What's a 1936 Olympic Gold Medal Really Worth?
Edmond Dicki
2025-04-27 09:50:18
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One of the greatest Olympians of all time, Jesse Owens, won four golds in 100m, 200m, long jump and the relay in the Berlin games. Jesse Owens Olympic Gold medal, 1936 – $1.46 million (£1,098,000).
Dawson Larkin
2025-04-27 07:36:48
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A gold medal awarded to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin sold for $1,466,574 early Sunday morning, the highest price ever paid for a piece of Olympic memorabilia. The price paid shattered the previous record of $865,000 paid last April for a silver cup won by the winner of the first modern-day Olympic marathon in 1896. It also sold for nearly five times the highest price previously paid for a gold medal won by a member of the U.S Olympic team -- Mark Wells' gold from the 1980 ice hockey team sold for $310,700 in 2010.
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