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Niels Bohr and August Krogh auctioning their Nobel medals to raise funds for Finnish civilian relief during World War II.

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Which other Nobel medals have been gifted, sold, or auctioned and what became of the recipients of those medals?

have periodically been gifted, sold or auctioned for reasons ranging from political gestures to fundraising and personal need; those transactions do not transfer the laureate title, which remains perm...