.
The letter was sold to an anonymous buyer.
The letter was sold to an anonymous buyer.