1967 Eurovision medal fetches £4,000 at auction
Awarded to Bill Martin, who wrote 'Puppet on a String' with Phil Coulter.
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The medal awarded to Bill Martin, who wrote the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song "Puppet on a String" with Phil Coulter in 1967, sold at auction for £4,000 on Saturday, the BBC reports.
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The medal, given to the songwriter behind Sandie Shaw's winning entry in Vienna, Austria, was sold at John Rolfe's Auctioneers.
The auctioneer said he believes it is the first time a Eurovision medal has been sold at auction, the BBC reports.
Two other medals awarded to Bill Martin for co-writing winning songs for the BBC's "A Song for Europe" contest were also included in the lot.
One was for "Puppet on a String" in 1967, and the other for "Congratulations", performed by Cliff Richard, which came second in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest.
Each of those medals sold for £2,500.
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