TOP TEN MEMORIBILIA CLASSICS SOLD AT AUCTION
1. $8.81 MILLION 1892 ORIGINAL OLYMPIC MANIFESTO
his truly one-of-a-kind piece went to auction through Sotheby’s in December 2019, and sold for a mind-blowing $8.81 million. Three international bidders went back-and-forth on the French-language document for the final 12 minutes before an unnamed buyer won the item. The manifesto was written by Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat and educator. It lays out the Olympic mission of bringing people together through athletics. The 14-page document is the only known copy. In the next four years after the manifesto was written, the International Olympic Committee was formed and the first modern Olympics took place
