New organisation to be launched at World Olympic Collectors Fair in Lausanne
By Nick Butler
Olympic aficionados from across the world are descending on Lausanne for the 20th World Olympic Collectors Fair this weekend, with the inaugural General Assembly of the Association Internationale des Collectionneurs Olympiques (AICO) adding extra significance.
Olympic aficionados from across the world are descending on Lausanne for the 20th World Olympic Collectors Fair this weekend, with the inaugural General Assembly of the Association Internationale des Collectionneurs Olympiques (AICO) adding extra significance.
The Olympic gold medal won by American "Miracle on Ice" star Mark Pavelich has sold for $262,900 (£156,255/€191,660) at an auction house in Dallas.
The original ball used in the 1936 Berlin Olympics basketball gold medal game between the United States and Canada will go on auction in Baltimore, where it is hoped to fetch between $250,000 (£149,000/€183,000) and $500,000 (£298,000/€366,000).
Belposhta, the Belarus post, has revealed a series of stamps featuring the nation's Sochi 2014 Olympic medallists as well as a special souvenir sheet featuring triple gold medallist Darya Domracheva, who has been dubbed the "Hero of Belarus".
A Stockholm 1956 Olympic Equestrian Games Torch has sold for $412,500 (£245,000/€297,000) - plus 15 per cent buyer's premium - at auction, making it the second most valuable Olympic Torch ever auctioned.
April 28 - South Korean figure skating star Yuna Kim has held a launch event for medals commemorating her retirement from the sport after twice postponing the event due to the Sewol ferry disaster.
April 27 - Sales of limited edition medals commemorating the career of retired South Korean figure skater Yuna Kim have been postponed here because of the ferry disaster which has killed at least 200 people. 
April 25 - A Stockholm 1956 Olympic Equestrian Games Torch is estimated to fetch $175,000 (£104,000/€127,000) when it goes to auction in the United States tomorrow.
April 20 - A second "Miracle on Ice" Olympic gold medal is set to go auction this week after Mark Pavelich, a member of the famous United States team, announced he will be selling his through a Dallas auction house.
April 17 - Royal Mail will issue a range of special Commonwealth Games stamps in July to mark the start of Glasgow 2014, it has been announced.
April 3 - A new batch of Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games pins for the Cayman Islands team has been made available for purchase by the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee (CIOC).
Premium editions of the specially designed Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games 50 pence coin have been released by the Royal Mint and are now available to purchase.
A specially designed 50 pence ($0.82/€0.60) coin to mark the staging of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 will be launched by The Royal Mint and enter circulation next year.
December 27 - Three stamps featuring famous Olympic ice hockey champions have been launched at a special ceremony at Moscow's CSKA Ice Sports Complex ahead of Sochi 2014.
December 8 - An anonymous bidder has paid $1,466,574 (£897,445/€1,070,056) for an Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at Berlin 1936, the highest price ever for a piece of Olympic memorabilia.
