April 6th of 1896 was the first day of the first modern Olympics held in Athens, Greece. 14 nations took part that first year ...
MSN: 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 ...
This rare silver medal from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 just sold at auction
Okdiario: A tiny medal from the first modern Olympics just sold for $181,000, and the real shock is how small objects can carry giant history
A tiny medal from the first modern Olympics just sold for $181,000, and the real shock is how small objects can carry giant history
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 ...
A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games smashed auction estimates, selling for about four times its expected price at a Danish auction house on March 1. The silver medal from the 1896 Athens ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A gold medal from the first modern Olympics, in 1896 in Athens, sold at auction, more than tripling its estimated value, according to Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen Arts ...
Yahoo! Sports: 'A rare crown jewel': World's first modern Olympic medal fetches €120,000 at auction
An extraordinary piece of sporting and cultural history has sold at auction in Denmark. A medal from the world's first modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896 has fetched around €100,000 at a sale ...