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≡ INGRID O’NEIL AUCTION 99 ≡
You never know what turns up in an auction and the 99th auction of Olympic and related memorabilia from Ingrid O’Neil offers 208 lots with the usual star medals, but also an excellent selection of medals and Olympic torches with modest opening bid pricing.
There are 23 items with opening bids of $5,000 or more:
● $26,000: 1976 Montreal silver medal, with case
● $20,000: 2014 Sochi Winter gold medal, with case
● $18,000: 2014 Sochi Winter silver medal, with case
● $15,000: 1992 Albertville Winter silver medal, with case
● $15,000: 2024 Paris Olympic torch
● $14,000: 2014 Sochi Winter bronze medal, with case
● $9,000: 2000 Sydney silver medal (rowing)
● $8,500: 2008 Beijing silver medal (baseball)
● $8,500: 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch
● $8,000: 1928 St. Moritz Winter gold medal
● $8,000: 1928 Amsterdam gold medal
● $7,000: 1960 Rome Olympic torch
● $7,000: 2012 London Olympic flame security lamp
● $6,500: 1029 Antwerp gold medal
● $6,000: 1920 Antwerp silver medal
● $6,000: 1928 Amsterdam bronze medal
● $6,000: 1932 Los Angeles bronze medal
● $6,000: 1964 Tokyo Olympic torch
● $5,000: 1912 Stockholm silver medal
● $5,000: 1920 Antwerp bronze medal
● $5,000: 1932 Lake Placid Winter participation medal
● $5,000: 1948 St. Moritz Winter bronze medal
● $5,000: 2022 Beijing Winter torch
Bargain hunters will note that the auction also has a significant number of Olympic and Olympic Winter Games torches with starting prices of $2,500 or less:
● Olympic Games (8): Berlin 1936, Mexico City 1968, Munich 1972, Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Barcelona 1992, Beijing 2008, Rio 2016.
● Olympic Winter Games (3): Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018.
There are also torches from London 1948 and Seoul 1988 with a $3,000 starting bid.
Fans of the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles may like a 15 January 1930 official invitation to attend the Games of the Xth Olympiad – with the dates of the Games to be announced – starting at $140.
There are always some unique, even strange, items which pop up in sales like these and this auction includes:
● A harmonica with printed “Olympia” and the Olympic Rings on the outside, produced for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin (starts at $100).
● A Berlin Olympic Village map and miniatures set, with painted wooden houses and trees, in a sort of toy diorama. This starts at $300.
● Best item of all: a souvenir boomerang related to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne (AUS), featuring the Olympic rings, created by the Italian community of Melbourne! It starts at $90; no guarantee that it works!
All of these items are available for bids, with the auction ending on 15 November.
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