Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Undated (1922), France. LOUIS PASTEUR, Chemist, 1822-1895. By Georges-Henri Prud?homme. Bronze plaquette 52mm x 73mm. Obv: Bust of Louis Pasteur, above a branch, facing left. Rev: An allegorical female sitting at a laboratory bench. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 327H. $100. ———– Georges-Henri Prud?homme, sculptor and medallist was born in 1873. He was a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alph?e Dubois and sculpture under Falgui?re. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 be became a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Prud?homme died in 1947.

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SKU: 3446-17562-7A

 

1956, New Hebrides. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FRANCO-BRITISH CONDOMINIUM. AE 69mm. Obv: A totem. Rev: A palm tree, ship and map. Extremely fine. $95. Sorry, SOLD

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1959, Poland. CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF LUDOVIC ZAMENHOF, ophthalmologist and creator of Esperanto. AE 70mm. Obv: Almost facing bust. Rev: Inscription. A couple of insignificant spots, color slightly uneven, otherwise extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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1945, Luxembourg. TRIBUTE TO THE WAR LEADERSHIP OF GRAND DUCHESS CHARLOTTE. AE 70mm. Obv: Bust, left. Rev: Inscription within an oak wreath. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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1947, Monaco. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REIGN OF PRINCE LOUIS II. By Pierre Turin. bronze 72mm. OBV: Uniformed bust of Prince Louis II facing left. REV: An armorial shield above an inscription, rectangular compartment and branches. $100. ———- Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxi?me second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins. He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died on July 25 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

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SKU: 40032-9D

 

1954, Sweden. 50TH BIRTHDAY OF NILS LUDVIG RASMUSSON, Numismatist. By Carel. AE 56mm. OBV: Head facing left. REV: An ear of wheat and an owl. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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1881, Great Britain. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, RICHMOND, SURREY. By Joseph Shepherd and Alfred Benjamin Wyon. AE 45mm. Obv: A seated female with symbols of industry. Rev: A crowned armorial shield. Cased. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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1874, Great Britain. JOHN GIBSON, Sculptor. By Joseph Sheppard Wyon. AE 55mm. Obv: Head of Gibson facing left. Rev: Gibson?s ?Grecian Hunter and His Dog.? From the Art Union of London series. Beaulah 21, BHM 2982, Eimer 1636. Original Art Union of London case. Extremely fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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1924, Great Britain. THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION. By E. Carter Preston. Plaquette AE 78mm x 50mm. Obv: Britannia seated, holding a figure of Victory and attended by five attendants representative of British possessions on five continents. Rev: Inscription on a tablet. In its (slightly damaged) original cardboard box. Extremely fine. $300. Sorry, SOLD

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1904, France. L??L?GIE. By Pierre-Victor Dautel. Plaquette AE 40mm x 59mm. Obv: Bust of a woman facing left with her head tilted upwards. Rev: A tree with classical ruins in the background. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 121/F. Nearly extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S7-10869

 

Pierre-Victor Dautel (1873-1954), French sculptor and medallist was born at Valenciennes. He studied sculpture and architecture at the ?cole Acad?miques at Valenciennes and later studied sculpture at the ?cole Nationale et Sp?ciale des Beaux Arts at Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Dubois. He won various awards during his distinguished career and was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1929. Dautel died in 1954.

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1935, Belgium. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. By Armand Bonnetain. Uniface plaquette AE-gilt 80mm x 65mm. Obv: A winged female holding flowers in her outstretched hands. Some insignificant spots, extremely fine. $75. sorry, SOLD

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France. SOCI?T? D?OCEANOGRAPHIE DE COLLEGE DE GASCOGNE. By J. Joindy. Silver 69mm. Cased. Some slightly darker toning near the heads of the hippocampi. $240. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14702-5G

 

1889, France. OPENING OF THE PORT OF CALAIS. By Louis-Alexandre Bott?e (1852-1941, Grand Prix de Rome in 1878), Bronze 72mm. In a circular case. $150. ———– Louis-Alexandre Bott?e (1852-1941) was born in Paris. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a button-making manufactory, where he was responsible for engraving dies. He later studied at the ?cole des Art D?coratifs. In 1869 he joined the atelier of Paulin Tasset and in 1871 he joined the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Premiere Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1878 and a gold medal at the Salon of 1900. In 1903 he was made an Officier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: 6253-19129-3C