"The Father of Modern Olympics" Baron Coubertin's speech
The French Baron Coubertin, who is called the father of the modern Olympics, was auctioned for the manuscript of the speech calling for the Olympics to be held, and was awarded the highest ever price of about 960 million yen related to sports.
The highest bid ever made is a manuscript of a speech that Baron Coubertin, the French educator and father of the modern Olympics, called for the Olympics in Paris, France in 1892.
According to auction company Sotheby's, the manuscript is written in French over 14 pages, and there are several marks left by Baron Coubertin correcting the text while thinking about the sentence, about 8.8 million dollars on the 18th, approximately in Japanese yen It was awarded for 960 million yen.
The manuscript states that “Democratic and international sporting events can bring more peace than treaties in diplomacy” and appeals to the significance of hosting the Olympics.
Two years after the speech, the IOC = International Olympic Committee was established, leading to the realization of the first modern Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
According to the auction company, the winning bid was initially expected to be 1 million dollars, but it was actually about 9 times higher than ever.