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Stockholm 1956 Olympic Equestrian Games Torch expected to fetch $175,000 at auction

The extremely rare item, which is being sold by specialist Olympic memorabilia auctioneer Ingrid O'Neil, features in a lot that also includes items such as German Ernst Baier's figure skating gold ...
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Stockholm 1956 Olympic Equestrian Games Torch sells for $412,500 at auction

The extremely rare item, believed to be one of only five of its kind, more than doubled its expected price tag of $175,000 (£104,000/€127,000) when it was sold by specialist Olympic memorabilia ...
The Daily Telegraph

Strict Aussie quarantine laws forced equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics to be held in Stockholm

SIXTY years ago today the Olympic cauldron was lit in Stockholm — five months before the games were to start in Melbourne — in one of the most unusual episodes in the history of the modern Olympic ...
Infobae

Scarce Torch, "Miracle" Medal Among Collectibles On Block

(ATR) A 1956 Stockholm torch and a gold medal from the 1980 U.S. men's hockey team are featured in upcoming auctions. Por Newsroom A scarce and valuable Olympic torch given to an American exchange ...