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In this Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 file photo, documents and files by Stephen Hawking the personal and academic possessions of Stephen Hawking at Christies in London. A wheelchair used by Stephen Hawking has sold for almost 300,000 pounds ($ 393,000), while a copy of the doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000 pounds ($ 767,000). The motorized flesh, used by the physicist after paralyzed with motor neuron disease, sold for 296,750 pounds in a Christie's auction on Thursday Nov. 8, 2018. (AP Photo / Frank Augstein, file)
A wheelchair used by Stephen Hawking physicist has sold for almost 300,000 pounds ($ 393,000), while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000 pounds ($ 767,000), auctioneer Christie's said Thursday.
The motorized flesh, used by Hawking after he was paralyzed with motor neuron disease, raised 296,750 pounds in a Christie's online auction. It had been expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds.
Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Hawking's 1965 Cambridge University thesis, "Properties of Expanding Universes," sold for 584,750 pounds, more than three times its pre-sale estimate, in the online auction.
With the motor neuron disease at 22 and given just a few years to live, Hawking instead died in March at 76. He expanded scientific thinking about black holes and the origins of the universe and attained celebrity status, writing best-selling books and guest starring on "The Simpsons."
A Hawking items, while a collection of 296,750 pounds.
Hawking's daughter Lucy said the sale has "admirers of his work the chance to acquire a memento of our father's extraordinary life in the shape of a small selection of evocative and fascinating items."
Hawking's children hope to preserve their scientific archive for the nation. Christie's is handling the negotiations to hand over to British authorities in place of inheritance tax.
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