The eBay auction is over! I outbid “oceanman” to win a unique souvenir of our alien encounter in Kiruna.
One surprise side benefit has been oodles of emails from our friends in Sweden!
Dear Betsy and Frank, Today you were mentioned in the newscast on national Swedish radio and there was also a story in the newspaper. You probably guess why. The story about the DNA bidding…Still making waves…I saw a short article in todays paper about the glass that the students tried to sell at an auction on the internet- and that you bought it! It was great fun to see your names in the paper again.
Hello Betsy! I followed the bidding at eBay with “Frank’s DNA”. Swedish biggest newspapers, local papers and media write about it today i. e.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/telegram/0,1082,64554414_852__,00.html…
Heh! Here’s my rough mini-translation: “One drinking glass as used by a Nobel Prizewinner in physics was offered on eBay by pupils of Rymdgymnasiet in Kiruna. Nobel Prizewinner Frank Wilczek drank from glass while visiting the school, and thereby deposited some genius DNA. Said DNA will never be used for a future clone, however, as it was his wife who bought it for 275 kronor.”
Even when you add an extra $25 for the novel experience of having said DNA delivered by FedEx–that’s a genuine bargain on my favorite DNA!