The Associated Press on MSN12d
A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for auction
Fair organizers threatened to host their own athletic events. It took the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de ...
ABC News12d
A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for auction
It took the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, to forge peace by moving the Olympics 300 miles (483 kilometers) south. If that drama weren't enough, Fred Lorz looked to ...
Chicago Tribune12d
A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
It took the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, to forge peace by moving the Olympics 300 miles south. If that drama weren’t enough, Fred Lorz looked to have won the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
This Rare Gold Medal From the 1904 Olympics Sold for More Than $500,000
The artifact, from the first Games held in the United States, reaped the third-highest price ever fetched for an Olympic medal at auction ...