Quasimodo's Nobel medal fetches 100, 000 euros at auction
(AGI) Turin, Dec 2 - The Nobel Prize medal awarded to Italianauthor and poet Salvatore Quasimodo fetched 100,000 euros atauction on Wednesday. Bidding started at 50,000 euros for themedal, which the Ministry for Culture has deemed to be ofnational interest, and thus not allowed to leave Italy. Thewinning bid came from a Florentine collector, who was presentat the Bolaffi auction house in Turin for the sale. "It's afine object, an investment. I was happy to buy it to keep itwith me. I know that pieces like this fetch much higher pricesabroad,