Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

1769, Great Britain. SHAKESPEARE JUBILEE, STRATFORD. By John Westwood Sr. Silver 32mm. OBV: Bust of Shakespeare facing right. REV: Inscription. BHM 136, MI I 208/43, Eimer 731, Ogden 45. Good very fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S20-5658

1938, Chad. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY. AE 62mm. Obv: A caduceus and symbols of commerce, agriculture and industry. Rev: An armorial shield. A couple of lighter spots and color slightly uneven on the reverse, otherwise extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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1963, U.S.A. THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD. By Joseph A. Coletti. AE 73mm. Obv: Two angels. Rev: A great frigate bird soaring against the constellation of Scorpius. Sixty-eighth issue of the Society of Medalists. Edge B. Alexander 68.1. Reported production of 875 in bronze. In a Society of Medalists cardboard box with a photocopied descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $55. Sorry, SOLD

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1772, Great Britain. DAVID GARRICK, ACTOR, LAUDATORY MEDAL. By Lewis Pingo. AE 40mm. Obv: Draped bust of David Garrick facing right. Rev: Three muses. BHM 160, Eimer 746, Fearon 223.2, Svardstadt 73. Nearly extremely fine. $350. Sorry, SOLD

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Undated (circa 1895), France. HORTICULTURE. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. Silver plaquette 48mm x 61mm. Obv: Two females in classical dress, attending a potted plant. Rev: a small child seated under a tree. Cat. Gen vol. 3 175/F, Maier 122. Extremely fine. $180. Sorry, SOLD ? Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis, French painter, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1849. At the age of seventeen he entered l??cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts. In 1868 he won second prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. He was made an officer of the L?gion d?honneur in 1898. Daniel-Dupuis died in 1899, when he was killed by his wife.

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1860, Austria. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, VIENNA. Unsigned. AE 43mm. Obv: Bust of St. Joseph. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $60.? Sorry, SOLD

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1964, Great Britain. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. By Paul Vincze. Silver 57mm. OBV: Bust of William Shakespeare facing left. REV: A kneeling male holding a lighted torch and an open book and a seated female holding the masks of comedy and tragedy. Eimer 2103. Cased. $135. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2024) ——— Paul Vincze (1907-1994), the son of a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother was born in Hungary. He studied at the High School of Arts and Crafts in Budapest and later in the studio of E. Telcs. In 1935 he won a scholarship to study in Rome. In 1937 he moved to England and eventually became a British citizen. He worked out of a studio in Chelsea, but later moved to the south of France, where he died. He is noted for an extensive body of medals.

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SKU: 2811-16467-10T

France. MME. ROLAND. By David D?Angers. Uniface cast from a cracked mold 152mm. Reinis 408. $350. Sorry, SOLD ———- Pierre-Jean David, known as David d?Angers, was born at Angers on March 12 1788. His father was a sculptor. David studied under Marchand and Jean-Jacques Delusse at l??cole centrale d?Angers between 1806 and 1807. In 1811 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for a bas relief of ?Mort d??paminondas.? After his stay in Rome, he traveled through France to London, where he met Flaxman and worked with him on a monument to the Duke of Wellington. He returned to France in 1818 He quickly established his reputation and was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’honneur in 1825 and was elected as a member of l?Institut de France in the following year. He served as a professor at l??cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He is celebrated for many sculptures, but especially for his extensive series of portrait medallions. David died in Paris on January 6 1856,

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SKU: 11981-P7

1824, France. STEPHANIE FELICIT? DUCREST DE ST. ALBIN, COMPTESSE DE GENLIS, Writer. By Peuvrier. AE 42mm. Obv: Veiled bust of Stephanie Felicit? de St. Albin facing left. Rev: Inscription. BDM 4/472. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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1958, Belgium. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SOCIETE METALLURGIE DE HOBOKEN. By Dupagne. Bronze 80mm. OBV: A foundryman. REV: An industrial plant. In a damaged contemporary circular cardboard box. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2021)

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SKU: S19-12099

1792, France. >HONOR? GABRIEL RIQUETI,? COMPTE DE MIRABEAU, Statesman. By Andr? Galle. Bell metal 34.5mm. Obv: Head of Mirabeau facing left. Rev: Inscription. Hennin 405, Julius 238. Nearly extremely fine, edge a little uneven. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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1902, France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, PARIS. By Massonet. AE-gilt 58mm. OBVERSE: A seated female holding up a wreath. REVERSE: A female leaning over a circular compartment. $95. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10742-10P