Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1729, Great Britain. PRINCE FREDERICK CREATED PRINCE OF WALES. By Jean Dassier. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Bust of Prince Frederick on a pedestal between figures of Britannia and Fame; a putto, bearing his plumes and motto, hovers above. Rev: An eagle training her young one to fly. MI II 489/29, plate CXLIX/14, Eimer 516, Eisler p. 251/4. $175. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2020).

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SKU: 16053-1T

 

1958, Belgium.INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, BRUSSELS.By Marcel Rau. Gilt-bronze 80mm. Obv: A facing female bust. Rev: Two nude youths holding hands. $125. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2024) ———– Marcel Rau, sculptor and medallist, was born in Brussels on March 20 1886. He studied sculpture under Paul Dubois (1829-1905) at l’?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1909 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome for sculpture. Rau died in Brussels on June 29 1966.

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SKU: J9520-15315-11R

 

1902, Great Britain. CORONATION OF EDWARD VII. By Emil Fuchs. Pair of medals. AE 38mm and 20mm (with a loop). Obv: Conjoined, crowned busts, right. Rev: Britannia seated with Westminster Abbey in the background. BHM 3772. Extremely fine. $25 Sorry SOLD

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1810, France. THE ORPHANS OF THE LEGION D?HONNEUR.? By Bertrand Andrieu and Alexis Joseph Depaulis. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: A girl seated by a monument. Bramsen 980, D?Essling 1315, Julius 2314, Schwering 1231, Todd p.63, Zeitz 118. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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1964. Great Britain. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. By Paul Vincze. Silver 38mm. Obv: Bust of Shakespeare facing left. Obv: A male, on one knee, holding a lighted torch and an open book; opposite him a female holds the masks of Comedy and Tragedy. Eimer 2103b. Cased. $75. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2021)

Paul Vincze, the son of a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother was born in Hungary in 1907. 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 in 1994. He is noted for an extensive body of medals.

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SKU: 2973-16468-10T

 

1913, Belgium. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, GHENT. By Carl de Cock. AE 56mm. Obv: A nude male on a rearing horse. Rev: A shield and branches with an exposition building in the background. Extremely fine. $75 Sorry, SOLD

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1910, France. SOCI?T? PHILOMATHIQUE DE PARIS. Signed with an ?F.M.? monogram. Silvered-base metal plaquette 77mm x 90mm. Obv: A group of three allegorical females. Rev: An oak branch with a building in the background. Cased.Extremely fine. $175.? Sorry, SOLD

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1661, France. THE CREATION OF SIXTY CHEVALIERS DE L?ORDRE DU SAINT-ESPRIT. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: The enthroned king investing a chevalier. Divo 66, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 66. Rounded edge. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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1788, France. CHARLES JEAN-BAPTISTE DES GALOIS DE LA TOUR, FIRST PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENT. By Augustin Dupr?. AE 56mm. Obv: Bust of De la Tour, within a wreath, facing right. Rev: A male draped in a mantle holding aloft a wreath and holding a caduceus in his other hand. BDM I (revised) 648, Cat. Gen. Vol. 1 310/B. Color uneven, most noticeably on the reverse, otherwise extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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1903, Great Britain. WIGAN CAMERA CLUB. AE 45mm. Obv: A winged female above a camera and other objects. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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1916, Germany. TRIBUTE TO THE 1ST BAVARIAN FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT. By Arnold Zadikow. Oval 84mm x 59mm. Obv: Soldiers on horseback pulling a gun; airplane fly overhead. Rev: A crowned monogram. Nearly extremely fine. $225.? sorry, SOLD

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1896, Belgium. HYGIENE EXHIBITION. By Antoine Fisch. AE-gilt 55mm. Obv: Bust of Leopold II facing right. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $35. Sorry, SOLD

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1790, Mexico. PROCLAMATION OF CHARLES IV, QUERETARO. By G.A. Gil. AE 44mm. Obv: Bust of Charles IV facing right. Rev: A Roman soldier holding a flag in one hand and a shield in the other. Grove C153b. Pierced.Very fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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1896, Germany. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 15TH ARTILLERY REGIMENT. Unsigned. AE 40mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of Wilhelm II facing left. Rev: A large gun in front of a cathedral. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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1944, French Equatorial Africa. F?LIX ?BOU?, 1884-1944, Governor General. By Maurice Delannoy. AE 68mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of F?lix ?bou? facing left. Rev: The head of a female native; A map of Chad in the background. ?Cat. Gen. vol. 3 131/E. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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