The silver medal of Luz Long, the German long jumper who embraced Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics after losing to the American, sold for $488,435 at auction — a record for an auctioned silver medal.
The silver medal of Luz Long, the German long jumper who embraced Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics after losing to the American, sold for $488,435 at auction — a record for an auctioned silver medal.