Null Two silver-plated metal boxes.

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Two silver-plated metal boxes.

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Two silver-plated metal boxes.

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Estim. 9 000 - 10 000 EUR

Official 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics torch, consisting of a blackened aluminum alloy bowl and a stainless steel cylinder, measuring 25.5″ in length and 6.75″ at its widest point. Manufactured by Nippon Light Metal Co., the bowl is engraved "XVII Olympiad Tokyo 1964" with a set of Olympic rings, and underside of handle marked: "Nikkei Yanagi." The lower portion of the cylinder bears the Tokyo Games logo and reads "Showa Kaseihin Co., Ltd., 3-1964," with upper section marked: "Olym[pic Torch]," partially charred and illegible. Exhibits burn marks and wear to the burner cylinder, and a few scattered marks to the easily scuffed black bowl. Complete with the the rarely seen original cardboard boxes for both piece: a long thin box marked "Olympic Torch" for the burner tube, and a cube-shaped box with the Tokyo 1964 emblem for the torch holder. The Olympic flame was carried for 51 days by 870 runners for a total of 26,065 kilometers. Designed on the principle of the coal-mine safety lamp, the Tokyo Olympic torch was filled with priming powder and fumigant, a two-component ignition material that needed to be wind and rain resistant, and which could both easily ignite and extinguish. Its effect was similar to that of a flare, and it proved a safe and reliable instrument over the course of its hemisphere-trotting relay. Although a typhoon and various plane issues caused a one-day delay late in the schedule, the triumphant final relay by Yoshinori Sakai through Tokyo's National Olympic Stadium on October 10, 1964, served as a defining moment for a still healing post-war Japan. This torch bowl beautifully represents the moment the fifth ring of the Olympiad touched down on Asian soil. The Summer Olympics returned to Tokyo for the 2020 Games (hosted in 2021), making it the first Asian city to host two Summer Games.

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Pair of guéridons. Pressed cardboard, wood, turned wood, aluminum. France, 1950s. EYPAMEGA LYON-VAISE Ets metal plate applied to both small tables. 74x61x61 cm. A PAIR OF FRENCH GUÉRIDONS Good overall condition. Small lines, light scratches, normal signs of wear from daily use. Small misses.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Official Olympic badges/ 1978-79. Two rare pieces: a) gold travel badge with logo and rings, for the IIIrd All-Africa Games in Algiers, red ribbon (8x2.2), issued by the Organizing Committee and Air Algérie to facilitate members' travel, on its trilingual cardboard backing; b) official badge of the IOC Executive Board with the NOCs, Puerto-Rico, 1979, white ribbon, red stripe, with metal tab, IOC Secretariat, with brooch and tricolor cord (8.5x3.3). TBE. Rare.

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