Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1941, France. SYLVIE. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Uniface bronze plaquette 82mm x 92mm. OBVERSE: Head of Sylvie facing right. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: L15-13529-P7

 

Undated (circa 1930), France. AVIATION. By ?douard Fraisse. AE 50mm. OBV: A pilot in the cockpit of an airplane. REV: A rectangular tablet set against leaves. Extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S18-12253

 

France. FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE. By Georges Contaux (1891-1984). Bronze 50mm. OBVERSE: A figure reaching skyward for a comet. REVERSE: A globe set against stars. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: P5-13738-L14

 

Undated (circa 1930s), France. PENTTHLON AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONAL MILITAIRE. By Puiforcat. Uniface AE 61mm. OBV: A star on a winged globe. Nearly extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S19-12007

 

1852, Great Britain. ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, MEMORIAL. By George Gammon Adams. AE 60mm. Obv: Head of the Duke of Wellington facing right. Rev: Britannia seated in an attitude of mourning. BHM 2473, Eimer 1469, Eimer – Wellington 138, Bramsen 2077. Extremely fine. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: N-1615

 

1948, Belgian Congo. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOWER CONGO RAILROAD. By Arthur Dupagne. AE plaquette 93mm x 60mm. Van Craenbroek 45. OBVERSE: A monument with an image of natives with a train passing over a bridge in the background. REVERSE: Inscription. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13687-P7

 

(Circa 1930), France. PEASANT COUPLE BY THE FIRE. By Paul Niclausse (1879-1958). Uniface cast bronze 193mm x 143mm. $300. Sorry, SOLD. ———- Fran?ois-Paul (Paul) Niclausse was born on May 26 1879 at Metz (then annexed to the German Empire following the Franco-Prussian Wat). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris under Ponscarme and Gabriele-Jules Thomas and later joined the faculty as a professor. He was elected as a member of the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts and became a Soci?taire of the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, where he received an honorable mention in 1898 and a bronze medal in 1900. Niclausse was eventually made a chevalier de la L?gion d’honneur. He died at Paris on November 1 1958.

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SKU: S-13584-P7

 

(1931), France. ?CHANGE. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). AE plaquette 43mm x 71mm. Cat. Gen. Illustre vol. 3 341/H. $195. ———- Marcel Renard sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon in 1892. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs. Renard died in 1974

Price: $195.00

SKU: 6180-19331-12B

 

(Circa 1930s), French Colonies. CONFEDERATION NATIONALE DE LA BOUCHERIE FRANCAISE. By Jean Vernon (1897-1975). Silvered-bronze 69mm. OBVERSE: The heads of three figures representing the French colonies. REVERESE: An elephant and other animals emerging from a jungle. In a contemporary circular cardboard box. $625. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: L14-13591-P7

 

France. PORTEUSE DE FLEURS. By Pierre Turin. Uniface bronze, octagonal 51mm. OBVERSE: A woman carrying a basket of flowers on her shoulder. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 383/K. $125. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2022) —————– 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: 0172-2B

 

1815, Great Britain, Netherlands. THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NETHERLANDS. By Alexis Joseph Depaulis and LaFitte. AE 41mm. Obv: A bull standing before a British standard. Rev: A river god before an armed galley. Mudie 33, BHM 867, Bramsen 1607, Eimer 1066, Fearon 266.3, Schwering 1472. Nearly extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S05960

 

1932, France. AVOU?S PR?S LA COUR D?APPEL DE PARIS (Lawyers for the Court of Appeal of Paris). By Jules Clement Chaplain. Silver plaquette 56mm x 70mm. OBV: Two allegorical females. REV: Branches, flaming torch. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S21-11542

 

1800, France. ESSAI DE GENGEMBRE, ANTOINE-LAURENT DE LAVOISIER, Chemist 1743-1794. By Bertrand Andrieu. AE 26mm. Obv: Head of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier facing right. Rev: Inscription. Rev: Incuse inscription. D?Essling 14. Nearly extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: N1102

 

1547, England. HENRY VIII, MEMORIAL, Dassier’s medal. By Jean Dassier. Bronze 41mm. OBVERSE: Almost facing bust in a cap. Leg: HENRICUS . VIII . D . G . ANG . FR . ET HIB . REX. (Henry VIII, by the grace of God, king of England, France and Ireland). Rev: A square monument; at the side a bas-relief representing Hercules demolishing an altar, on which are the Papal tiara and keys; behind is the fire to which Henry consigned those who refused to acknowledge his supremacy; at the foot is Hymen, desponding, holding a lighted torch, symbolizing the one marriage undisolved at his death, while five extinguished torches at his feet typify his previous marriages. MI vol. I page 52/54, Eimer 27, Eisler I p. 259/22. $120. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2020).

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SKU: Q3903-15431-1S

 

MARY I, 1553-1558. By Jean Dassier. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Bust of Mary facing three-quarters right. Leg: MARIA . I . D . G. ANG . FR . ET. HIB . REGINA. (Mary, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland). Rev: A monument, seated before it, a figure of Popery holding a tiara and a cross. On the side of the monument hangs a medallion portrait of the Pope suirrounded by arms and implements of torture. Exergue: NATA . 18 . FEBRE . 1516 . cor . J . OCTOB . 1553 . MORT 17 . NOU . 1558. (Born February 18, 1516, crowned 1 October, 1553, died November 17, 1558). MI volume I, page 89/59., Eimer 38, Eisler I 260/24. $90. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2024)

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SKU: 6310-17372-7A