OLYMPIC GAMES MEMORABILIA 1896-2002

Auction 37
Auction closes on Dec 08, 2001


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LONDON, 14th OLYMPIC GAMES, 1948

427. Silver Second Place Winner's Medal. Silver, 51mm, by Cassioli. Victory seated above stadium. Rev. Winner carried by jubilant athletes. EF. In presentation case with gilt legend "THE OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON 1948". Lt. wear on top of case. ($3,800) Images: 1 2

428. Athletics Participant's Badge. AE, 32x48mm. EF. With orange ribbon, faint "Athletics" legend, and sm. pin holes. ($250) Images: 1

c429. Large Official Logo Badge with Four Prongs. White enameled WM, 90mm (3.5"). Tower of London over color rings. Back is red with 4 prongs. Maybe a car plaque. VF-EF. Scarce. ($175) Images: 1

430. Commemorative Logo Bronze Plaque. 65x97mm (2.6"x3.8"). XIV Olympiad legend over London's Big Ben, rings below. Rev. Discus thrower over laurel branches. EF. ($200) Images: 1

431. Commemorative Logo Pin. Silvered, multicolor enamel, 17x34mm. London Tower over rings and "London 1948", suspended from 3-tiered bar. Toned EF, silvering partially worn at top. ($100) Images: 1

432. Staff at Housing Center Leather Badge. Brown leather, goldstamped, 50x59mm. Rings over 6-line legend. Linen latch on back; legend: if found to be returned to Organising Committee. Numbered. VF. Rare. ($250) Images: 1

432a. Official Photographer "14" Armband. Linen with black legend, 26.2x7.8cm (10.3"x3.1"). Browning, sm. stains. VF. Very scarce. ($200) Images: 1

c433. Official Patch. White felt with embroidery, 8.1x6.4cm (3.2"x2.5"). Color rings between "Olympic Games / 1948". Lt. browning, sm. moth hole, o.w. EF. ($100) Images: 1

434. Second Place Winner's Diploma Awarded for Field Hockey, Great Britain. Black and white, 57.6x44.1cm (22.7"x17.4"). Signed by IOC President Edstroem, also President and Chairman of the Organising Committee. EF, mounted on board. ($650) Images: 1

435. (German Magazines) Group of 5 Issues of "Sport und Gymnastic" (Sport and Gymnastics), Baden-Baden. Nr.1 / 2, January 1948, 32pp. illus., 21x29.5cm, with articles on the St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympic Games. Plus Nr. 7 to 10, April and May 1948, 16pp. illus. each: previews to London Games, torch run, Soviet participation, etc. VF-EF. (5 pcs.) Interesting coverage from a country excluded from the 1948 Games. ($175) Images: 1

436. (Brochure) Protokoll der Gruendungsfeier des Nationalen Olympischen Komitees der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Protocol of the Founding Ceremony of the East German Olympic Committee, April, 22, 1951, in Berlin. 32pp. illus., 14.7x21cm (5.8"x8.3"). VF-EF. ($100) Images: 1

437. (Book) Nilsson, Tore. Sommar-Olympia 1948. Stockholm 1948. Octavo, 80pp., profusely illustrated, in Swedish. All events and champions of the 1948 London games. Stiff color paper covers, VF-EF. ($100) Images: 1

438. (Book) Olympic Games Athletics Pictorial Souvenir. London 1948. With message from Lord Burghley, 62pp. illus., 18.3x24.7cm. Pictorial record of athletics, Olympic prospects from all countries with biographical information, and short history of 1896 to 1948. Olympiads logo badge on back cover. Soft color covers, a few sm. stains, contents EF. ($100) Images: 1

439. Report of the United States Olympic Committee 1948. XIV Olympiad-London England; V Olympic Winter Games - St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1948. 387pp., illus. VF-EF. ($150)

440. Official Report. 580pp. illus. Numerous plates featuring events, etc. Green cloth with gilt logo and gilt spine. EF. Scarce condition. ($650)

441. (Jim Thorpe) "Man of Bronze" Movie Lobby Card for the 1952 Warner Bros. Film Starring Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe. Multicolor, 35.5x27.9cm (14"x11"). Reception of Thorpe, his 1912 Olympic team photo in back. Film of the controversial Stockholm 1912 victories of Jim Thorpe. Tack holes, VF+. ($175) Images: 1

441a. (Jim Thorpe) "Man of Bronze" Movie Lobby Card. As preceding lobby card but Welcome Home in America scene. Film of the controversial Stockholm 1912 victories of Jim Thorpe. Tack holes, VF-EF. ($175) Images: 1

c442. "Uruguayos Campeones". Soccer Champions of Uruguay 1924-1950 Lithographed Calendar. Multicolor iron, 33.9x53.9cm (13.3"x21.2"). Color photos of the Olympic gold medal winning teams in Paris 1924 and Amsterdam 1928, World Cups in Montevideo 1930 and Rio de Janeiro 1950. Plus Tuya Hector catching ball in goal, Hector Scarone and Rene Borjas. Rust spots, VF. Calendar at bottom complete with paper cards for month, day of week and date of month. Cards browning, rust stains, tears at top. Rare. ($500) Images: 1