Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1972, U.S.A. JOSEPH HENRY, 1797-1878, Physicist. By Adlai S. Hardin. AE 76mm. Obv: Facing bust of Joseph Henry. Rev: Figures looking up a lightning bolt encircling the globe. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. With a descriptive leaflet (no box). Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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1973, U.S.A. ALBERT ABRAHAM MICHELSON, 1852-1931, Physicist. By Elisabeth Gordon Chandler. AE 76mm. Obv: Bust of Albert Abraham Michelson facing right. Rev: A large telescope. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. In a cardboard box with a descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $55. Sorry, SOLD

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1973, U.S.A. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN, 1820-1891, UNION GENERAL. By Michael Lantz. AE 76mm. Obv: Head of William Tecumseh Sherman facing left; an eagle to the left and a sword and cap to the right. Rev: A nude, bearded male, on horseback and wielding a sword. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University.? With a descriptive leaflet (No box). Extremely fine. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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1974, U.S.A. GEORGE PEABODY, FINANCIER AND PHILANTHROPIST. By Abram Belskie. AE 44mm. Obv: Facing head of George Peabody. Rev: Hermes on horseback. From the series of medals of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. In a box with a descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine.$15. Sorry, SOLD

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1854, Germany. THE NEW TOWNHALL, COLOGNE. By Jaques Wiener. Bronze 59mm. Reinecke -, Hoydonck ?. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13935-3G

 

1917, U.S.A./France. AMERICA JOINS THE ALLIES. By Ren? Gr?goire. Bronze 68mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of Woodrow Wilson ; a lighted torch and fasces in the background ; an eagle below. Rev: Two allegorical females representing Great Britain and France greeting another, representing America, who is carrying a gun. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 105/B. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14226-2R

 

France. EQUINE PRIZE. Unsigned (published by Delande company). Bronze 50mm. OBVERSE: The head of a horse. REVERSE: A wreath. $35. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2020)

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SKU: 14540-LP

 

1916, Austria. ?S.M.S. RADETZKY.? AE 60mm. Obv: Head of Franz-Josef facing right. Rev: The ?Radetzky? at sea. A couple of slight stains (near the rim and in the field of the obverse), extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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Undated (1936), France. VIERGE EN PRI?RE. By ?mile Monier. Oval uniface AE 43mm x 64mm. OBV: The Virgin Mary in prayer. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 262/A. Patina slightly uneven. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S9-11085-12015

 

1842, France. HENRI V – THE PRETENDER. By Gayrard (Struck in Prague). Silver 37mm. Some handling. $90. sorry, SOLD

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SKU: Q2003-G11

 

1912, Belgium. A LA GLOIRE DE LA TELEGRAPHIE SANS FILS. (Celebration of wireless telegraph: its creators and heroes in the saving of life ). By Eug?ne-Jean De Bremaecker for the Soci?t? Hollandaise-Belge des Amis de la M?daille d?Art (SHB). Bronze plaquette 52mm x 66mm. OBV: A nude female sitting on a telegraph wire. REV: A lighted torch, the names of pioneers in the field of telegraphy and the names of heroes, who used wireless telegraph in the rescue of ships (including the Titanic). 302 examples struck in bronze. Buchet/Toussaint 31. Nearly extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2020).

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SKU: S9-11164

 

1889, France. UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION. By Ferdinand Levillain. Silvered-bronze 76mm. Maier 128. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13846-1R

 

1938, France. ATHLETISME. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 50mm. $195. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2021) ———- L?on-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

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SKU: 9883-16221-8T

 

(19th century), France. PANTHER. Signed Meunier. Uniface cast bronze 390mm x 150mm. Two small piercings at the top. $325. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: Q8804-13284-9G

 

France. LES VEUVES. By Georges-Henri Prud?homme (1873-1947). Bronze 68mm x 76mm. Maier 237. A couple of small spots on the reverse. $450. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020).———- Georges-Henri Prud?homme (1873-1947),sculptor and medallist 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 he became a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: Q2168-14843-5R