OLYMPIC GAMES MEMORABILIA 1896-2002

Auction 39
Auction closes on Saturday, August 24, 2002


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LAKE PLACID,
3rd OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, 1932

c232. Participation Medal. Bronze, 60x48mm. Winged figure of Fame blowing horn, Olympic rings above, winter landscape in background. Rev. Six winter sports depicted on shields around legend in six lines, scenes of curling and dogsledding below. Choice EF. One of the key participation medals. ($5,000)

233. National Counter-Olympic Committee, New York. Flyer During the Lake Placid Winter Games to Boycott the 1932 Los Angeles Games. 4pp., 21.5x28cm (8.5"x11"). The Counter-Olympic Committee claims that the Games are "largely a college matter" excluding workers, and is staging the International Workers Athletic Meet in Chicago, July 29-August 1, 1932. Creased, VF+. ($150)

234. (Brochure) Bulletin Officiel Du Comité International Olympique. June 1932, No. 21. Official Bulletin of the IOC, in French Language. 8pp., 24.2x30.9cm (9.5"x12.2"). Incl. official results of the Lake Placid 1932 Winter Games; agenda of Los Angeles 1932 IOC session; 70th birthday of Coubertin celebrations in Lausanne, addresses of all IOC members, NOC's and IF's. Crease, VF-EF. ($150)