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On , the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium. March 1 (Reuters) - A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games smashed auction estimates, selling for about four times its expected high price at a Danish auction house on Sunday. The silver ...
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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 ... MSN: This rare silver medal from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 just sold at auction This rare silver medal from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 just sold at auction Reuters: Medal from first modern Olympics fetches three times estimate 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 ...
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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 ...