“They are the best [DNA] specimens we have had from anywhere”

Lot 124
27.01.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
$ 5 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 124 | “They are the best [DNA] specimens we have had from anywhere”
Valeur estimée
$ 8 000 – 12 000
WILKINS, Maurice (1916-2004). Autograph postcard signed (“M.H.F. Wilkins”) to Dr. L. Hamilton, Dr. R. Barclay & Coworkers, London, 1 September 1953.

83 x 138mm. On King’s College London postcard.

“They are the best [DNA] specimens we have had from anywhere.” Wilkins grows desperate waiting for more DNA samples and data from his friend Leonard Hamilton and begs Hamilton’s co-workers to assist him. In full: “Could you please let us know as soon as possible the source of the D.N.A. specimens: MAP III p.15 / DNA-X RB3-71. Both give excellent crystalline Xray pictures. We have used up nearly all of these specimens & would be most grateful if we could have 20 mgms or more as they are the best specimens we have had from anywhere.”
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