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Some Paris Olympic winners say their medals are falling apart — and are asking for replacements
"Olympic medals, we've got to step up the quality a ... Ahead of the games, LVMH said that its fine jewelry brand Chaumet would design each medal — a task that the Maison embarked on with ...
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Paris Olympics medal designers LVMH speak out as rust controversy rolls on
While Chaumet - part of LVMH - was responsible for the design of the medals ... He said: 'Alright, so these Olympic medals look great when they’re brand new, but after letting it sit on my ...
New York Post25d
French luxury giant LVMH denies responsibility for rusty, deteriorating Olympic medals
French luxury conglomerate LVMH is denying reports that it is responsible for deteriorating and rusting Olympic medals that were ... responsible for the medal design, neither Chaumet nor LVMH ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the ...
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Rare 1904 Olympic Gold Medal Reaches $545,000 At Auction
A rare 1904 Olympic gold medal from the St. Louis Games. / RR Auction A gold medal handed out at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis sold for a staggering $545,371, making it the third-highest ...