The Sydney exhibition for the forthcoming Property from the Estate of the Late Murray Rose AM, Sydney auction will be open to the public from Friday 2 December to Tuesday 6 December, from 10 am – 5 pm, and on Wednesday 7 December from 10 am – 2 pm, at 30 Queen Street, Woollahra. 

Comprising a highly important collection of medals within the history and development of Australian sport, Smith & Singer are honoured to present, on behalf of the Rose Family, the four Olympic gold and four British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medals won by swimming legend Murray Rose AM, between 1956 and 1962.  The collection represents the most significant sale of Olympic gold medals to be offered publicly at auction in Australia.  

Of the four Olympic gold medals on offer, one is the medal awarded to Murray Rose as part of the team who won the 4 x 200m men’s freestyle swimming relay final race held on 3 December 1956 as part of the Games of the XVI Olympiad in Melbourne ( lot 1, estimate $60,000 – 80,000,) and the other, for winning the 400m men’s freestyle swimming final race held on 4 December 1956 as part of the Games of the XVI Olympiad in Melbourne (lot 2, estimate $60,000 – 80,000,).  

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