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OLYMPIC GAMES: Torches, Medals, Posters, Memorabilia

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Lot 26 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1912/ Stockholm/ Marathon. The official program for July 14, 1912, the day of the marathon (but also the 1600m relay, the 4x400, the decathlon): "Olympiska Spelen, Stockholm, 1912, Stadion Program, Söndagen den marathondagen, 14 july, 25 öre...". In 40 pages (22x14), all about this great day (with advertisements in the end section, a little missing on the 4th cover). The marathon measures 40km200, and the starting numbers: South African Ken McArthur (the future winner in 2h36): 613, the French are Pautex d'Uzes (n°695, ill, he had to give up and was looked after by Evelyn, Bouin's trainer), G.Heuet (187) and Renon Boissière (553), he alone finished 13th in 2h51. Originally from Amfreville in the Eure region, he was killed in action in 1915....In the deca, we glimpse the great Jim Thorpe (701), the future winner, the Frenchman Géo André (758), and the future IOC President, Avery Brundage (n°33, who will be 6th in the pentathlon), in the French 4x400 relay (the 1600m), Pierre Failliot (345, the football-rugby international, hero of the 1911 France-Scotland race), Poulenard, Lelong and Schurer, our musketeers, take the silver medal in this first race, not yet called the 4X400 relay. Used condition. Very rare. This marathon is also sadly historic, because Benfica's Portuguese carpenter Francisco Lazaro (n°518) died the next day after suffering sunstroke at the 33rd km. A tragedy which inspired Peixoto's great novel: "The Piano Cemetery".

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 46 - Olympic Games/ summer, winter, 1924/ Paris/Chamonix/Lille/Reichel/Géo André/ Crapouillot. Astonishing set of 6 booklets, magazines or fascicles on or around the French Games: a) program "Fêtes de la Paix, Olympiades du Nord, Fêtes Franco-Belges, 8 juin 1924", with city arms, 24 p amazing, with photos; b and c) Les Jeux Olympiques, (1er et 3è livre, n°344 et 353 des Livres roses, Larousse, 28p) by Albert Lorbert (alias Lorentz, born in Dijon, 1892-1952, cdt d'artillerie). An introduction to the Games, just before the Paris Games, featuring antiquity, the Société "Sans Nom" of the future Dr. Charcot, as well as Glandazo, a famous French artist.Charcot, but also Glandaz, Reichel, etc.); "Histoire d'une volonté" n°370 (continuation of the previous series, Livres roses, Larousse, 1925), which surprisingly features Géo André's first steps, and Sonja Hénie in Chamonix (28p), a curiosity; d) "Les Jeux Olympiques de Paris, VIIIè Olympiade" from a sensational article by Frantz-Reichel, detailing the awarding of the Games to Paris, and the difficult road to the Cité Olympique in Colombes. 29P, with previously unpublished technical details, and a strong emphasis on volunteerism; e) Oct 1921 issue of "La Revue des Colonies", with an article by H.Bert (of the VGA) on the desired contribution of athletes of color to the 1924 Olympics; f) Special "Le Sport" issue of "Le Crapouillot" published on the occasion of the Olympic Games. With articles on the Games by André Obey, Marcel Berger, Alexandre Arnoux, Dominique Braga, Louis Chéronnet. Illustration by A.D.de Segonzac. 28 pages, 33x25.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 67 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1924/ Paris/ Polo/ Mascaux/ Claude-Léon MASCAUX (1882-1965) Exceptional giant bronze medal. Signature halfway up, left side. Diameter: 15.4 cm Weight : 316,4 gr This work, officially celebrating polo at the Paris Games of the VIII Olympiad, is part of an astonishing artistic contribution to the Olympic Arts Competitions created by Baron de Coubertin (1st edition in 1912). This sculptor won the bronze medal in the sculpture competition (3rd ex-aequo with the Dane Gauguin) for a brilliant series of 7 medals associating the disciplines of the official Games program with the genius of certain insects or animals (the hare with running, swimming with fish, the monkey with gymnastics, etc.). Here, he dedicates this creation to polo, which has been present since the 1900 Games, but is still somewhat marginalized. The medal is featured in the official report, with a portrait of the artist, then aged 42. In pure art deco style, this polo player on his prancing horse, shown in profile on the right, is a vibrant tribute to a discipline that may be complex, but is essential. The privilege of the United Kingdom, which has medaled in polo's five appearances at the Games (1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1936), polo has also mobilized teams from the USA, France, Germany, Argentina, Spain and Mexico. In other words, this work is the ambassador of these Five Games and Six Nations. Well hung or atop a beautiful table, it finds all the life the sculptor gave it. This authentic piece could well be the seventh medal, which along with the six awarded at the Games, won Claude-Léon Mascaux the Grand Prix at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1929. Rarer than a medal of Olympic champions, this work seems to be known only in two copies, the first preserved in the Département des Monnaies et Médailles of the Bibliothèque de France, the second you have before you. The Olympic sculpture competition attracted 67 artists from 14 nations.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Lot 82 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1934-1988-1992/ Original poster: "Badminton, A True Sport". On this fabulous lithograph signed by the great Maurice Lauro (1878-1934) in the late 1920s, the battle for Badminton's recognition is intense. At the time, Badminton enthusiasts were cunningly and artistically trying to fill the double gap left and opened by lawn tennis. Indeed, lawn-tennis disappeared from the Olympic program after the Paris Games, and this self-proclaimed "sporting" creation was an attempt to seize power - bad could well take over, couldn't it? The problem was that, in 1927, the Musketeers filled the gap by conquering and defending the Davis Cup. The opportunity for succession became less obvious, and the two disciplines remained in the Olympic shadows until the 1980s. Tennis demonstrated in 1984, and badminton in 1988, at home in Seoul. Neither would pass up the opportunity. With this iconic work, Lauro is the keystone of this long adventure for recognition, which had already borne fruit in 1934, the year of the artist's death, with the emergence of an International Federation for the discipline! This graphic construction is so accurate that we can reasonably assume that the artist must have been a practitioner, and that this cry from the heart: "Badminton is a real sport", was indeed his, and certainly not the fruit of chance or a commission, he could not have gone so far and "played" so accurately. In short, if badminton has been able to survive, develop and spread throughout the world, with now a staggering 400 million shuttlecock enthusiasts, it's because of its beauty and sporting dimension, of which Lauro is the dazzling interpreter here. As you know, this commando operation culminated in 1988 in Seoul, where the discipline is king, as it is throughout Asia. Only as a demonstration, it passed through the Olympic gates in Barcelona in 1992. Since then, it has not become indispensable, but essential to the Olympic program. And while Asia remains the driving force, Europe, with Spain and Denmark, is not giving its tongue to the dragon, as France's discreet but talented representative at the 1996 Games, Etienne Thobois, will tell us. All the more so as the French are now also flying aces, and have become at least as competitive as their tennis cousins. Please smile, Mr. Lauro, and for real...Lithograph, canvas, 64x44. Exceptionally fresh. Maurice Lauro (1878-1934) Badminton" poster Size: 64 x 44 cm Restoration. In this lithograph, the artist has managed to capture the lively soul of a sport that sometimes borders on dance. He had started out as a press cartoonist, making a name for himself before the Great War in "Le Rire", as well as "Le Journal", "Le Pêle-Mêle" and "l'Almanach Vermot" (1906-1919), his longest collaboration. Then came the Roaring Twenties, and his transition to fashion and posters was a success. His posters for Trouville, La Baule and Nice (Palais de la Méditerranée) were born, as was his work for Champigneules beer and Automoto bicycles. He died in 1934, the year the International Badminton Federation was founded. One specialist speculates that this 1925 image was intended for Dieppe, one of the sport's first strongholds from 1908. Badminton has been an Olympic sport since 1992.

Estim. 3 800 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 92 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1936/ Berlin/ Riefenstahl. Exceptional set of 7 official pieces to find these Games in relief (yes, yes):a) Two plates (13.5x18) to see in relief in each case 24 views of the Olympic sites and life and traffic in Berlin, "Das Reichfpostfeld im Roumbild" and "Berlin im Seftfchmuck" Herausgeber Max Wendt, with cardboard glasses, red and blue "lenses" (4.5x14) (used condition, very rare); b) "Allemagne, Berlin", with map of Berlin, and all tourist details, on the 2nd cover overprint :"Xiès JO Berlin 1936", on the 3rd cover overprint for the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth 1936, 38.5x43; d) Book by Carl Diem presenting the Berlin Games, with a look back at those in Los Angeles: "Das Olympiade Buch". In 96 pages, some 130 photos and plans, the German language is no longer an obstacle. 1935, 28x21. Used condition; e) the two classic albums, "Olympia 1936" (Garmisch, Berlin) in their beautiful blue cloth covers (tome 1, winter: 128p, tome 2, summer: 168p)...All the pictures are there (but also the full-page color Liska), very nice condition; f) the famous book-album on the great Olympic film by Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003): "Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf...". Under its cloth-covered cover, you'll find key images from the filming of this undisputed masterpiece (ancient images, images from the Games with Owens, the hammer thrower Hein, Kitei Son, Lovelock, etc.) (pp 2 to 248), then behind-the-scenes footage, tricks and technicians from the filming itself (p 251 to 281). Introduction by Leni Riefenstahl, 285 photos, captions in 5 languages. 1937, 31,5x24. The ideal overview. To be seized...on the fly.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 96 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1936-1940/ Berlin-Tokyo/ Mock-up edition. Exceptional and unique mock-up edition in its original state (pencil pagination, red grease pencil, glued lamp-ends, numbering of photos, introductions and text pages), but fortunately protected by a sumptuous, sturdy cloth binding, with red leather presentation badge and gold lettering (10x10): "Nippon auf der Olympiade Deutschland 1936".The volume that testifies in German to the transition between the organizing city (Berlin 1936) and the host city (Tokyo 1940). Size: 35.5 x 45 x 5cm The photo on page 2 is missing. The war rendered this relay obsolete, making this document all the more interesting. Here, in 113 photos, we salute the exploits and life of the Japanese delegation in Berlin, in the stadiums and swimming pools, as well as in the Olympic village. It's the kind of picture we've never seen before. The volume is double-paged, with a smaller-format German text (45 pages), and large illustrated pages (37)... It ends, of course, with the dazzling Japanese record in athletics, swimming and other sports (10 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze), and a photo of the departure train, but before that, there are adventures on horseback, in soccer and basketball... Nothing is missing.Nothing is missing, and we discover that the Olympic stadium was right up there with the swimming pool, and that Nishida, Tajima and Son were the stars of this ambitious delegation, which promised much for 1940. Winter sports in Garmisch are not forgotten: the opening shot shows the superb Nipponese birdmen, with the Emperor on hand to cheer them on... The large photo of Fuhrer Hitler opening gift-wrapped packages with the Emperor of Japan is astonishing.The introduction is composed and ready for printing, running to seven pages and several calibrated columns, signed by Dr. Lewald, who presided over the organization of the 10th Games, and the President of the German-Japanese Friendship, who replied. The October 1937 set is impressive.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR