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The sale is part of hundreds of Olympic items that were up for sale at the auction, including a bronze medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics, as well as gold medals from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics ...
The three medals are his 1988 Gold (estimated to be worth around $800,000 to 1.2 million), 1984 Gold (estimate: $600,000 to 900,000), and 1976 Silver (estimate: $200,000 to 300,000).
“The value of a gold medal depends on the current market prices of silver and gold,” Stone explained. “Presently, 1 gram of gold is valued at $74.94, while 1 gram of silver is priced at $0.73.
The gold, silver and bronze medals of the 1964 Olympic Winter Games (Olympic Museum). A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has retroactively assigned gold, silver and bronze medals to the three best-placed athletes in each event of the 1896 and 1900 Games. [ 16 ] [ 15 ] If there is a tie for any of the top three places all competitors are entitled to receive the appropriate medal according to IOC rules. [ 17 ]
Auctioning off your Olympic gold medal is not usually a winning financial strategy, according to experts. Tommie Smith and a podium-full of other champion athletes are about to find out if they're ...
The table is pre-sorted by the name of each Olympic Committee, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold. The table does not count revoked medals (e.g ...
A silver medal from the original 1896 Olympic Games — when silver went to the winner and there was no gold medal — sold for $180,111. A gold medal from the 1936 Olympics — one of four that ...