An Olympic torch will once again be prominently passed when the one carried by Caitlyn Jenner during the 1984 Olympic torch relay is handed off at Heritage Auctions’ Summer Platinum Night event on July 30 — a highlight of the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.
Jenner and the torch crossed from the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe into California as part of an 82-day relay that covered over 9,300 miles and 33 states. At the time, the 34-year-old athlete and winner of the 1976 Olympic decathlon had recently fallen off a motorcycle and sustained a broken leg, but she managed to have the cast off in time to participate in the relay.
The torch is expected to sell for more than $20,000. But it will not be the only item up for auction that will fire up collectors.
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Here's a close-up of the 1984 Olympic torch relay that will be available at Heritage Auctions’ Summer Platinum Night event on July 30.
Also part of the auction, a baseball card of the 1859 Brooklyn Atlantics (the only team card from before the Civil War known to exist), will likely to go for more than $50,000.
Here's a shot of the back of the card.
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