A 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal, only the second such medal to be sold at auction, fetched US$1.1mil (RM3.6mil) in a sale to a private Asian collector, said auctioneers Stack’s Bowers.
Four collectors from around the globe bid aggressively on the medal at the auction in Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday evening, pushing the final price, which included the buyer’s premium, far above the presale estimate of up to US$100,000.
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