The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games were to be a grand demonstration
of Germanic supremacy until the black sprinter Jesse Owens blew
that concept right out of the water. Hitler was furious.
For all that, the Olympic medal of that year is a well-designed
item. There was a bronze one in this sale estimated at a modest
€125. It made €140 (£92). I rather regret not being alert enough to
buy it. Likewise, I regret my sleepiness with a Zeppelin tie-pin
which I also failed to buy. Estimated at €70 (£46), it realised
just that.
Must try harder!
…and goodbye to Berlin too!
SEVERAL times a year Teutoburger Münzauktion have a long sale, mostly containing fairly low-priced items of great diversity. Much of it is of Germanic interest. On May 21 and 22 they offered 4921 lots.