at the Nobel Foundation, etc. Stockholm, Sweden
J. Schramek
entrance from Sturgatan 14
into Foundation hall
.. in Foundation building hall
Foundation Meeting Room, eg. for Nobel Committee
w/ 1961 Medicine Prize Diploma given to G. von Bekesy; apparently the only Diploma possessed by Foundation
at the (temporary) Nobel Museum
w/ model for permanent Nobel Museum
at a bookbinding plant in a south suburb, where Nobel Prize Diplomas are made
.. template of contemporary Medical Prize Diploma
in Foundation Office
LINKS are shown by buttons and by red text UNDERLINED
Awards of Outstanding International Importance to Statesmen and Heroines
(World-Class Awards to Statesmen and Heroines)
See Economic Times (India) April 7, 2004 article by Vikram Doctor, "Nobel Price: way over Rs 10 lakh" extensively (and fairly: "Schramek, a Chicago-based dealer, has the only Nobel for sale in the world") quoting and describing J. Schramek and his position, esp. about the appeal of the Nobel Prize, in an analysis of the Indian Government's offer of (a measly) $22,000 for return of the stolen 1913 Nobel medal of Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian national hero.
See third section, "NEUTRONS FOR ALL," (on value of Sir J. Chadwick's Nobel set) in column, " Workers pipe up at K-25, told to flush their problem" by FRANK MUNGER, (munger@knews.com), Knoxville News Sentinel, November 5, 2003: "Chadwick's Nobel is a world treasure, worthy of being the focus of a museum," the Shramek Web site proclaims. "As gilt Best-Picture Oscars bring $15,000-$1.5 million, what might the best gold and hand-painted Nobel set be worth?
Answer: a lot.
See entry on J. Schramek's "Award Collection" on pp. 122-23 of the 2003 book Wild Chicago: The Companion Guidebook to the Wildly Popular Television Show
Click on the photo above to play an Interview with J. Schramek was telecast on Swedish Television, during (the intermission of) the national telecast of the Nobel Prize ceremonies, on 10 December 2006. The subject was Sir James Chadwick's Nobel Prize group.
