Sell or Auction Your 1994 Lillehammer Olympics Torch for up to Nearly $50,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Sell Your 1994 Lillehammer Olympics Torch
The 1994 Winter Olympics were hosted in Lillehammer, Norway where 1,737 athletes from 67 nations participated in 61 events. The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece and traveled through Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway. The torch was grandly brought into the Olympic stadium by ski jumper Stein Gruben as he famously jumped from a ski lift while holding the torch.
Below is a recent realized price for a 1994 Lillehammer Olympics torch. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
1994 Lillehammer Olympics Torch. Sold for Nearly $50,000.
Nate D. Sanders Auctions has sold the following Olympics memorabilia:
Olympic relay torch used in the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France, one of only 33 produced by the Societe Technique d’Equipement et de Fournitures Industrielle (STEFI), the scarcest of all Olympic torches. The Torch Relay tradition began in 1928, and transports a spark – ignited by the sun using a parabolic mirror, from the parent flame in Olympia, Greece to the host city in time for the Opening Ceremonies. In this case, the flame was carried by over 5,000 torchbearers, ending at Grenoble on 6 February 1968 to launch the Games. Copper plate torch features a crenellated design at top, resembling the Olympic flame and also serving as its wind shield. The long handle segues to the top portion that holds the burner, distinguished by a silver plate featuring the official emblem of the Games designed by Roger Excoffonan. Torch measures 30” long and 3.75” wide at top. Burning apparatus is no longer present, as is often the case, and torch has only one silver plate rather than three. Small dent at bottom of handle. Remnants of soot from its use during the Games. One of the finest Olympic torches offered for sale, part of a select group of 33, all individually manufactured before mass production of Olympic torches became standard. Displays beautifully. Sold for $178,500.
Scarce Lillehammer Olympic Torch Used in the Relay for the 1994 Games
One of the rarest Olympic torches, the Lillehammer torch used in the relay leading up to the 1994 games, which traveled from Olympia, Greece to Lillehammer, Norway, even extending up into the Arctic Circle. The Lillehammer torch is also the longest of all Olympic torches, measuring 60″, called the “Noble” by its designers for its long, regal appearance, made to appear harmonious with its torchbearer.
The Lillehammer torch was designed by Andre Steenbuch Marandon and Paal Christian Kahrs, whose inclusion of birchwood in the design pays homage to Norway’s birchwood forests, and the aluminum and copper elements symbolizing Norway’s modernity. Manufactured by Paal J. Kahrs Arkitekter AS. Polished aluminum blade has the Lillehammer Olympic emblem at base, with torch designer and manufacturer printed in red at base of birchwood handle. The number 8 also appears in black on bottom of handle. Torch lacks copper burner, otherwise very good condition, with a small crack in the birchwood at the bottom of the handle, and singeing to wood near top as expected. Scarce. Sold for $27,000.
Silver Medal From the 1936 Summer Olympics, Held in Berlin, Germany
Silver medal from the XI Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Berlin, Germany in 1936. Medal bears relief of the goddess Victory to obverse, as she holds a winner’s crown in her right hand and a palm leaf in her left, accompanied by the inscription, ”XI / Olympiade / Berlin 1936”. Verso bears a relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd, the Olympic stadium in the background. Rim shows ”B.H. Mayer, Pforzheim 990”, the silversmith who manufactured the Olympic medals that year, along with the silver weight. Measures 2.2” in diameter. Some tarnishing. Very good. Sold for $15,625.
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Silver Olympic Medal From the 1920 Summer Olympics, Held in Antwerp, Belgium
One of only 400 silver medals from the VII Olympiad, won at the games in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. Medal bears Josue Dupon’s design of an Olympic athlete, inscribed ”VII Olympiade” on obverse and ”Anvers MCMXX” on reverse. Measures 2.5” in diameter and weighs 88 grams or just over 3 ounces. Near fine condition. Sold for $12,500.
Rare Olympic torch from the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany while the country was under Nazi rule. This was the first year the Olympic torch relay was held, with the torch traveling from Olympia, Greece through Europe, ultimately arriving at Olympic stadium in Berlin. Because of the stainless steel shortage in the upcoming war, very few of these torches still remain, as all stainless steel was required to be melted down to create weapons. Manufactured by Krupp, torch features an engraving of the cities through which it traveled, as well as the five Olympic rings, held in the talons of the German coat of arms. Contains a circular top where the component allowing it to be lit would be attached. Measures 10.75” tall, with the circular top measuring 6” in diameter. Light scratching, else near fine. Sold for $11,794.
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