Items owned by prominent Australian sporting figures Nathan Buckley and Maureen Caird scooped the pool at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions May 1 Sporting Memorabilia sale when almost 600 lots went under the hammer.
Caird’s 1968 Mexico City Olympic gold medal for winning the 80-metres hurdle event (lot 584) was a bonanza $36,000 on a $20,000-$25,000 catalogue estimate – showing yet again how much Olympic memorabilia is prized among collectors.
Several other items...