The Olympic Games are a global sporting event that brings together athletes from around the world to compete in a variety of sports. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896, but the origins of the Games date back to ancient Greece.

The ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece from 776 BC to 393 AD. The Games were held every four years and were a celebration of athletic prowess and religious devotion. The ancient Olympic Games included a variety of sports, including running, jumping, discus throwing, and wrestling.

The modern Olympic Games were founded by Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator, who was inspired by the idea of promoting international understanding through sport. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896 and included nine sports, including athletics, cycling, and swimming.

The Olympic Games have since grown in size and popularity, more...

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An interesting accumulation including 'The official Report'…

Melbourne Olympics 1956 Memorabilia Collection

An interesting accumulation including 'The official Report' 760pp, 2 official 'Visitor' lapel badges by K.G. Luke, a souvenir cup and saucer, a Melbourne Olympics chocolate tin by Cadbury's, an autograph book containing many autographs (mainly…

Olympic Athletes: Sydney 2000 'Australian Olympic Legend - Dawn…

Olympic Legends Signed Pin & Display Collection

Olympic Athletes: Sydney 2000 'Australian Olympic Legend - Dawn Fraser' Dna authenticated Collector Pins, display with set of 5 pins, signed below by Dawn Fraser, L/edition 1/2000, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 44 x 55 cm; plus signed displays…

A collection of clothing and accessories relating to the…

Signed Glasgow Commonwealth Games Clothing and Accessories by Matthew Mitcham

A collection of clothing and accessories relating to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, 2014, signed by Matthew Mitcham, including official Australian Team handbook, jacket and track suit

2004 Official Australian Olympic Gold Medallist Personally…

Signed Australian Olympic FDCs Collection

2004 Official Australian Olympic Gold Medallist Personally Signed First Day Covers Collection', set of 17 signed Australia Post FDCs in album, with signatures of Ian Thorpe (2 - 16 Aug && 18 Aug);Womens 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Jodie Henry, Lisbeth…

A Sydney 2000 Olympics framed gold Medalist signed Australian…

Framed Sydney 2000 Olympics Gold Medalist Signed Memorabilia

A Sydney 2000 Olympics framed gold Medalist signed Australian memorabilia (130 cm x 113 cm

1968 Mexico Olympics - Black Power Salute: Rare programme from…

Tommie Smith Signed Programme from Melbourne Athletics Meet

1968 Mexico Olympics - Black Power Salute: Rare programme from Tommie Smith's visit to Melbourne in 1967 for 'The Recordbreakers' athletics meet, signed on front cover by Tommie Smith. (Tommie Smith & Australian Peter Norman both ran in the 220 Yards, and…

An Olympic autograph book with several pages bearing original…

An Olympic autograph book with several pages bearing original autographs; the pages headed 'Russian Olympic Competitors (Soccer)', 'Polish Olympic Competitors (Boxing)', 'Japanese Olympic Competitors (Swimming) (3 pages)', 'Jugoslavian Olympic Competitors…

1936 Summer Olympics - Berlin: Booklet titled 'Participation of…

1936 Summer Olympics - Berlin: Booklet titled 'Participation of Australian Olympic Team' 36pp plus pictorial cover, published by The Australian Olympic Federation'; signed to the front cover by Duncan Gray. Duncan Gray was the Australian Team Flag Bearer…

1932 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles: Booklet titled 'Australian…

1932 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles: Booklet titled 'Australian Olympic Team which participated at the Games of the Xth Olympiad', 36pp plus covers, published by the Council of the Australian Olympic Federation, signed to the front cover by Duncan Gray.…

1956 Melbourne Olympics: autograph book containing numerous…

1956 Melbourne Olympics Autograph Book with Numerous Signatures

1956 Melbourne Olympics: autograph book containing numerous signatures of competitors at 1956 Melbourne Olympics including Australians: Betty Cuthbert (bold autograph, Golds 100m, 200m & 400m Relay), Kevin Gosper (silver 400m Relay), Dick Garrard (silver,…

2004 Official Australian Olympic Gold Medallist Personally…

Signed 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist FDC Collection

2004 Official Australian Olympic Gold Medallist Personally Signed First Day Covers Collection', set of 17 signed Australia Post FDCs in album, with signatures of Ian Thorpe (2 - 16 Aug and 18 Aug), Womens 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Jodie Henry, Lisbeth…

1956 Telegram from Don Talbot to swimming coach Harry Gallagher…

Olympic Memorabilia from Harry Gallagher Collection

1956 Telegram from Don Talbot to swimming coach Harry Gallagher with 'XVI Olympiad/Olympic Park (Press) VIC' postmark; Christmas card signed Dawn Fraser; Golden Anniversary Reunion Dinner programme with 9 signatures including Dawn Fraser & Lorraine Crapp.…

A collection of clothing and accessories relating to the…

Signed Beijing Olympics Clothing and Accessories Collection

A collection of clothing and accessories relating to the Beijing Olympic Games, 2008, signed by Matthew Mitcham, including Vest, bags, umbrella and shirts

Olympians Autographs: Collection of autographs (115) on…

Olympian Autograph Collection: 115 Signatures

Olympians Autographs: Collection of autographs (115) on postcards & publicity photos, noted Sepp Benz, Erich Scharer, Gustav Weder, Pascal Richard, Thomas Reineck, Torsten Gutsche, Ronald Rauhe, Alice Mills, Daniel Nunez, Svetlana Boginskaya, monica…

Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84, after winning an unprecedented…

Johnny Weissmuller Olympic & Tarzan Legend Display

Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84, after winning an unprecedented five gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1924 and 1928, Weissmuller went on to become the best known and best loved of all the screen Tarzans), display comprising signature on piece, window…

Winter Olympic Medal Winners: Collection of autographs on…

Winter Olympic Medal Winners Autograph Collection

Winter Olympic Medal Winners: Collection of autographs on pieces (95 items with 98 signatures), noted Ilse Ulrich-Pausin, Erik Pausin, Kira Ivanova, Sergei Grinkov, John Curry, Edy Rada, Magda Mauroy-Julin, Herma Von Szabo, Cecilia Colledge, Andree…

Autograph Book: A mid-1950s book featuring the 1955 Richmond…

Sports Autograph Book: Richmond, Hawthorn, and Russian Swimming Team

Autograph Book: A mid-1950s book featuring the 1955 Richmond team including Ray Poulter, Des Rowe, Tommy Hafey, John Nix, Alan Cations and 16 others plus the selectors and secretary, the 1955 Hawthorn team including John Kennedy, Graham Arthur, John Peck,…

Autographs: collection of 26 items with c90 signatures, noted…

Celebrity Autographs and Olympics Memorabilia Collection

Autographs: collection of 26 items with c90 signatures, noted Ella Fitzgerald, Audrey Hepburn, Dawn Fraser, Jack Brabham & Keith Miller. Also range of Olympics club magazines & videos

1956 Melbourne Olympics: well-filled autograph book with lots…

1956 Melbourne Olympics Autograph Book with 250 Signatures

1956 Melbourne Olympics: well-filled autograph book with lots of signatures of Melbourne Olympics competitors including Australians: John Landy (bronze 1500m, awarded 'Finest sporting Moment of the Century' in 1999 for assisting a fallen Ron Clarke in a…

Sydney 2000 Australian Olympic opening Ceremony blazer,…

Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony Blazer with Signed Photos

Sydney 2000 Australian Olympic opening Ceremony blazer, attractively window mounted with signed photographs by Australian flag bearer Andrew Gaze, athlete's oath reader Rechelle Hawkes & Ian Thorpe, limited edition 12/100, framed & glazed, overall 98 x…

1950s autograph book, with c156 signatures, noted cricket teams…

1950s Autograph Book with Notable Cricket and Football Signatures

1950s autograph book, with c156 signatures, noted cricket teams with 1950-51 Australia, 1950-51 England, 1951-52 West Indies, 1952-53 South Africa, Don Bradman, football with John Coleman & Richmond;1956 Olympians. Also book 'Richmond's 100 Years of…

Jesse Owens signature and endorsement on 1965 5c Physical…

Jesse Owens signature and endorsement on 1965 5c Physical Fitness USA First Day Cover. James Cleveland 'Jesse' Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. He specialized in the sprints and the long…

Olympic Memorabilia Collection: Nice variety including Jessie…

Olympic Memorabilia Collection with Iconic Signatures

Olympic Memorabilia Collection: Nice variety including Jessie Owens signature on piece (4 golds, Berlin 1936), 1956 Melbourne Olympics souvenir booklet signed by Betty Cuthbert, Shirley Strickland (1952 & 1956 Olympian, three gold medals) various action…

Emile Mercier (1901-1981, Australian cartoonist), Original…

Mercier's Original Olympic and Snail Cartoons

Emile Mercier (1901-1981, Australian cartoonist), Original black and white artwork for cartoons, one related to Melbourne Olympics, other regarding a snail, both signed in image, both about 18 x 26 cm. (2 items)

Commonwealth Games group with 1962 'Opening Ceremony' LP record;…

Commonwealth Games Memorabilia Collection

Commonwealth Games group with 1962 'Opening Ceremony' LP record; 1962 magazines & booklets (8); 1974 tea towels (2); 1982 'Capital Expenditure Programme' booklet; 1982 Invitations (4, some signed), condition variable.

Australian Sydney gold Medallists: 'Inspirations: 17 Days in…

Sydney Gold Medallists Flag with 55 Signatures

Australian Sydney gold Medallists: 'Inspirations: 17 Days in Sydney' display featuring Australian Olympic flag, signed by all 55 Australian gold medallists (individual & team members) including Cathy Freeman, Susie O'Niell and Kieren Perkins, limited…

Olympians Autographs: small collection in album, noted…

Olympic Autograph Collection

Olympians Autographs: small collection in album, noted Frederick Lane (first Australian to represent his country in swimming at the Olympic Games, although he was actually a part of the British team when he competed at the 1900 Paris Games and won 2 gold…

A diving poster from the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, from the…

1972 Munich Olympic Games Diving Poster Signed by Matthew Mitcham

A diving poster from the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, from the collection of Matthew Mitcham, signed verso

Autographs extensive collection of Australian Gold Medallists,…

Australian Gold Medallists Autograph Collection

Autographs extensive collection of Australian Gold Medallists, most with a page devoted to each Olympian, with signed covers, pictures, pieces & cards, noted Raelene Boyle, Ron Clarke, Betty Cuthbert, Dawn Fraser, Cathy Freeman, John Landy, Kieren Perkins…

Australian Olympians: Autographs collection in album, noted…

Australian Olympians Autograph Collection

Australian Olympians: Autographs collection in album, noted Andrew 'Boy' Charlton, Ron Clarke, Betty Cuthbert, Dawn Fraser, Marjorie Jackson, Herb Elliott, Shirley Strickland, Michael Wenden, Murray Rose, John Devitt, John Konrads, Cathy Freeman, Kieren…

Olympic Medal Winners - Swimming, Diving, Water Polo &…

Olympic Aquatics Autograph Collection

Olympic Medal Winners - Swimming, Diving, Water Polo & Synchronised Swimming: Collection of autographs on pieces, noted Harrison Glancy, Mary Ellen Clark, Mary T. Meagher, Helen Meany Gravis, Hal Haig Prieste, Pete Desjardins, Aileen Riggin-Soule, Jenny…

2000 Sydney Olympics Collection, noted programmes (31). coins.…

Sydney 2000 Olympics Memorabilia Collection

2000 Sydney Olympics Collection, noted programmes (31). coins. badges/pins. videos. jigsaw puzzle. street banners. various magazines & ephemera. newspapers. Sydney 2000 official poster. Opening Ceremony case & drink cooler (both signed). Prime Minister's…

Olympic Medal Winners - Athletics: Collection of autographs on…

Autographed Collection of Olympic Athletics Medal Winners

Olympic Medal Winners - Athletics: Collection of autographs on pieces, noted Jackson Scholz (USA - 1920, 1924 and 1928). Abel Kiviat (USA - 1912). Mikio Oda (Japan - 1924 and 1928). Erik Bylehn (Sweden - 1924 and 1928). Edvin Wide (Sweden - 1920, 1924 and…

1956 Melbourne Olympics: Complete set of 1956 Melbourne…

Complete Set of 1956 Melbourne Olympic Programmes (53 items)

1956 Melbourne Olympics: Complete set of 1956 Melbourne programmes, comprising Opening Ceremony, Athletics (8), Basketball (2), Boxing (8), Canoeing, Cycling (4), Fencing, Association Football (4), Gymnastics, Hockey (3), Modern Pentathlon, Rowing (4),…

A Melbourne Olympic Games Bid Box, made from Western Australian…

Melbourne Olympic Bid Box with Silver Gum Leaves

A Melbourne Olympic Games Bid Box, made from Western Australian jarra burr, signed Michael Thoren with an applied stirling silver sprig of gum leaves and gum nuts. Inside is a plaque engraved 'Melbourne 1996'. Other Notes: made as a promotional gift for…

Richard Beck (1912 - 1985), Olympic Games Melbourne, 28 Nov - 8…

Melbourne 1956 Olympics Poster

Richard Beck (1912 - 1985), Olympic Games Melbourne, 28 Nov - 8 Dec 1956, colour lithographic poster, signed in the plate at lower right, printed by Containers Limited, Melbourne. Laid down on linen, 102 x 65 cm. The iconic full-sized official poster.

2000 Sydney Olympics: Sydney 2000 Australian Olympic Opening…

Sydney 2000 Olympic Blazer with Signed Photos & Frame

2000 Sydney Olympics: Sydney 2000 Australian Olympic Opening Ceremony Blazer, attractively window mounted with signed photographs by Australian flag bearer Andrew Gaze, athlete?s oath reader Rechelle Hawkes & Ian Thorpe, limited edition 37/100, framed &…

1956 Melbourne Olympics: Library of books (11) & magazines (5),…

1956 Olympics Books and Magazines, Signed by Emil Zatopek

1956 Melbourne Olympics: Library of books (11) & magazines (5), including 'Sport in Czechoslovakia' signed by Emil Zatopek (Prague, 1956); 'Comitetul Olimpic Romin' book in shape of Olympic rings (Bucharest, 1956); 'Die Olympischen Spiele 1956' (Stuttgart…

Richard Beck (1912 - 1985) Olympic Games Melbourne 28 Nov - 8…

Melbourne 1956 Olympics Poster

Richard Beck (1912 - 1985) Olympic Games Melbourne 28 Nov - 8 Dec 1956, colour lithographic poster, signed in the plate at lower right, printed by containers limited, Melbourne. Laid down on linen, 102 x 65 cm. The iconic full-sized official poster.

British Olympic Medallists: Collection of autographs on pieces…

British Olympic Medallists Autograph Collection

British Olympic Medallists: Collection of autographs on pieces (195), noted Sir Malcolm Day, Daley Thompson, Steve Cram, Mary Peters, Linford Christie, Steve Ovett, Sebastion Coe, Allan Wells, Sonia O'Sullivan.

Telephone, in striking green colour, with letter 'This is to…

1956 Olympic Games Telephone in Striking Green Color

Telephone, in striking green colour, with letter 'This is to certify that this telephone was used in the main stadium at the 1956 Olympic Games. It was one of the 300 Series issued by the Pmg in the Olympic Colours. (Signed) J.Connell, Pmg Technician…

A leather-bound 'Address & Telephone Number Book' with mss…

Pacific Flyers Autograph Book with Notable Signatures

A leather-bound 'Address & Telephone Number Book' with mss dedication 'Presented to Major S. Barclay by Old Boys of Albert Park State School.....June 23rd, 1928'. Partly used as an autograph book, the first page is headed 'Pacific Flyers' and features the…

2000 Sydney Olympics: 'Australian Olympic Legend - Dawn Fraser'…

Dawn Fraser Olympic Pins Set with CoA (Limited Edition)

2000 Sydney Olympics: 'Australian Olympic Legend - Dawn Fraser' Dna Authenticated Collector Pins, set of 5 pins in case. Limited edition 930/5000 with signed CoA.

1936 Australian Olympic Team: Postcard of S.S.'Mongolia' signed…

1936 Australian Olympic Team Signed Postcard

1936 Australian Olympic Team: Postcard of S.S.'Mongolia' signed by the entire Australian team of 34 athletes & 5 officials, with complete list of the team & their achievements. Includes the only medal winner from these Games, Jack Metcalfe - Bronze in…

1956 Melbourne Olympics: Collection including programmes (16);…

1956 Melbourne Olympics Memorabilia Collection

1956 Melbourne Olympics: Collection including programmes (16); plus Athletic Trials (3) & Swimming Trials (3); tickets (22) & folders (8); postcards (6) & Esko Cards (20); books (6) including 'Official Report'; pennants (4) including Australian Rules…

Edwin Flack: Signature with 14 others on reverse of a 1912 menu…

Edwin Flack's Signature on 1912 Menu

Edwin Flack: Signature with 14 others on reverse of a 1912 menu 'Dinner. Given by the Passengers to Captain St.John George & Officers, RMS 'Empire'. Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan'. (Australia's first Olympian and first Olympic gold medallist; very rare…