You can find out more details or buy this piece of epicness here: http://item.ly/3005759879191984 ADM BRASS BELT BUCKLE LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS 1ST ED
No. 1938
This is a NEW never worn belt buckle I bought it during the
1984 LOS ANGLES Summer Olympics.
It has only been on display in my show cabinet
I ran across this art today and want to share. It's a nice looking poster by the artist known as Signalnoise. Here is some more info he posted about the creation of it:You can find out more info here:
A while back I was commissioned by the mighty Nike Running to develop some t-shirt designs for their 2011 line. I enjoy working with the folks at Nike as they always send over fully realized briefs on what they are looking for while leaving the execution quite open for me to experiment and have fun. Perfect freelance situation to be in.
I came across this Obey shirt in a small shop in Fullerton a little while back. The logo is a riff on the 1984 Olympics logo. I snapped a quick pic with my phone, but I wish I would have bought it. I haven't been able to find it since.
Man this thing looks awesome. I don't know what I would ever do with it but it would be cool to own such a beautiful piece of olympic history. As of this posting it is going for $3,450.00 with 2 bids.
Description from the auction:
Up for auction is a classic piece of modern sports memorabilia and quite possibly the most beautiful torch ever designed. Once in a blue moon you see one pop up for sale or auction, but not one in this condition. This piece is an official issue 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Torch, number 4969 of 5000 made. This piece is being offered by my father who was the Chief Medical Officer at the baseball events during the '84 Olympics. As with all high ranking LAOOC members, he was presented with a torch at the conclusion of the games. He is downsizing his enormous Olympic collection due to his retirement move out of state with my mother. He plans to only retain his player memorabilia and pins. As with all 1984 torches, this one has been lit. Don't let someone fool you into believing that they have a brand new, never lit torch available. The Olympic flame was briefly carried by all manufactured L.A. torches, even those not in the official torch run from Greece. This includes the approximately 2000 special issue torches for dignitaries, LAOOC members and sponsors. After all, how can it be called an Olympic torch without having had the Olympic flame burn in it? There have been frequent reports of only 3000 torches being made but this is false. The initial production run was 3000 for the torch relay portion of the games. These were 'sold' to those who could afford the $2,500 donation (1982 dollars) to the LAOOC, which allowed the donor to run a short leg with the flame and keep his/her torch as a souvineer. The additional production of 2000 was used to reward those involved on different levels. This torch, with serial #4969, makes it one of the final few ever produced. Since this one was not part of the relay, it has been spared from damaging elements such as sun and rain, and has avoided sweat and dirt from prolonged human contact. The leather still smells new! The brass is flawless and the interior bowl only shows the faintest remnants of fire. It has been in storage in it's original case for 20 years, and comes with all paperwork and even extra Torch fuel!
Olympic memorbilia is some of the toughest pieces to come across for those not specifically involved in the games. It is also the hottest collectable in sports once again. Official tickets and metals to Olympic games have been selling for thousands at the brick and mortar auction houses. Due to their beauty and scarcity (people rarely part this this type of piece), torches continue to be the most popular and desired piece after individual Olympic pins. The 1984 torch was issued in a run of only 5000 which makes it one of the hardest to find in the last 30 years. Atlanta and Sydney for example, issued more than 15,000 torches.
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