The medal served as a centerpiece for the 384-item Olympic memorabilia sale from Boston ... one awarded to runner Jesse Owens from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which sold for $1.47 million in 2013.
Olympic memorabilia has long fetched a good price. In 2022, the silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction ...