The men's long jump silver medal from the 1936 Berlin Olympics was sold at a public auction for $488,750, making it the most valuable silver medal ever sold. Long died while serving in the army.
One of sport's most enduring images is Jesse Owens' friendship with another person. The 1936 Olympics were turned into a German show. After Owens set an Olympic men's long jump record, Long embraced Owens and walked arm-in-arm with Hitler.
It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me. "You can get rid of all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a tribute to the friendship I had with Luz Long at that time," he said.
One of Jesse Owens' golds from the Olympics is the most expensive medal ever sold. An Owens gold sold for more than one million dollars, a record for a gold medal and a piece of Olympic history. The original Olympic Manifesto, which sold for $8.8 million at the end of last year, is the new record-holder.
The previous record-high sale for a silver medal was under $100,000.
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