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Cuban Olympic gold medals sell for over $70,000 each at auction Monday, 25 January 2021
Olympic gold medals awarded to long jumper jumper Iván Pedroso and shooter Leuris Pupo have both sold for more than $70,000 (£51,000/€58,000) at an online auction as both exceeded their estimates.
The medal won by Pupo in the men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol at London 2012 fetched $73,205 (£53,533/€60,290),, including the buyer’s premium, at the sale organised by the Boston-based RR Auction – a lot more than the $50,000 (£36,500/€41,000) predicted.
Pedroso’s gold from Sydney 2000, when he became the first man other than Carl Lewis since Moscow 1980 to win the Olympic long jump title following the American’s four consecutive victories, smashed through its $20,000 (£14,500/€16,500) estimate as it attracted a top bid of $71,335 (£52,162/€58,749).
Cuban Olympic gold medals sell for over $70,000 each at auction Monday, 25 January 2021
Olympic gold medals awarded to long jumper jumper Iván Pedroso and shooter Leuris Pupo have both sold for more than $70,000 (£51,000/€58,000) at an online auction as both exceeded their estimates.
The medal won by Pupo in the men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol at London 2012 fetched $73,205 (£53,533/€60,290),, including the buyer’s premium, at the sale organised by the Boston-based RR Auction – a lot more than the $50,000 (£36,500/€41,000) predicted.
Pedroso’s gold from Sydney 2000, when he became the first man other than Carl Lewis since Moscow 1980 to win the Olympic long jump title following the American’s four consecutive victories, smashed through its $20,000 (£14,500/€16,500) estimate as it attracted a top bid of $71,335 (£52,162/€58,749).
Valencia
On Sunday, Valencian authorities announced new measures to restrict social contacts in a region with the countryâs third-highest coronavirus incidence rate â 1,245 cases per 100,000 people in the last 14 days â and where 59% of intensive care beds are occupied by Covid-19 patients.
Starting on Monday, there is a two-person limit on public gatherings of members of different households. Larger meetings in public spaces are only allowed if everyone is part of the same living unit.
In the private sphere, members of different households may no longer meet inside homes. This means that no social visits of any kind are allowed. Exceptions will be made in both public and private settings for work meetings, educational activities and caregiving for vulnerable people such as children, seniors or adults with need for daily assistance.
Cuban Olympic gold medals up for auction Tuesday, 19 January 2021
A pair of Olympic gold medals won by Cuban athletes are up for auction with the price expected to soar in the closing days.
The gold medal awarded to Iván Pedroso when he won the long jump at Sydney 2000 has so far attracted a bid for $13,310 (£9,775/€11,000) and is estimated to sell for at least $20,000 (£14,500/€16,500) in the online sale organised by New Hampshire-based RR Auction.
The other gold medal was won by Cuba’s Leuris Pupo in the men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol at London 2012 and the highest bidder has so far offered $11,000 (£8,000/€9,000).