The most sought after Olympic memorabilia
August 25, 2008
Beijing’s most successful Olympian Michael Phelps, with eight gold medals under his belt, consumes an unbelievable 12,000 calories a day. However, neither he nor his physicians have any cause for worry as the calories are also burnt in time for each meal.
Meanwhile, as the Beijing Olympics concluded, smart marketers rushed in to sell items identified by the Beijing icons – the famous gold medal winners - ranging from the domain name ‘Phelpsean’ to basketball players’ shoes.
The US swimmer was the most sought after on internet auction websites. Karen Bard, a spokeswoman for eBay, said the number of items related to 23 year-old ace swimmer, Phelps, had soared to 738% in the past 30 days. Karen added,
“One of the highest priced sold items was an autographed Olympic Speedoswim cap from a special appearance he did in 2004. 19,755 Olympic items had been sold in the past 90 days.”
The most expensive item on offer related to Phelps was the sale of all domains for the word ‘Phelpsean’. According to Wolfram Gauglitz, he derived the word from Herculean and suggested it meant having enormous strength, courage, or size as well as pertaining to Michael Phelps. This is a fitting tribute to the super-swimmer’s incredible accomplishment.
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