Bobby Eaton, an Olympic specialist at Boston-based RR Auction, said it is unusual for a medal of this kind to come up for auction though this particular one came from Schule’s family’s collection.

It sold last week for $545,371 at the end of an RR Auction’s sale of Olympics memorabilia. The medal in question was awarded to Fred Schule, American runner who won the 110-meter hurdle event.

A gold medal awarded at the first Olympic games held in the United States recently sold at auction for an eye-popping sum of money, The Associated Press reported. The medal was awarded to ...

Jeff Beck’s guitars made music history throughout his nearly 60-year career—and now one of his axes has done the same thing on the auction block. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s 1954 ...

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 ...

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This Nov. 2024 image provided by RR Auction shows a rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics at the intake office of RR Auction, in Amherst, N.H. (RR Auction via AP) AP Strange News ...