Beijing Olympics torch of the first film a Xiangyun sold 260,000

In the day before yesterday at the Beijing Olympic Expo at the China Guardian Auction, a torch Xiangyun the fall of the hammer to 260,000 yuan, plus commission, the final transaction price for 291,200 yuan. It is reported that the Beijing Olympic torch is also the first time in public market transactions.

The day before yesterday afternoon at the "Olympic auction" event, the Olympic torch become the most attention the auction, from the Berlin Olympic Torch, Olympic torch to Athens Olympics torch have登场. Beijing Olympic Games due to positive during the Xiangyun torch sought after by many buyers. Guardian auction house said that the auction belongs to the individual torch, because of customer privacy, they refused to disclose the seller, the buyer of the relevant information.

It is learnt that the bid prices even more than the first time in the history of the Olympic torch relay held the torch --- 1936 Berlin Olympics torch is 168,000 yuan of the transaction price, and the remaining sessions of the Olympic torch prices basically 50000-7 Million.
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BOCOG: not to encourage commercial betrayed torch

Precious Olympic torch sold is reasonable and yesterday, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee torch relay Center official said, on behalf of the sacred torch, purity, BOCOG does not encourage the torch for commercial selling. But the organising committee can not restrict the torch of the torch, because after the torch relay is presented to the torch, "This is a personal belonging."

The responsible person said, with the previous torch relay different, to buy their own torch to be the torch, the torch of the Beijing Olympic Games is the main selection of torchbearers bought after the gift. He said that the International Olympic Committee in how to handle the torch torch also no strict rules, just do not support the torch will be used for commercial purposes.

The person in charge, Beijing Olympic Games torch manufacturers Lingli Run production is almost the torch to torch BOCOG purchase cost less than the previous Olympic Games, probably in about 1500 yuan. (This article Source: Beijing News Author: Liu Yang Zhou Han)