Here's a chance for Michael Mann to get his own Nobel Prize medal

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After being told by the IPCC in no uncertain terms that he can’t make claims like “Nobel Prize Winner”, now with enough cash, he could at least make the claim of Nobel Prize owner.

It seems that one is for sale. From IO9:

How much would you pay for a Nobel Prize medal?

Francis Crick, the guy who co-discovered the molecular structure of DNA back in 1953, died nine years ago. Along with James Watson, he won a Nobel Prize for the groundbreaking scientific discovery — but his family now wants to get rid of it. According to Heritage Auctions, bidding for the gold medal and diploma will start at, ahem, $250,000.

Nobody has tried to sell a Nobel medal in 70 years, so the final price will establish a new and interesting precedent as far as these things go.

Full story here: http://io9.com/5986996/how-much-would-you-pay-for-a-nobel-prize-medal

ABC News reports on the motivations behind the sale.

Of course after the ribbing he must have taken after this full page ad appeared in the PSU student newspaper, he may no longer be interested.

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mwhite
February 27, 2013 10:39 am

http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/mannnobelprizecert1.jpg
A bit of work using photoshop and we can all have a nobel certifiate.
Just insert name

Pamela Gray
February 27, 2013 8:12 pm

Maybe they ought to think about giving it to the relatives of Rosalind Franklin. Let justice be done at last I say.