$ 1 million for a wheelchair and a thesis by Stephen Hawking

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Christie's auction house on Thursday sold a wheelchair used by British physicist Stephen Hawking at a price of £ 300,000, or about $ 392,000. The charity.

The auction also sold a letter to Hawking, twice the price he had sold on his chair, as well as the sale of some of his property, including items, medals, prizes and a copy of his book "Brief History of Time "bearing his thumbprint, as well as letters and manuscripts belonging to Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. The auction itself.

Hawking Medals (Auction House Site)

Hawking's 117 pages, "Characteristics of Developed Universes", were sold at £ 584,750, exceeding its estimated value of £ 150,000 before the auction.

The medals and prizes were sold at £ 296750, while the red wheelchair was sold for £ 296750, while the value before the auction was only £ 15,000.

The auction was held for nine days under the name "On the shoulders of the giants", with the aim of raising funds for the charitable foundation Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Association of Patients with Motor Nerve.

Stephen Hoing sitting in his red chair sold yesterday (Christie auction site)

"Stephen Hawking was a great figure all over the world, he had this incredible ability to bond with people," said Thomas Fenning, head of books and manuscripts at auction house Christie's at London, before the auction.

Hawking, who was famous for his exploration of the origins of the universe, died in March at the age of 76, having spent most of his life in a wheelchair because of a neurological disease.