The first Olympics of the modern era began on April 6, 1896, in Athens. It was the first successful attempt to revive the competition that had started in ancient Greece, with cent ...
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This rare silver medal from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 just sold at auction
The Olympics date back to 776 B.C.E., when athletes first started gathering in Olympia, Greece, for a festival honoring Zeus. But the modern Olympics as we know them today are a relatively recent ...
A rare silver winner’s medal from the 1896 Athens Olympics sold for $180,690, far above estimate. Engraved by Jules-Clément ...
With the Paris Olympics well underway, the nations of the world can once again witness its greatest athletes compete for gold medals and global recognition. The first Olympic games in modern times ...
A first-place Olympic medal from the first modern Olympics was sold at auction for DKK 1,152,000 ($178,510), three times its high estimate, by the Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen Arts Auctioneers ...
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