Stephen Hawking's Wheelchair sold at auction

Stephen Hawking's wheelchair was sold Thursday for more than $ 300,000. The sale – titled "On the Giants' Shoulders" in reference to Isaac Newton's famous phrase – featured many personal items from famous scientists including Newton, Hawking, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. The sale raised more than $ 2 million. The money raised from the sale of Hawking's iconic wheelchair will go to the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Hawking, who died in March at the age of 76, has spent most of his life with motor neuron disease. The Hawking bomber jacket was also sold at the auction for over $ 52,000, and a copy of its bestseller A brief history of time, signed with his thumbprint, cost nearly $ 90,000. The scenario of one of his many appearances on television The simpsons sold for more than $ 8,000. The most important ticket turned out to be one of five known copies of Hawking's doctoral dissertation. Initially priced at around $ 200,000, the thesis was finally secured by a buyer for more than $ 700,000.