2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Torch & Runners Suit
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GUEST:
I brought my Olympic torch. In 2002, I got to run the Olympic torch. My husband nominated me, and I got to do it. It was surreal, it was, it was absolutely incredible. I got to run three-and-a-half blocks.
APPRAISER:
Mm-hmm.
GUEST:
Which doesn't sound like very much. And I practiced and practiced, and then we got out to where I was actually running, and I found out that there was a hill, so yeah. So, and-and you know what? If I'm being honest, I didn't run. I ran maybe 30 seconds, and then I kind of sauntered because you run with a partner.
APPRAISER:
Mm-hm.
GUEST:
And my partner kept saying, "Slow down; this is the only time you get to do this, slow down, don't let it go too fast." When you first go to the place where they ask you to come, they ask you if you'd like to buy the torch. And at that point I was like, well, you know, it's, it's a lot of money, it was $360. So I bought it. And then after I ran the torch, it was like, you'd, you'd have to pry this out of my hands to get it from me.
APPRAISER:
Right. Right.
GUEST:
So it was a good thing I bought it.
APPRAISER:
You have your runner's outfit as well?
GUEST:
I do.
APPRAISER:
What do you think they're worth?
GUEST:
Oh, I don't know-- at least $360.
APPRAISER:
Okay.
GUEST:
Please tell me.
APPRAISER:
Okay. Well, at auction, we would expect the torch to sell for $2,000...
GUEST:
(gasps)
APPRAISER:
...to $3,000.
GUEST:
(gasps) No way. (laughing) And what about the outfit?
APPRAISER:
And your runner's outfit...
GUEST:
One size fits all!
APPRAISER:
Yeah, yeah, but they're very collectible too.
GUEST:
Really?
APPRAISER:
We would expect that to sell for, at auction, $1,000 to $2,000.
GUEST:
Oh, incredible. I am ver-- I really am very surprised.
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