Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

France. VICHY. BILLIARDS ? LA RESTAURATION. Silver-gilt 55mm x 40mm. $120. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023)

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SKU: 8317-15938-2A

 

France. CUPID AND PSYCHE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 50mm. Cased. $150. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023)

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

 

 

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SKU: 17558-7A

 

1892, France. ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE. By Alph?e Dubois. Silvered-bronze 68mm. Cased. $200. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2023) ————- Alph?e Dubois (1831-1905), French sculptor and medallist was a student at the ?cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Barre and Duret as well as his father Eug?ne Dubois. In 1855 he won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. He exhibited at the salon in 1868 and 1869. He was a jury member at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Dubois was made a chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: 20612-3C

 

1945, Germany, World War II. PRENZLAU PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. By Armand Bonnetain (1883-1973). Published in Belgium. Bronze 70mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

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SKU: 2157-16811-7A

 

Austria. DRYAD. By Stanislaus Suchada. Uniface bronze plaquette, 42mm x 100mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023)

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SKU: 4752-19074-5C

 

France. SYRIE. By Aleth Guzman-Nagotte (1904-1978) for la Société des Amis de la Médaille Française. Bronze 84mm. Edge numbered 176. $525. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022)

Aleth Guzman-Nagotte, sculptor and medallist was born in 1904. She studied at the conservatory in Dijon, then moved to the town’s École des Beaux Arts, where she studied under Ovide Yencesse. She was accepted into the l’École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts at Paris, where she studied engraving under Patey and Dammann and sculpture under Sicard and Bouchard. She won the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1929. Guzman-Nagotte died in 1978.

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SKU: 18242-11A

 

France. FIRE FIGHTING AWARD. By Louis-Alexandre Bott?e (1852-1941, Grand Prix de Rome in 1878). Silver (edge stamped ARGENT). 50mm. $135. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2024) ———- 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: 3207-18223-10A

 

1900, France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION/THE OLYMPIC GAMES. By Jules Cl?ment Chaplain. Bronze 64mm. Obv: Head of Marianne under a tree. Rev: Nike flying. She holds a wreath in an outstretched hand and supports a male, holding a lighted torch, on her shoulder. Van Alfen 35. In its original case (very scarce thus). Very weak hinge on the case. $175. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2021)

Chaplain was born at Mortagne in 1839. He entered the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the Sculptor Jouffroy and Eugene-Andre Oudine, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to? 1868. He was elected to the Academie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the Legion d’Honneur in 1888. He died in 1909.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 30003-5C

 

1939, France. 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LA SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968. Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze 81mm. $225 Sorry, SOLD (September, 2024).

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 École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième 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 Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

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SKU: 2572-20448-2C

 

1935, France. ?TIENNE MIMARD – 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MANUFACTURE FRAN?AISE D?ARMES ET CYCLES DE SAINT-?TIENNE. By Joanny-Duran. Bronze 57mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022) ————Joanny Duran, sculptor and engraver, was born at Bo?n-sur-Lignon on July 23, 1886. He studied under Injalbert, Damptand and Mariston, He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and the Salon des Humoristes. (Benezit: Dictionaire de Peintres, Sculpteirs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs)

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SKU: 18278-7B

 

France. World War I. ? LA GLOIRE DES ARM?ES. Presented by Le Palais de la Nouveaut? to its mobilized personnel. By Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931). Bronze plaquette 49mm x 62mm. In its original case. $150. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2023)———– Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) was born in Paris. He studied under the sculptor, Carltier and medal engraving under Levasseur, Roty and Tonnelier. He won various distinctions during the course of his career and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: 17127-5A

 

France. MARIANNE – VILLE DE SAINT-ÉTIENNE. By Jean Vernon. Bronze 50mm. Cased. $60. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2023).

Jean Émile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1, 1897. Vernon studied at the École  des Arts Décoratifs and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lefèbvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9, 1975.

 

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SKU: 6242-17103-5A

 

1727, Great Britain. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE II. By John Croker. Silver 34mm. Variety. Varying in minor details, most notably there is a larger space before the final stop in the legend on the obverse and there is no stop after the date in the exergue. OBVERSE: Laureate, cuirassed bust facing left. LEGEND: GEORGIVS.II.D.G.MAG. BR.FR.ET.HIB.REX . (George II by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. REVERSE: The king, seated on King Edward’s chair, holds the scepter and orb and is crowned by Britannia, holding a cornucopia and leaning on the fasces. LEGEND: VOLUNTES . PER . POPULOS . (By A Willing People). MI II 479/4, plate CXLVIII/4, Wollaston xi, Eimer 510. $300. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022)

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SKU: 15825-JG

 

1888, Denmark. INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND ART EXHIBITION, COPENHAGEN. White metal 53mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 9515-30255-5C

 

1907, Switzerland. PRIZE MEDAL OF THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, GENEVA. By Antoine Bovy. Bronze 54mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 30254-5C