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Paris 2024 Olympic medals to be replaced after they flake and rust
The International Olympic Committee said: “Damaged medals will be systematically ... blamed the rapid deterioration on a change to the composition of its varnish. LVMH, which was prominent ...
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Paris Olympics Medals Are Tarnishing, Putting LVMH in the Spotlight
But its most significant role involved the Olympic medals, which were designed by Chaumet, a luxury jewelry and watch maker and part of the LVMH group. Gold, silver and bronze — the very best ...
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His Olympic medals were destroyed in the LA fires. Here's how the Olympic commitee responded
Left behind were the 10 Olympic medals he'd won as a member of Team USA. His five gold, three silver and two bronze medals were from three Summer Games, in Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000 ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the ...
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Rare 1904 Olympic Gold Medal Reaches $545,000 At Auction
A rare 1904 Olympic gold medal from the St. Louis Games. / RR Auction A gold medal handed out at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis sold for a staggering $545,371, making it the third-highest ...