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Asberg, Stefan, interview with J. Schramek, Chicago, 13 October 2006; telecast in Sweden on channels SVT1 or SVT2, during intermission of Nobel Prize ceremonies, 10 December 2006; plus other Press Coverage of J. Schramek having acquired Chadwick’s Nobel Prize set from Chadwick’s daughters
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J. Schramek: So it’s a simple engraving of the name.
S. Åsberg , narrating: Possibly one of the only Nobel prizes in the world available for sale sits on display today in an insignificant hotel room in Chicago. On the engraving, it reads “James Chadwick“, Nobel Prize in physics. The year was 1935.
J.S.: I would be amazed if he shouldn’t be ranked in the top ten percent, which now we’re talking about over 700 of them, and arguably in the top 5 percent. On the rim, the word ‘guld 1935’; who knows if….
S.A., narrating: James Chadwick’s memory is valued by Jeff Schramek, who bought the prize for a remarkably economical price ten years ago in London. James Chadwick’s children were facing economic trouble and wanted to sell. Being that Jeff has an intensive interest in world history and diplomacy, he bid in the auction over the phone.
S.A., interviewing:
...
Shouldn’t a prize like this
stay in the
.
family?"
J.S.:
In effect, Chadwick’s children, two daughters, evidently inherited virtually nothing, and they decided that they wanted to try to raise some money by auctioning it off, but, of course, the auction houses really don’t know what they’re doing in this area. There’ve only been a handful of Nobels auctioned in all of these decades. What you want to do with something like this is to keep it in archival quality wrappings….
S.A., narrating:
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James Chadwick succeeded in proving to the world that the neutron, the uncharged particle, existed and that it could explain many of the questions in atom research. Chadwick’s discovery played a key role in the creation of the atomic bomb. He worked in the mid ‘40s as one of the Manhattan Project researchers.
J.S.: Chadwick
is vastly underappreciated. Before the biography, The Neutron and the Bomb was written in ’97, no book had been written about Chadwick at all.... Quite an-impressive-thing-to
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feel.
S.A., narrating: The weight is 206.8 grams and the diameter is 66 millimeters all in shining,
genuine gold. Chadwick’s Nobel Prize won’t be leaving Chicago for less than, well, quite a bit. . . . .
J.S.: It’s a world treasure.... And, on my website, there is one page which has a picture of the obverse of the medal and a list of where the most significant, famous Nobel prizes are…
Swedish Television web page about its U.S. correspondent Stefan ÅSBERG, who interviewed J. Schramek about the Nobel Prize set of Sir James Chadwick, for the live national telecast, on 10 December 2006, of the Nobel Prize award festivities held in Stockholm:
Stefan Åsberg is stationed in Washington and covers North America. He has worked there since January 2003 and is staying through 2006. As a correspondent, he covers everything from politics to sports.
Stefan came to SVT in 1993. He began on the local news program Mittnytt, when journalist Alf Lundkvist was recruited to Rapport.
He had already begun his journalism career at fifteen years of age as an intern at Radio Gävleborg, and “succeeded in hanging around.” He managed the sports results service and gradually began to do a few program segments.
“My most faithful listeners were friends in high school who, in the beginning, nearly memorized the segments and harassed me hard every Monday morning.”
Stefan holds a degree in civil economy, but when he graduated in 1992, the economic crisis lay heavy over Sweden. The job market was depressing. Then, with support from an employment service, he began working full-time at Radio Gävleborg. “From then on, I was hooked.”
Translation .. of .. Swedish, .. from http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=32861&a=492389
Earlier media coverage of Chadwick's Nobel set:
Bulletin
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May/Jun1998, Vol.
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Going for the Gold
When James Chadwick, a British member of the Manhattan Project team and a 1935 Nobel Prize winner, died in 1995, the event received little attention. His biographer, oncologist Andew Brown, says one reason may be that Chadwick, who he describes as extremely shy, retreated into the laboratory after World War II. As for Chadwick's Nobel. his daughters simply sold the medal and the award certificate that went with it. They are now in the hands of a Chicago collector, Jeffrey Schramek… (VENDOR’S NOTE: Chadwick died, not in 1995 as stated .. above, .. but .. in .. 1974.) -----------------------------------------------------------
Jon Van and Jon Bigness., “NEW TOLL-FREE NUMBER, 877, COULD ADD TO CALLER CONFUSION THIS SPRING”, Chicago Tribune, March
16, 1998, . Section .. 3 .. (BUSINESS) .. p. .. 2:
Duration of interview was 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Translation of Swedish by Sarah Miller.
An Interview about Sir James Chadwick's Nobel Prize group, with J. Schramek, was shown on Swedish Television, during (the intermission of) the nationawide telecast of the Nobel Prize ceremonies, on 10 December 2006. Because this video is in .swf format (converted from an obsolete European format) your computer will probably need Macromedia Flash player; to play, click on the rectangle above ; video should start within one minute. If audio starts when page first loads, it will be replaced if you click on the rectangle above (after c. 30 seconds) by a new window which plays video. .
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Translation of Åsberg’s Swedish narration is in italics; his interview questions (in English) to Schramek are in quotes
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Significance
of the Nobel Foundation's reaction to J. Schramek's acquisition of Sir James Chadwick's Nobel Prize
.
set:
do other historical objects get treated with as much regard?
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In June 2000, the Nobel Foundation graciously invited J. Schramek to visit its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, allowing him to examine the only Nobel Prize diploma in its archives.
In October 2006, Swedish (National) Television graciously invited J. Schramek to be interviewed about Sir James Chadwick's Nobel Prize set, in Chicago; this interview was telecast, pro bono, across Sweden during the intermission of the telecast of the Nobel Prize award ceremonies, 10 December 2006; this invitation was conveyed in a (unsolicited) telephone call, from a Swedish Television representative to J. Schramek in Fall 2005. .
As the Nobel Prize award ceremonies are the Event of the Year in Sweden (if not in the whole of Europe), for Chadwick's Nobel Prize set to have been deemed a fit subject for part of the Telecast of the Year, is arguably the most significant possible gesture of regard that could have been paid to Chadwick's group, except for would-be live media coverage of a ceremony opening an exhibition of his group in a most prestigious .. public place. .
Surely most of the historical objects which have sold for many millions of dollars, have been subject to some sort of major media coverage (e.g. on Nightly News programs), mostly because of the large sum brought by such objects, rather than because of the intrinsic significance of the objects in question; but, have any of these objects (which have brought many millions of dollars) been anywhere treated with the regard shown to Chadwick's Nobel Prize set, i.e. being the focus of attention, for two and one-half minutes during the Telecast of the Year, precisely due to the objects' significance, regardless of sum paid?
J. Schramek at
Nobel Foundation
Headquarters in Stockholm, June 2000
Comprised of Chadwick's gold Nobel Prize medal and exquisite diploma, the Nobel Foundation presentation book and the Chadwick portrait photo; the accompanying archive of related books and research dossiers; and the accompanying group of other Nobel Prize objects made by the Royal Swedish Mint, etc.; the Chadwick Nobel Prize Archive constitutes a ready-made museum exhibit.
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