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Sporting Memorabilia — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:804
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:803
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:580
Date:10-May-2016
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XVI Olympiad, Melbourne 1956. Yachting', published by Organising Committee for the XVI Olympiad [Melbourne, 1956]
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Opening Ceremony - Pigeon Release: opening Ceremony programme signed inside by the 21 pigeon handlers who released pigeons in mass at the time of the flag raising at the opening Ceremony - bringing gasps of amazement from the large crowd, together with two letters identifying the signatures and telling of the event
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Opening Ceremony: bi-lingual programme, 'Olympic Games Melbourne 1956. Instructions and Programme for Participants. Opening Ceremony. Thursday, November 22nd, 1956. Stadium - Melbourne'
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Swimming programmes, with Australian Olympic swimming Trials for 25th, 27th && 30th October, plus two post-Olympics programmes 8th Dec Intercontinental swimming Gala & 10th Dec international swimming Meet. Fair/good condition (one missing back cover)
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1956 Melbourne Olympics: official's blazer, navy blue wool with embroidered Olympic rings & 'Olympic Games 1956/ official' on pocket. Good condition
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Boy Scouts scarf & Pass, scarf maroon with Melbourne Olympics logo badge, plus boy Scouts Association Pass for 26th November
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Waitress' head-band & Apron, white head-band with cloth badge featuring Melbourne Olympics logo, apron decorated with Olympic rings
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Apron: souvenir apron depicting Olympic rings & torches
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1956 Olympic Scarves: Wonderful collection, mainly silk, with small, medium & large. Inspection will reward
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Shirt, spun rayon, long sleeves, made by Shatho, Expressly for the Myer Store for Men, design featuring 'XVI', events & Olympic rings
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Skirt, with design featuring 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki & 1956 Melbourne, made by Clipper Garments
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Matador jacket, lovely design by Ectasy Creation
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Clothes brush, with Melbourne Olympics logo
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Child's shirt & T-shirt, the shirt decorated with Olympic rings & Australian flags, T-shirt yellow with torch & 'Olympic Games, Melbourne 1956'
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Material, with design featuring torch runner, three pieces with background colour in yellow, blue & grey, each 89 cm wide and about 1.4m long
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Curtain, with material showing American sports - Baseball, American football, basketball, ice hockey & athletics, size 400 x 146 cm
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Doilys: two ornamental mats embroidered with koalas, Olympic rings, torch & 'XVI Olympiad 1956, Melbourne', each 45 x 30 cm
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1956 Melbourne Olympics: tea-towels (2 different designs), plus yellow wash-cloth with embroidered Olympic rings
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Towels, including two showing torch runner & MCG with labels ''Olympic Games, 1956, manufactured by Supertex'. Fine condition
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Place Mats, set of four with aboriginal motif, designed by Donald Clark
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Cushions, with carry handles, both showing Olympic rings, torch and text 'Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956', one with background colour green, other maroon
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Cushions, both showing Olympic rings, torch and text 'Olympic Games/ Melbourne, 1956', one with background colour white, other maroon
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1956 Melbourne Olympics - Pennants: collection of pennats, noted table pennant with suction cup, 'Racv Olympic Games 1956, Ambulance Fund, team pennants for Venezuela, Argentina & Mexico. Condition varies, though inspection will reward
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1956 Melbourne Olympics - Pennants: felt pennants, 'Australia, Melbourne, XVIth Olympiad, 1956', with different background colours - purple (2), green, maroon & black (scarce). One Fair, others G/VG
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1956 Melbourne Olympics - Pennants: felt pennants, 'XVIth Olympiad, 1956, Rowing & Canoeing, Ballaarat', with different background colours - red & blue. Fair/G
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1956 Melbourne Olympics - Pennants: pennant, 'XVI Olympiad souvenir 1956, Faith Leech, Australia's Hope, Bendigo's Own'. Fair/G
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1956 Melbourne Olympics - Pennants: German Noc pennant, 'Deutsche Olympiamannschaft/ 1956/ XVI Olympische Spiele Melbourne'. G/VG condition
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The arts Festival of the Olympic Games', 4 programmes for concerts by the Sydney/Melbourne Symphony Orchestras
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1956 Olympics collection, noted books 'The official report of the Organizing Committee for the games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne 1956' (no dust jacket), 'The Olympic Games, Melbourne 1956' Colorgravure book (2 - one with dust jacket), Lux & Lifebuoy soap '1956 Olympic Games badges' (7), Athletics programmes (7), plus cloth badge, covers, tickets & more. Inspeciton will reward
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1956 Olympics Dispay, noted Lifebuoy badges (21), programmes (6), tickets (4) & car badge, framed & glazed, overall 69 x 99 cm
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1956 Melbourne Olympics: pair of Flags/wall hangings with Melbourne Olympics logo, 'XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne 1956', one with yellow border, other with red border, each 92 x 69 cm. Believed to have been used in Ballarat. Some minor wear holes
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1956 Coles trade cards, '1956 Olympic Games', 1st series with large flags & national flowers, complete set [28]. Mainly G/VG
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1956 Coles trade cards, '1956 Olympic Games', 3rd series with birds & animals, complete set [28]. Mainly G/VG
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1956 Coles trade cards, '1956 Olympic Games', 4th series with industries, complete set [28]. Mainly G/VG
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1956 Coles trade cards, '1956 Olympic Games', 5th series with sports & venues, part set [20/28]. Fair/VG
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1956 Olympics collection, ex N.E.Balmer, a member of the Civic Committee, noted books & brochures including 'Tour of Olympic Games Preparations' (2), menus (4), invitations (10), entree cards (3), programmes including the arts Festival, Mozart opera Season && Solemn opening, Main Stadium passes (2), scrapbook, official report, plus 1964 Tokyo cuff-links
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Invitation to an Australian Barbecue at the Kooyong Tennis club' from the Chairman and Members of the Olympic Civic Committee
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Housing Commission Victoria Presents - the Olympic village, Heidelberg, Victoria' [Melbourne, c1954]. Beautiful
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Tasmanian Lotteries Ticket, the no.1 Olympic special, full ticket Pds25, Pds500,000 first prize
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Racv, Honorary Membership Ticket with Olympic rings on cover, issued to Olympic officials & Competitors
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Olympic village, staff Identity Pass, No4527'
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Press Pass, for a MacNeill, journalist with the Dutch magazine 'Hockey Sport'
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Olympic Games and Weather - 1936, 1948, 1952', published by Commonwealth bureau of Meteorology [Melbourne, c1956]
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Programme, 'Combined Victorian and Sydney Orchestras. The arts Festival of the Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956' for Sidney Myer Memorial free Concert
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Telephone Directories: 'Postal, telegraph and telephone Guide' [PMGs Dept, 1956], 'Telephone Directory/Liste Des telephones, XVI Olympiad 1956 Melbourne' & 'International Radio Cable Communications - Information for Visitors' [Otc, 1956]
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Commercial Radio and television', published by Newspaper News Pty Ltd [Sydney, 1956]. Fair/good condition
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XVIth Olympiad 1956. Information Booklet, Olympic village Ballarat'. Filing hole, though scarce
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Car number plate: Olympics car number plate, with '1956' at top, 'VIC' at left, Olympic rings in colour and number '208'. Good condition
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Official's car pennant, with Melbourne Olympics emblem and text '1956/ official/ Olympic Games, Melbourne'
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Pass for Vehicle/Olympic village', triangular sign, with 'Denmark' typed in red at lower right
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Comic Annuals, 'Bluey and Curley' (1956) & 'Wally and the Major' (15th edition), both with Olympic Games inspired front covers. Scarce
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Glasses, set of 6, each with Melbourne Olympics logo, in original box with 'Souvenir, Olympic Games/ (Olympic rings, torch & map of Australia)/ Melbourne, 1956' on lid
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Glasses, 'Aci, Olympic year ball, 1956/ Main Stadium, Melbourne cricket ground, Accommodation 120,000', in two different sizes
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Glasses: Greig's honey glasses in 6 different colours - yellow (Shirley Strickland), red (John Landy), blue (Lorraine Crapp), green (Don Macmillan), white (rowing & yachting), black (Jon Henricks - scarce)
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Cup, saucer & plate, made by Roslyn fine bone china, England, attractive decorations including Olympic Torch, rings & Olympic events
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Drinks tray, decorated with koala, kookaburra, lyre bird, kangaroo, wallabies & platypus, and text 'Olympic Games/ 1956/ Melbourne'
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Ceramic jug, with Olympic rings & 'Melbourne/ 1956', 18 cm tall
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1956 Olympics coffee table, in scarce red colour, that breaks down into 3 pieces, the top with 'XVIth Olympiad, 22 November - 8 December, 1956 (Olympic rings torch & map of Australia), Melbourne, Australia'
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Desk Calendars, hexagonal with frames in blue && white plastic, circular with frame in pink plastic
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Tins, noted Griffiths Sweets, Cadbury's chocolate & phoenix biscuit Co
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1956 Lux & Lifebuoy soap '1956 Olympic Games badges', complete set [20] plus the two scarce error badges for Gary Chapman & Dave Stephens
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Bread Wrapper, 'Weston's Tip-top bread' showing Torch runner. Very scarce
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Bread Wrapper, 'Sliced and Wrapped bread, XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956', made by Procera. Very scarce
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Dixie ice-cream lid, 'Olympic Games/22nd Nov-Dec.8th, Melbourne 1956'
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Cigarette case, made by Domo from genuine kangaroo, with Olympic rings, torch & 'XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956'
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Records: 1956 records (4) including 'Olympic Melodies', 'Opening Ceremony', 'Olympic Concert' & 'The Olympic Massed bands', plus other records (6) including 'Mexico Melody', 'Olympia Parade' & 'Carry the flame'
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Song Sheets, 'Hymne Olympique' by Michal Spisak [Paris, 1955], plus 'Steadfast and Strong, Olympic marching song' by Tom Norman
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Song sheet, 'Our Marjorie' by Jack O'Hagan
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Wings on Their heels', display comprising signed photos of Betty Cuthbert, Marjorie Jackson & Shirley Strickland,limited edition 24/1000, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 92 x 62 cm
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1956 Melbourne Olympics: 'The official report of the Organizing Committee for the games of the XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956' [Melbourne, 1958], 760pp. Fair condition (no dust jacket)
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16th Olympiad, Melbourne, 22 Nov-8 Dec.1956. Condition of Entry by Air', published by the Department of civil Aviation [Canberra, c1956]
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Australian Olympic Team at Melbourne' by William Uren [Melbourne, 1957]
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Olympische Spiele 1956 - Cortina, Stockholm, Melbourne' edited by Harald Lechenperg [Munich, 1957], in slip-case
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Plaque with 'The Amateur Athletic Union of Australia' medallion, over crossed Union Jack & stars and stripes, with plate engraved 'British Empire & Commonwealth v U.S.A., Sydney 1956'. (This meeting was held in Sydney immediately after the 1956 Melbourne Olympics)
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Kodak colour slides of Australians at 1960 Rome Olympics, including Herb Elliott & opening Ceremony
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1968 Mexico Olympic Torch, sheet metal, black, part of shaft made of wood, 52 cm tall. Used in the Torch run from Olympia to Athens, Greece. Quantity produced: 3000, with original magenta and cyan presentation case with text 'Antorcha Olimpico/ Mexico 68'
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Travel bag, green with yellow piping, printed on front 'Olympic Team/ (Australian coat-of-arms)/ Mexico 1968', plus initials 'A.R.C.'
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1968 Mexico Olympics: Mexico team tracksuit, red with Mexico team badge on sleeve, and 'Mexico' on reverse
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Travel bag, green with yellow piping, printed on front 'Olympic Team/ (Australian coat-of-arms)/ Munich 1972', plus initials 'A.C.'. Inside are two 'Australian Olympic Rowing Team 1972' bags
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First Aid & shoe Shine Kits: 'First Aid Kit/ Australian Rowing Team, Munich Olympic Games 1972', with contents intact, plus shoe-shine kit in leather case 'Australian Olympic Team, Munish 1972'
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1972 Munich Olympics: Booklets including 'Olympia in Munchen - Plans and Buildings for the Olympic Games Munich 1972', 'Bulletin 7 - official report of. Preparations for yachting competitions..', 'Windjammer' with invitation to tall-ships parade in Kiel, plus map
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1976 Montreal Olympic Torch, aluminium, 67 cm tall, stem painted red, with white Montreal logo, top painted black. Designed by George Huel and Michael Dall. The flame was carried from Olympia, Greece to Athens where it was transferred by satellite to Ottawa, 245 runners carried it to Montreal
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1976 Australian Olympic team T-shirts (2 - made by golden Breed), plus 1988 Swedish team jacket
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Signed items, noted Carl Lewis display with signed action photograph, Tatiana Grigorieva signed display (both framed & glazed with certificate of authenticitys), miniature hockey stick signed by Sydney 2000 women's gold medal team, plus 1992 Barcelona Olympics 'Deutscher Hockey-Bund' pennant
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Flag, featuring Willy, the 1984 Australian team mascot, size 180 x 104 cm
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Hand-knitted wool jumpers featuring Willy, the 1984 Australian team mascot, one in red, and a smaller one in pale green
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Suit bag, made by Tosca, with 'Australian Olympic Team 1988' & cloth team badge
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Bid book: 'Brisbane 1992' [Brisbane, c1988], with slipcase
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1993 IOC reports ex Kevan Gosper, 'Working group on Doping in Sport, Preparatory meeting' & 'Meeting of the Executive Bard with the international Winter sports Federations'
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1996 Melbourne Olympics Bid: '1996 Olympic Games, Melbourne' published by Olympics for Melbourne Committee, 9 volumes in slip-case [Melbourne, 1988]. Slip-case tatty, books fine
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1996 Melbourne Olympics Bid: group with interesting reports re marketing, advertising & 1989 Grand Final half-time entertainment (with an Olympics theme), newsletters && brochures, the Melbournian' magazines (2). Inspection will reward
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1996 Melbourne Olympics Bid street banners
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2000 Sydney Olympic Torch, aluminium and stainless steel, curved, 78 cm tall, used in torch relay
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2000 Sydney Olympics, group with 1994 Progress report, media Kit, booklets, opening & Closing Ceremony programmes
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Sydney 2000/AFL display comprising replica Guernsey (white with Olympic rings in colour on front) as used in the Australian football Demonstration match played at the MCG during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, limited edition 28/2000, attractively mounted, framed & glazed, overall 79 x 109 cm, with certificate of authenticity
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Dawn Fraser: Sydney 2000 'Australian Olympic Legend - Dawn Fraser' Dna authenticated Collector pins, set of 5 pins in case, limited edition 3020/5,000
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Steve Moneghetti, pair of Nike running shoes, both signed, in display case, overall 41 x 43 x 12 cm. [Steve Moneghetti competed in the marathon in four Olympic Games - 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta & 2000 Sydney, his best performance 5th place at Seoul]
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2000 Sydney Olympics, street banners (2), each 4.2 x 1.5 metres
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2006 Torino Olympic Torch, blue techno-polymer-coated aluminium, 78 cm tall, used in the torch relay. Designed by Pininfarina (Fiat), made in Italy. The fire was lit in Olympia on November 27 2005, and arrived in Rome on December 8. From Rome to February 10 the torch travelled over 11,300km across Italy, France, Switzerland & Slovenia
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2008 Beijing Olympics: 'Beijing 2008 - one world one dream' [Beijing, 2009], 208pp, with slip-case
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