As athletes around the globe prepare to go for gold in Tokyo next year, a 127-year-old artifact that outlines the very foundation of the modern Olympic Games is set to claim a hefty purse, Reuters reports.
The original Olympic Games manifesto is expected to pull in as much as $1 million when it hits the auction block next week, according to auctioneer Sotheby’s.
The document, penned by International Olympic Committee founder Pierre de Coubertin in 1892, outlines the rationale for resurrecting the ancient Greek Games and advocates for athletic pursuit outside the parameters of military training.
"There’s no international organization that has existed relatively unchanged for 125 years and one that really promotes peace," Richard Austin, head of Sotheby’s Books & Manuscripts Department in New York, told Reuters.