Sell or Auction Your Bronze 1912 Stockholm Olympics Medal for up to $12,500 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your bronze 1912 Stockholm Olympics medal that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
Sell Your Bronze 1912 Stockholm Olympics Medal
The 1912 Summer Olympics took place in Stockholm, Sweden involving over 2,400 participants and was the first Olympics that an Asian country, Japan, partook in. The 1912 games are remembered for the first Olympic games to feature a photo finish for track events as well as the use of electrical timing devices. The legendary Jim Thorpe also dominated the pentathlon and decathlon events at this Olympics.
We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold a bronze metal from the 1912 Summer Olympics for $12,500. Please see details below:
Bronze Medal From the 1912 Summer Olympics, Held in Stockholm, Sweden
Bronze medal from the V Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden in 1912. Obverse of medal bears a relief of two female figures, placing a crown atop an athlete; the reverse is a relief of a herald proclaiming ”Ling”, the founder of the Swedish gym system, with ”Olympiska / Spelen / Stockholm 1912” written around edge. Housed in original green box, with ”III Pris” and the Olympic logo stamped in gold to lid. Medal measures 1.4” in diameter. Near fine. Sold for $12,500.
We also sold the following bronze medals from the 1912 Olympics and other Olympic games:
Bronze Medal From the 1912 Summer Olympics, Held in Stockholm, Sweden
Bronze medal from the V Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden in 1912. Obverse of medal bears a relief of two female figures, placing a crown atop an athlete; the reverse is a relief of a herald proclaiming “Ling”, the founder of the Swedish gym system, with “Olympiska / Spelen / Stockholm 1912″ written around edge. Medal measures 1.4” or 33 mm in diameter. Weighs 17.9 g or 0.63 oz. Near fine. Sold for $2,800.
Bronze Medal From the 1912 Summer Olympics, Held in Stockholm, Sweden
Bronze medal from the V Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden in 1912. Obverse of medal bears a relief of two female figures, placing a crown atop an athlete; the reverse is a relief of a herald proclaiming “Ling”, the founder of the Swedish gym system, with “Olympiska / Spelen / Stockholm 1912″ written around edge. Medal measures 1.4” or 33 mm in diameter. Weighs 17.7 g or 0.63 oz. Light tarnishing. Very good to near fine condition. Sold for $2,400.
Bronze medal from the XV Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Medal was won by a member of the Finnish men’s gymnastics team, who were awarded the bronze medal in the team competition that year. Medal’s obverse bears a relief of the goddess Victory as she holds a winner’s crown in her right hand and a palm leaf in her left, accompanied by the inscription, ”XV / Olympiad / Helsinki / 1952”. Reverse contains a relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd, the Olympic stadium in the background. Measures 2” in diameter. Very good to near fine. Sold for $12,500.
Bronze Medal From the 1948 Summer Olympics, Held in London, England
Bronze medal from the XIV Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in London, England in 1948. Medal’s obverse bears a relief of the goddess Victory as she holds a winner’s crown in her right hand and a palm leaf in her left, accompanied by the inscription, ”XIVth / Olympiad / London 1948”. Reverse bears a relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd, the Olympic stadium in the background. Measures 2” in diameter. Very good with some tarnishing. Sold for $12,500.
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your bronze 1912 Stockholm Olympics medal that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).