Medal from first modern Olympics fetches three times estimate at auction

March 1 : 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 medal from the 1896 Athens Olympics was hammered down for DKK 900,000 ($141,658.67) excluding buyer's premium, or DKK 1,152
2026-03-01 20:52:18