A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games smashed auction estimates, selling for about four times its expected price at a Danish auction house on March 1. The silver medal from the 1896 Athens Olympics was hammered down for $179,920 excluding buyer’s premium at Bruun Rasmussen Arts Auctioneers’ online sale. The piece had been estimated to fetch between $31,100 to $31,600. “We are absolutely thrilled about today’s result,” said Christian Grundtvig, head of the coins and stamps department at Bruun Rasmussen. “The Olympic medal represents a ‘unicorn’ among international collectors – a rare fusion of Olympic and ... (full story)