b'148OLYMPIC GAMES986THE FIRST SUB-FOUR-MINUTE MILE: Attractively framed & glazed limited edition print, signed by SIR ROGER BANNISTER, showing him breaking the wire in May 1954 to record the first time anyone had run a mile in less than four minutes. Overall 69 x 53.5cm. $100125 987No Lot9881988 CALGARY WINTER OLYMPICS Limited edition colour lithographic poster by Ken Wesman, titled Citius, Altius, Fortius, 88, numbered 174/288, titled and signed by the artist in the lower margin. Framed and glazed, overall 78 x 88cm. $80120989BRITISH OLYMPIC LEGENDS limited edition print by Gary Keane, with the original signatures of Lynn Davies, Mary Peters, Daley Thompson, Vess Sanderson, Steven Redgrave & Sally Gunnell. CofA affixed verso. Framed & glazed, 84 x 89cm. $1001509909901896 Athens Olympics, bronze participation medal; 50mm; designed by N. Lytras; seated Nike holding laurel wreath over phoenix emerging from flames, Acropolis in background. Lovely condition. .$8001,0009919911896 Athens Olympics Gilt Bronze Participation Medal, gifted to prominent officials and elite athletes from this historic Olympiad, the offered medal is by W. Pittner, Austria is extremely scarce. The design is identical to the solid bronze and silvered bronze participation medals presented to most competitors and officials at these first modern Olympic Games. Beautifully preserved, the surfaces of this gem are original and lustrous as struck. Brilliant, proof-like fields and accompanied by its original, velvet-lined presentation box. Weight is 58.3 grams.The immolation of the phoenix and emergence from the ashes symbolizes the rebirth of the Olympic Games after a hiatus of more than 1,500 years.[N.B. RR Auctions, New Hampshire, USA sold a similar example in January 2022 for US$5,729 incl. BP.] $3,0005,0009921924 Paris, VIII Summer Olympics: OFFICIAL POSTCARDS: Nice group of 4 comprising of #399 (coxed fours of France); #400 (110m hurdles); #421 (coxed fours of Great Britain) & #444 (eights crew of Belgium). Fine condition.$120150'