Miscellaneous

Lot 5449    Session 19 (4.30pm Friday)    Miscellaneous

Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $180

OLYMPIC GAMES 2000, the extremely rare publications for use as the bid books for 2000 Olympic Games, prepared as promotion publications and printed for the Australian Government in 1993; all are in the required French and English languages and are profusely illustrated with colourful theme pictures; the various publications includes Sydney 2000 "share the spirit" theme one, a publication on 'Olympic Information', 363 pages (where and how all the events will be staged); another publication similar on 'General Information', 99 pages; a third publication on 'Technical Information' 87 pages; these all housed in a large Sydney 2000 library storage binder; together with a large 'Corporate Portfolio' housed in a cliplock folder with many colourful parts. All the publications were printed by the Pot Still Press for the Australian Government with an edition of 600 for members of the Olympic Committee. The entire collection is housed in its own prepared and labelled sealed box. A unique example of Olympic memorabilia, the first we believe to come on the market in as new condition. (lot)