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OLYMPIC GAMES: Torches, Medals, Posters, Memorabilia

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Parc de la Villette - Village Olympique 75019 Paris, France
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dimanche 28 juillet - 11:00/18:00, Pavillon des Collectionneurs
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Lot 106 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1948, London/ Official Olympic Torch. The emotional and symbolic charge of these XIV Olympic Games in the aftermath of the Second World War is particularly strong, and the Olympic relay from Olympia to London will be all the more beautiful for it.... This second Olympic torch is no longer made of steel, as was the case in 1936, but of aluminium, and is very open, like a flower blooming again. Its openwork hearth with three hollowed-out sets of five rings gives the torch a breath of fresh air, and the hearth has eight honeycombs to facilitate combustion in the lower part, topped by an insulating washer. The inscription on the hearth reads: "XIV th Olympiad 1948, Olympia to London, with thanks to the bearer...". Our model, which seems to have been little used, has been transformed by its bearer into a floor lamp, with bulb socket in the hearth...Very good condition. With wall-mounted bracket through which the wires pass. Can be re-used as is, or easily restored to its original condition without damage. H: 40,5. Just to clarify, these Games were those of Heinrich, Damitio, Zatopek, Dupont (see elsewhere) Reiff, Micheline Ostermeyer (748), Mimoun, Hansenne (151), d'Oriola, and Fanny Blankers-Koen, bib 692, please, who will be statued like her rival Ostermeyer. At last, the legend was back, though fortunately not on the flame. There are said to have been 1,741 unnumbered copies of this symbol, often kept by military bearers; remodeled, this torch still shone in Cortina and Melbourne. Can be reunited with lot 321.

Estim. 3 500 - 4 500 EUR

Lot 146 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1968/ Mexico/ Air France/ Menu/ Autographs/ Exceptional "Air France menu for the French Olympic team flight from Toulouse to Mexico City, via Montreal. Friday, September 27, 1968. "Olympic Games Mexico 1968, Toulouse-Mexico flight by Boeing Intercontinental..." This one, called "Le Josselin", is superbly represented on the front page, by a watercolor by the subtle Pierre Pagès (born in 1933, Air France gave him wings, and thank God, he's still flying)...At the time, all Air France long-haul flights were named after a Loire château, as here. This marvellous souvenir of a unique flight features eight pages, three of which are devoted to lunch and dinner...For the record: lamb noisettes, salmon and tournedos are all there, along with a few fine bottles of Bordeaux and other wines...It's an embassy of savoir vivre and savoir manger on the move, and the three pages of autographs are a happy testimony to this....Among the more than 110 signatures and drawings (some of them duplicated in the euphoria), we find several future Olympic medallists, or great figures: Maryvonne Dupureur, Gapais, Arabo, Noël, Vallée, Cottard, Sainte-Rose, Villain, Carette, Wadoux, Boudehen, Gourrier, Maier, Cosentino, G.Barnay, Grava, Alayrangues, Ugolini...Forgive any deciphering errors or omissions, as some signatures are not easy to decipher...28x22, open: 28x45. A few stains testify to age and air holes...It bears on the front cover the words "Jack Le Goff, Sports Equestres, Bien amicalement, en souvenir de Mexico"...For nostalgia and autograph hunters.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR