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Lot 527
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Torch Used in Relay
Sold for
$900
Sold Price includes BP
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For the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics, a team of designers and engineers from Georgia Tech were tasked with creating a modern and symbolic Olympic Torch. It incorporated a tapered body with vines in the shape of a stalactite. When lit, it resembled a fiery icicle in motion. The torch weighs 3 lbs. (6.6 kg) and measures 32 1/2" (83 cm) in length. It has three distinct sections: a 5" top section with an interior flame protector made of copper; a 15" midsection of silver-colored cast alloy engraved with the 2002 Winter Games logo, Olympic rings and "SALT LAKE 2002"; and finally a 12" bottom section of shiny silver aluminum etched with the theme of these Games, "light the fire within." The diameter expands from a 1/2 inch at the bottom to around 3 1/2 inches at the oval flame opening on top.
This torch used in the relay (sticker numbered "108" on the chrome handle) comes with its internal fuel canister, but it is missing the glass top that surrounds the flame (fairly common among used examples). Overall, it displays heavy wear with some black marks on one side of the shaft. The flame relay went across Greece and the United States. The 1980 "Miracle on Ice" gold-medal winning U.S. Men's Hockey team lit the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremonies, marking the first time an entire team was chosen for such an important task.
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