RR Auction: Olympics Auction

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Following up record-setting performances in past Olympic sales, RR Auction is proud to return to the Olympics with a July 2017 auction devoted exclusively to the field. From the first modern Games in Athens in 1896 through the recent Rio 2016 Summer Games, this auction boasts more than 230 lots representing over a century of Olympics. Featuring coveted medals, torches, and other memorabilia, the variety of material will appeal to both long-time collectors and those new to the genre.

Highlights include a complete set of Winter Games participation medals, a near-complete set of Summer participation medals, an excessively rare 1936 IOC member’s ‘Golden Chain of Office,’ a 1936 Garmisch second-place silver medal, a ‘Chelyabinsk meteorite’ medal from Sochi 2014, and a series of sought-after torches from across the decades. Please contact our Olympic Auction Director, Tricia Eaton, at Tricia@RRAuction.com with any inquiries; condition statements are available upon request.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal3102 - Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Bronze Participation Medal
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Participation medal issued for the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics. Bronze, 45 mm, 48 gm, by Constantino Affer. The front features the head of Victory cr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Gilt Participation Medal3103 - Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Gilt Participation Medal
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Participation medal issued for the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics. Gilt silver, 45 mm, 48 gm, by Constantino Affer. The front, inscribed, “VII Giochi Ol
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Silver Participation Medal3104 - Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Silver Participation Medal
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Participation medal issued for the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics. Silver, 45 mm, 54 gm, by Constantino Affer. The front features the head of Victory cr
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics CONI 18K Gold Presentation Medal3105 - Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics CONI 18K Gold Presentation Medal
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Special Italian National Olympic Committee medal presented to Bruno Bonfiglio, president of the Technical Figure Skating Commission at the 1956 Cortin
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Guest Badge3106 - Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Guest Badge
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Official guest badge issued for the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics, 35 mm x 47 mm, 29 gm. The badge features an enameled 'snowflake' medallion...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Pair of Badges3107 - Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Pair of Badges
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Two badges issued for the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics: a gold-plated athlete’s badge, 35 mm x 40 mm, 25 gm, featuring an enameled design of the Winte
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Pin3108 - Cortina 1956 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Pin
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Rare Olympic Organizing Committee badge issued for the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics. Gold-plated, 32 mm x 51 mm, 30 gm. The badge features an enameled
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Torch3109 - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Torch
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Official 1956 Melbourne Olympics torch, comprised of aluminum alloy, measuring 16? in length and 5.5? at its widest point, designed by Ralph Lavers an
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Bronze Participation Medal3110 - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Bronze Participation Medal
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Participation medal issued for the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 63 mm, 105 gm, by Andor Meszaros. The front depicts the Olympic motto encir
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Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Bronze Winner's Diploma3111 - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics Bronze Winner's Diploma
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Official third-place winner's diploma from the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, 22.75 x 17.5, awarded to Polina Astakhova for the USSR's bron...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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