The Fall of a Golden Relic: How a Barcelona Olympic Champion’s Commemorative Can is Worth Only 50 Yuan After 19 Years

Nineteen years after securing a historic judo gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, former Chinese athlete Zhuang Xiaoyan saw a rare commemorative Jianlibao gold can she preserved in her wardrobe valued at just 50 yuan on a television appraisal program, highlighting the shifting market realities of vintage sports memorabilia. According to domestic media … Read more