OLYMPIC GAMES MEMORABILIA 1896-2002

Auction 39
Auction closes on Saturday, August 24, 2002


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ANTWERP, 7th OLYMPIC GAMES, 1920

c168. Gold First Place Winner's Medal. Goldplated silver, 60mm, by Dupon. Nude victorious athlete with palm branch and laurel wreath, fame blowing horn. Rev. View of Antwerp. EF, only part of the goldplating remaining. ($3,500)

169. Silver Second Place Winner's Medal. Silver, 60mm, by Dupon. Nude victorious athlete with palm branch and laurel wreath, fame blowing horn. Rev. View of Antwerp. Toned EF. ($3,000)

170. Czech Team Pin. Aluminum, 19x28mm. EF. ($150)

171. Season Pass to the Festival of Antwerp on the Occasion of the VIIth Olympic Games 1920, May 2 to October 21. 4pp., 68x87mm, salmon colored, text in Flemish and French. With photo. VF+, trace of tape inside. ($275)

c172. (Book) Spalding's Athletic Library. VIIth Olympic Games, Antwerp 1920. New York, 1921. 220pp. illus., 12.6x17.3cm (5"x6.8"). Report on the Antwerp Olympic Games, profusely illustrated. The Organising Committee never published a final report. Color covers, faded on 2 sides, chipped on lower l., o.w. contents EF. Very Scarce. ($375)

173. (Report) Report of the American Olympic Committee. Seventh Olympic Games, Antwerp, Belgium, 1920. 451pp. illus. in b&w, 15.8x23.3cm (6.2"x9.2"). Report on the Olympic Games, also trials, training on ship, etc. Rebound in black linen, end paper ltly. soiled, contents EF. ($175)

174. XXIInd IOC Session, Rome 1923. Pair of IOC Invitations to Lunch and Dinner. 22x14cm (8.7"x5.5"). Lunch invitation on April 19, 1923, at Pincio, plus Menu of the lunch. Both VF-EF. And Banquet in honor of the 29 attending IOC members on April 11, 1923, Castello dei Cesari. All with IOC seal within crowned Italian colors, on upper left. Session held under the patronage of the King and Queen of Italy. EF. lt. foxing. Very rare. (3 pcs.) ($375)