Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1939, Germany. ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE. By Karl Goetz. Oval cast AE 110mm x 75mm. Variety without “SPENDE 1940” in the reverse field. Obv: Facing busts of the Counts Spee. Rev: A sinking battle ship.? Kienast 565. Extremely fine. $525. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S7-11023

 

France. APICULTURE. By Raoul Lamourdedieu. Bronze plaquette 45mm x 55mm. Obv: A bee-keeper removing a honeycomb?; beehives in the background. Rev: Flowers on either side of a rectangular tablet. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 223/G. $125. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2022)————- Raoul Eug?ne Lamourdedieu (1877-1953) was born at Faugerolles (Lot-et-Garonne). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts at Bordeaux. He won the Prix de la Ville de Bordeaux at the age of twenty. He moved to Paris and studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts. Be became a professor at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, a member of La Soci?t? Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d?Automne. He created numerous medals and sculpture in carved wood and other materials.

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SKU: 6817-16226-8T

 

1868, France. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME EXPOSITION, LE HAVRE. By Trotin and Hamel. AE 61mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of Napoleon III and the Prince Imperial, left. Rev: Dolphins supporting a shield.Collignon 1960. Nearly extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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1833, France. THE COLUMN OF THE VENDOME RESTORED. By Duclos. AE 35mm. Obv: Statue of Napoleon. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Bramsen 1914, Collignon 1037. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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1848, France. EUGENE CAVIGNAC. Unsigned. WM 78mm. OBV: Three compartments showing various figures. De Saulcy -. Good very fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: SK11-N1425

 

MANNING, Elfrida. Marble & Bronze. The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft. London and New Jersey, 1982. 216 pages. Illustrated in the text. 7.75″ x 10.25. Hard cover with dust jacket. Like new. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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Belgium. LA MUSIQUE. By Pierre Theunis. Plaquette 67mm x 44mm. Obv: A female holding a lyre. Rev: A snake before a swan with out-stretched wings.? Extremely fine with slight rubbing on the reverse. $95. ———- Petrus Josephus Theunis known as Pierre Theunis, was a Belgian sculptor born in Antwerp on May 1 1883. He died on April 24 1950 in Schaerbeek, where a street is named after him.

Price: $95.00

SKU: 8529-16865-3A

 

1727, Great Britain. SIR ISAAC NEWTON, MEMORIAL. By Jean Dassier. Whitemetal 43mm. Obv: Draped bust of Sir Isaac Newton facing three-quarters right. Rev: Newton?s monument in Westminster Abbey. MI II 470/85, plate CXLVII/6, Eimer 505, Fearon 178.4, Eisler 269/8. Nearly extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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1937, Great Britain. CORONATION OF GEORGE VI. Unsigned (by J. Langford Jones) Uniface AE 63mm. Obv: Conjoined, crowned busts, left. BHM 4325 RRR. Sorry, SOLD

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1945, France.DEFENSE PASSIVE. By Robert Cochet. AE 59mm. Obv:? ?A female with a shield on each arm raised to protect women and children. A plane and bombs in the background. Rev: A rescuer taking the hand of someone trapped in rubble. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

Robert Cochet was born in 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was a student collaborator with Carli and Lucien Bazor. He was a soci?taire of the Salon des artistes Fran?ais. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal that international exposition in Madrid.

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SKU: E-0051

 

Undated (circa 1900), Canada. AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION, QUEBEC. By Louis Bottee. AE 51mm. Obv: A workman seated beside an allegorical female. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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1974, France. TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR THEOPHILE ALAJOUANINE (1890-1980), Neurologist. By Robert Baron. Bronze 68mm. OBV: Head of Professor Alanjouanine facing left. REV: A large building set against a brain. Extremely fine. Cased. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S5-10824

 

1836, France. HENRI II. By Armand Auguste Caqu?. AE 51mm. Obv: Laureate, cuirassed bust of Henri II facing right. Rev: Biographical inscription. Collignon 1566. Some insignifican spots, otherwise extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD
ARMAND AUGUSTE CAQU? was born at Saintes in 1793. He studied at the Royal School at Rocefort, at the ?cole d?Application at Metz and under Raymond Gayrard. He was the first French medallist to make extensive use of the reducing machine. He is best known for his series of 74 medals in his Galerie Numismatique des Rois de France. He held the post of Engraver to the Imperial Cabinet from 1853 to 1868, Caqu? died in Paris in 1881.

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1807, France/Germany. MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF WESTPHALIA AND CATHERINE OF WURTEMBERG. By Bertrand Andrieu. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: Two putti with flowers. Bramsen 662, D?Essling? 1185, Julius 1796, Schwering 1098, Todd p.138, Zeitz 91. Extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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Undated (circa 1900), France. PRESENTATION PLAQUETTE. By Henri Dubois. AE 42mm x 55mm. Obv: A female seated on a cliff with her arms raised towards the rising sun. Rev: Branches. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD
Henri Dubois, was the son of noted sculptor and medallist, Alph?e Dubois and grandson of Eug?ne Dubois. He was born in 1859. He studied under his father, Chapu and Falgui?re. He won the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1878 and in 1883 became a Soci?taire des Artiste Fran?ais. In 1900 he won a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. In 1903 he was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Dubois died in 1930.

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