Chapter 260: Olympic Gold Medal
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Soon Jin Muchen found clues in one of the partitions of this receiver, and the color of the partition was slightly different from the color of the wooden board of the original receiver.
It should also be a very old wooden board, nailed to the original receiver partition, with a slight difference in color, if you are careless, you can't see it at all, but you can't hide Jin Muchen's eyes with extraordinary eyesight.
He carefully removed the partition from the receiver, and a small cloth bag fell from it, along with a yellowed photograph.
It was a black-and-white photograph of a white man, a black man, and a horse.
The white man was a middle-aged fat man, dressed in an old suit from the thirties and forties of the last century, with a tie and a bowler hat, and he smiled happily.
The black man, on the other hand, had an unhappy face, wearing a vest and shorts, and next to him was a horse.
Looking at this yellowed black and white photo, Jin Muchen felt very strange, and even a little confused, but this black man made him feel a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't figure out where he came from.
couldn't think of it, so he simply didn't want to, Jin Muchen picked up the small cloth bag again, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be surprised.
It is a heavy gold medal, the back of the gold medal is the motif of the Colosseum, and the front is the image of the goddess of victory, who holds a palm leaf in her left hand, a wreath representing the victor in her right hand, and on the right side of the goddess is engraved the words 1936, Berlin.
It was a gold medal from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Think about the yellowed photo you found before.
Jin Muchen felt in his mind. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed. And it was a black bolt of lightning.
A man's name gradually came to his mind, Jesse. Owens!
The legendary athlete who has been called the greatest athlete of the twentieth century, the legendary athlete who broke five world records in 45 minutes and won four gold medals in one Olympic Games.
But anyone who likes sports, I'm afraid no one has never heard of this name.
At the last Olympics before World War II in the last last century of the last century, the black athlete who made Hitler lose face, after his death, American sports magazines set up a Jesse dedicated to him. Owens Award. A great athlete in the history of world sports that must not be missed.
Like a lot of black athletes, Jesse. Owens showed extraordinary athletic talent at a young age, he loved rugby and football, but because his family was poor, he could not afford to buy protective gear, and in the end he had to choose sports such as high jump and sprinting, which did not require the purchase of protective gear.
Later at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jesse. Owens won the gold medals in the 100-meter run, 200-meter run, long jump and 4x100-meter relay.
But even with such a great achievement. After returning to the United States, it did not make him famous. At that time, even though he was a four-time Olympic champion, he still faced the dilemma of losing his job when he returned home.
In addition, he was black, so he could only enjoy the segregation system of the US government at the time, and he could only get on the bus from the back door and sit in the colored area.
Later, he had to drop out of university because he had no money to pay tuition, and then had to do all kinds of hard labor in order to support his family.
And the title of four Olympic champions, not only did not bring him the honor he deserved, but instead left him with a heavy burden.
People like to let him race against other people, if it's fine just with people, but people also like to let him race with motorcycles, even horses, and dogs.
Thinking about the previous photo, Jin Muchen speculated that this should be Jesse back then. Owens had to go to a humiliating game in order to support his family.
Looking at the horse and the white man, maybe this guy was the organizer of the race at the time.
Jin Muchen felt very sorry for the greatest athlete of the last century, he was born at the wrong time, if he was born in modern times, I am afraid he would have been a hero in the hearts of many people.
It wasn't until after entering the fifties that Jesse. Owens's life gradually improved with the rise of the civil rights movement in the United States.
The black awakening movement has made many people no longer see him as a black man, but truly regard him as an Olympic champion.
The Olympic Organizing Committee has also invited him many times to be the spokesperson of the Olympic Games, and he is often active in the international sports arena.
And the American sports magazine even rated him as "the greatest track and field athlete in the history of the Olympic Games since 1900" for the first time in that era, and it was this honor that kept him from having a miserable old age.
In 1980, the greatest athlete of the last century died of illness in Arizona.
Since then, he has become a legend in the hearts of many Americans, and many stories about him have been widely circulated, and even in Cleveland, where he was born, people have changed a road to Jesse. Owens Avenue as a tribute to the great athlete.
In the world of antiques, the most popular legend about the sports star is the four gold medals he won at the Berlin Olympics.
As a record black American, Jesse. Owens' gold medal is a very popular item in the American antiques market.
In Berlin that year, he won a total of four gold medals, but only one has been handed down to the present day and is known to the world.
The other three are all missing, and it is for this reason that Jesse is often found on the market every once in a while. The news of Owens' gold medal came out, but not surprisingly, those so-called Jesses. Ninety-nine percent of Owens' gold medals were fakes.
The only piece that was identified was a piece he gave to a friend after he returned to the United States.
After returning to the United States from Germany, Jesse. Owens dropped out of Ohio State University because he couldn't afford to pay his tuition and began looking for a job.
However, because of the color of his skin, the process of finding a job did not go well, and he ran into walls everywhere, and finally another black American, Bill. Robinson helped him find a job in the entertainment industry.
This Bill. Robinson was a well-known dancer and comedy star in the black American community at the time.
Jessie. As a token of his gratitude, Owens gave him one of his gold medals.
Later, in 2006, the gold medal was put up for auction and ended up being auctioned off by the owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey team, Lang. Pokel won it for more than $1.4 million.
This is also the only one in the world that has been confirmed to be genuine. Owens' gold medal.
As for his other three gold medals, their whereabouts are still unknown.
Unexpectedly, he actually found one today, which made Jin Muchen feel very excited, in fact, if it is worth it, this Jesse. Owens' gold medal may not be as valuable as some of the other antiques he has found.
But he was even happier that the process of finding this gold medal was so interesting, it was like a treasure hunting expedition, although there was not much danger, but the process of this treasure hunt was still full of fun.
Although this gold medal is not clearly marked on it, it belongs to Jesse. Owens' gold medal that year, but Jin Muchen can conclude that this should definitely be Jesse that year. Owens' gold medal is undoubted.
You must know that after returning to the United States from Germany, in order to support his family, Jesse did everything at that time, and even he should be regarded as Jin Muchen's peer senior.
According to records, after returning to the United States and being dropped out of Ohio State University, the first job he found was as a porter at a nearby supermarket distribution center.
Later, he also worked as a dock stevedore, as well as shoe repair.
Later, in order to attract customers, the owners of some entertainment venues invited him to perform, and the project of the performance was to race with people, or with motorcycles, or with horses or dogs.
In fact, this is the same reason as a few years ago, when a casino in Las Vegas invited Tyson to be a welcome at their door, just to create a gimmick and attract customers.
And this yellowed photo should be Jesse back then. Owens was photographed after being asked to run with a horse at an entertainment venue.
Maybe he was really strapped for money at the time, so he finally sold the gold medal in his hand to someone at the time, and that person took the gold medal home.
But at that time, Jesse. Owens didn't have much social status, and his gold medal wasn't as valuable as it is now, so maybe he just threw this gold medal and that photo away, and then somehow hid it in this gramophone.
In the end, it was passed on to his own hands!
But anyway, today this Jesse. Owens' gold medal is seen again, and Jin Muchen pondered whether he should find a cabinet, put it up, and put it in the VIP exhibition hall on the second floor, just like other top exhibits.
In this way, there is one more gimmick in this exhibition hall, Jesse. Owens' gold medal, to put it mildly, is quite impressive.
It may not be as valuable as the porcelain of Severr, nor as valuable as the two exquisite Qianlong table clocks, but its fame is absolutely undoubted, this is the gold medal of the greatest track and field athlete of the last century, which is a very remarkable gimmick.
Maybe after the news spreads, the customers who were getting scarce will be pulled back again?
As soon as he thought of this, Jin Muchen's waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer numb, and his body was also strong, so he found the toolbox and began to repair the gramophone.
This Olympic commemorative version of the gramophone is also a good thing, and you can't just let it break in your own hands. (To be continued......)