Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1894,France. THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT SADI CARNOT. By Louis Oscar Roty. Plaquette. Bronze 57mm x 80mm. Marianne, with her head bowed, standing before the draped body of Sadi Carnot. Rev: A group of women in classical dress carrying his coffin towards a church. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 258/A, Art of the Medal 323. $150. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2023). ———– Louis Oscar Roty (1846-1911) was born at Paris. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1875.? In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. He was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance.

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SKU: 8801-18252-11A

 

1860, Italy. MILAN CATHEDRAL. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze 59mm. OBV: Exterior view of the cathedral. REV: Interior view looking down the nave. Hoydonck 177, Reinecke 47, Ross M229. A couple of slight digs on the reverse above the exergual line. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 19138-7B

 

France. M. J. MOTIER MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of the Marquis De Lafayette facing left. Rev: A sword breaking a shackle. $120. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2020). ———–

Pierre Turin (1891-1968) was a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. In 1920 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. He created many medals, often with a bold, Art Deco style.

Price: $120.00

SKU: J1683-15472-2S

 

1862, Great Britain. LOCAL PRIZE FOR SUCCESS IN ART. By William Wyon. Bronze 55mm. Obv: “Penny Black” portrait of Victoria, left. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Edge engraved: CHARLES A. JOCKEL. EDINBURGH. STAGE 22B. $80. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022)

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SKU: 18066-11A

 

1854, Great Britain. Art Union of Great Britain. JOHN FLAXMAN (1755-1825), sculptor. By Henry Weigall. Bronze 55mm. Obv: Bust of Flaxman facing left. Rev: Mercury supporting Pandora and flying left. Edge inscribed: ART-UNION OF LONDON 1854. Beaulah 6, BHM 2530, Eimer 1479. Small edge nick on the reverse at “6 o’ clock.” $175. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021)

The commission for this medal was originally given to W. Wilson and was intended to be issued in 1847. In 1848, when the medal still had not been produced, the thirty winners of the silver medals were given the option of selecting either a medal of Chantrey or Reynolds. It still had not been delivered in 1849 and the job was passed to William Wyon. In 1851 Wyon reported a delay due to an accident. He died later in the year, which led to the work being passed to Henry Weigall. In 1854 thirty new prize winners were presented with the silver medal, the winners of 1847 presumably having selected either of the alternatives offered a few years earlier.

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SKU: 17790-9A

 

1809, France, Italy. ROME UNITED WITH THE FRENCH EMPIRE. By Bertram Andrieu. Copper 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: An eagle flying above a river god, the Temple of Jupiter in the background. Bramsen 848, D?Essling 1235, Julius 2088, Schwering 1165, Todd p.54, Zeitz 103. $225. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

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SKU: 3004-19318-8B

 

France. MAURITANIE. By Emile Monier. AE 59mm. Obv: The head of a native from Mauritania. Rev: A map of Mauritania; a building in the background. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 260/A. Some spots. $150. ——— From Monier?s series of portraits of native Africans: Cote-D?Ivoire, Dahomey, Guin?e, Haute-Volta, Mauritanie, Niger, S?n?gal, Soudan produced for the French Colonial Exposition of 1930. ———–

?mile Monier, sculptor and medallist was born in 1883. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and in the studios of Ponscarme and Peter. In the course of his career he received numerous honors and became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Monier died in 1970.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 3693-16855-5A

 

1932, France. THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF COMPTOIR FRANCAIS DE L?AZOTE. By Paul-Marcel Dammann. Bronze 81mm. Obv: A youth with two cows standing before a female holding a sickle. Rev: Ears of wheat. $175. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2024) ——–Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born in 1885 at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

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SKU: 6080-16083-1T

 

1864, Great Britain. HOME FOR LITTLE BOYS, HANBURY MEMORIAL PRIZE. By J.S. & A.B. Wyon. AE 51mm. Obv: Head of Princess Alexandra facing left. Rev: An inscribed ribbon. Cased. Extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-6903

 

1930, Belgium. ALFRED MARTOUGIN, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, ANTWERP. By Josu? Dupon. Plaquette AE 53mm x 82mm. Obv: A half figure of Alfred Martougin with his arms folded. Rev: A three-arched gateway. Extremely fine. $80. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-9536

 

800×600 Undated (1948), France. ESCADRILLE NORMANDIE-NIEMEN, Aviator. By Albert David. AE 68mm. Obv: A standing figure of Escadrille Normandie-Niemen. Rev: Two airplanes, an armorial shield and military decorations. Cat. Gen. vol. 4 554/B. Extremely fine. $65 Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S7-E8345

 

1925, U.S.A. THE BULL TERRIER CLUB OF AMERICA. Unsigned. Silver 51mm. Obv: The head and shoulders of a bull terrier. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Nearly extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-8840

 

1982, France. L’ART DE LA COIFFURE. Signed E.M. Bronze 69mm. Obv: Two heads, scissors, a comb and a tress of hair. Rev: Three Roman women attending to the hair of another. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2021)

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SKU: E-4024

 

1823, Great Britain. WILLIAM WELLESLEY-POLE, LORD MARYBOROUGH, Master of the Mint. By Benedetto Pistrucci. Bronze 50mm. Obv: ?Head of William Wellesley-Pole facing right. Rev: Inscription. BHM 1211, Eimer 1167. $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 4826-19993-4C

 

1742, Great Britain. CHARLES SPENCER, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. By Jacques-Antoine Dassier. Bronze 55mm. Obv: Bust of the Duke facing right. Rev: Inscription within a cartouche. MI? II 568/202, pl. CLX/13, Eimer 568, Fearon 193.2, Eisler 292/5. $250.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 6598-18639-5B