Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Undated (circa 1830), Great Britain. AND MOSES SMOTE ROCK AND IT GUSH?D OUT WATER. From Sir Edward Thomason?s Medallic Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures. Gilt WM 73mm. Obv: Moses striking a rock with a staff as others look on. Rev: Scripture. BHM 1468/24. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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1869, Great Britain. OPENING OF BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE AND HOLBORN VIADUCT. By George Gammon Adams. Bronze 77mm. Obv: Diademed head head of Victoria, left. Rev: Views of the Bridge and Viaduct with two wreath. BHM 2906, Welch 11, Eimer 1604. 400 specimens struck. $500. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2021)

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SKU: 6114-16202-9A

 

1931, France/Palestine. PALESTINE SECTION OF THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, PARIS. By Lucien Bazor. AE 32mm. Obv: A middle-eastern building. Rev: A small olive branch. Nearly extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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1922, Belgium. AERO-CLUB DE BELGIQUE AWARD TO LOUIS PEYRET. By Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941). Silvered-AE 47mm x 87mm. Cased. $295. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 12261B-5G

 

1858, Great Britain. Art Union of London. THOMAS BANKS (1735-1805), sculptor. By Leonard Charles Wyon (obverse after a drawing by George Dance). Bronze 55mm. Obv: Draped bust of Thomas Banks facing left. Rev: Part of Banks’ decoration of Sir Eyre Coote’s tomb (A seated figure on a pedestal decorated with an elephant). Plain edge. Beaulah 10, BHM 2633, Eimer 1523. $250. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021) ———–

The commission for this medal was originally given to Benjamin Wyon, who apparently passed it to Leonard Charles Wyon.

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SKU: 17785-9A

 

1919, Belgian Congo. TRIBUTE TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN OF THE GREAT WAR.? By Frans Huygelen. AE 90mm. Obv: Belgium holding a flag and standing with her hand on the shoulder of a Congolese women holding a child. Rev: Clio recording the events of the war, while a Congolese youth looks on. Vancraenbroeck 88. Extremely fine. $350. Sorry, SOLD

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Scotland. ANGUS AND MEARNS CANINE CLUB. Bronze 64mm. OBVERSE: The head of a dog. REVERSE: A wreath (unawarded). $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 4P-14277

 

1929, France. ?COLE CENTRALE DES ARTS ET MANUFACTURES. By Raoul Eug?ne Lamourdedieu. Plaquette Bronze 65mm x 88mm. Cased. $175. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2021). ————- 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: Q7550-1S

 

1809, France/Austria. THE BATTLE OF WAGRAM.? By Manfredini. Bronze 42mmBramsen 862, Julius 2112, Schwering 1177. $250. Sorry, SOLd

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SKU: 06022-7G

 

1966, U.S.A. GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1732-1799, General and President. By Granville A. Carter. AE 76mm. Obv: Head of George Washington facing right. Rev: An eagle and stars with the Washington Monument in the background.From the series of medals of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. Extremely fine. $80. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S15

 

1938, France. CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DES ENTREPRENEURS DE MACONNERIE. By Lucien-Jean Cariat Silvered-bronze plaquette 47mm x 66mm. Obv: A female standing behind a seated young man looking at a building under construction. Rev: A branch and inscription. Cased. Nearly extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD
Lucien-Jean Cariat was born in 1874. He studied under Ponscarme and Tomas. He won an honorable mention at the Salon of 1898. Cariat died in 1925.

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SKU: E-1832

 

1924, France. MONUMENT DEDICATED TO ZOOLOGIST YVES DELAGE AT THE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT ROSCOFF. By Fran?ois L?on Sicard. Semi-circular bronze plaquette 76mm x 58mm. Obv: Half figure of Yves Delage at work. Rev: Inscription. (This is a miniature version of the monument, a large semi-circular relief). $150 Sorry, SOLD Fran?ois-L?on Sicard, sculptor, was born in 1862. He studied under Barrias and de Laurent. In 1891 he won the Grand Prix de Rome. He won a first class medal in 1897 and gold medal at the Universal Exposition in 1900, the same year that he became a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He was made an officier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Sicard died in 1934.

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SKU: 2226-19796-1C

 

1924, Belgium. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE ?COLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE BRUXELLES. By Frans Huygelen. Cast bronze 92mm. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14261-P9

 

1826, France. RAILROAD FROM ST. ETIENNE TO LYON. By R. Tiolier. Silver 36mm. OBVERSE: Mercury flying above a river god and goddess; a train in the background. REVERSE: Two crowned shields. Moyaux 105. Stamped with a pointing hand (used 1845-1860) and ARGENT on its edge. Very fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E0835

 

1905, Germany. MEMORIAL TO WILHELM I, NUREMBURG. Signed W. v. R. AE 80mm. Obv: Laureate bust of Wilhelm I facing right. Rev: Wilhelm I on horseback. Nearly extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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