Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1910, Belgium. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, BRUSSELS. By Paul Dubois. AE 70mm. Obv: Two allegorical females. Rev: Two females supporting a shield. Nearly extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-10744

 

1967, France. THE FRATELLINI CLOWNS. By Lucien Gibert. AE 84mm. OBV: The heads of three clowns. REV: Three clowns in a circus ring. Limited edition of 100 published by the Club Fran?ais de la M?daille. Cat. Gen. vol. 4 796E. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S10-11735

 

1897, Great Britain. SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH, SCHOLARSHIP MEDAL. By Allen Wyon after Sir Edward Pointer. AE 57mm. Obv: Bust, left. Rev: A machine tool. Edge: Inscription to recipient. BHM 2899. Cased. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S10-N713

 

1885, Belgium. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, ANTWERP. By Charles Wiener. Gilt base metal. 60mm. Obv: Bust of Leopold II, right. Rev: A seated female and a putto with various objects symbolic of the arts and industry. Nearly extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-10740

 

1710, Great Britain. THE BATTLE OF SARGOSSA. By John Croker. Bronze 48mm. OBV: Laureate bust of Queen Anne facing left. REV: Victory presenting Spanish standards to Anne. MI II 373/219, VL V/159, Eimer 446. $325. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2022)

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SKU: 9156-18059-10A

 

1700, France. LAW AGAINST IDLENESS. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Piety seated beside a flaming altar. Divo 281, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 281. Rounded edge. Extremely fine. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: N0718

 

1926, U.S.A., Belgium JOHN MOSES BROWNING (1855-1926), Firearms Inventor. By L. Dupont. AE 70mm. OBV: Head of Browning facing three-quarters left. REV: Inscription. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S10-11722

 

1920, Germany. CODE NAPOLEON. By Karl Goetz. Cast AE 58mm. OBV: Hands drawing a dagger out of its sheath; figures in the background. REV: FRigures in a town square. Kienast 274. Nearly extremely fine. $350. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-11220

 

1971, U.S.A. LILLIAN D. WALD (1867-1940), Humanitarian. By Evangelos Frudakis. AE 44mm. Obv: Bust of Lillian D. Wald facing three-quarters right. Rev: A standing figure of Lillian D. Wald; in the background figures on and in front of the steps to the door of a house. 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 (no descriptive leaflet). Extremely fine. $15. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-1

 

1933, Germany. DOG AWARD. Silvered-AE 34mm. Obv: the head of a German Shepherd. Rev: an oak branch and engraved tablet. With original loop. Nearly extremely fine. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398098

 

1804, Great Britain/India. SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH AT BOMBAY AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY?S VICTORY OVER A FRENCH SQUADRON. By Jean-Pierre Droz and George Mills. AE 41mm. Obv: Neptune, holding a Union Jack and cornucopia, and reclining against a globe. Rev: Neptune radiate seated upon a globe and holding a trident and a figure of Victory. Mudie 2, BHM 567, Bramsen 2184, Eimer 952, Fearon 255.4, MH 555, Schwering 950. Nearly extremely fine with some spots. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S5980

 

1809, Great Britain/Spain. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE PASSAGE OF THE DOURO. By Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet and ?tienne Jacques Dubois. AE 41mm. Obv: Head of the Duke of Wellington facing right. Rev: A river god attempting to block the passage of ships. Mudie 15, BHM 671, Bramsen 843, Eimer 997, Eimer Wellington 2a, Fearon 260.6, Schwering 1161. Nearly extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-5114

 

Undated (circa 1930), France. DOG AWARD. Unsigned. AE 40mm. Obv: The head of a German Shepherd. Rev: A cartouche set against a branch (unawarded). Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400133

 

1900, France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES. By Oscar Roty. Silvered-AE plaquette 36mm x 51mm. Obv: A winged youth taking a lighted torch from a female slumped against a tree. Rev: Roses and an olive branch above exposition buildings. MAier 104, Van Alfen 33. $75. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2020). ———–
Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris in 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. He later studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and then under Ponscarme. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1875.? Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes.? ??He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. Roty was one of the premier French medallists of his period. In particular he is noted for reintroducing the plaquette as an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. He died in 1911.

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SKU: 15963-KS

 

1878, France. UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION. By Eug?ne-Andr? Oudin? and Alph?e Dubois. AE Silvered-AE 50mm. Obv: Female head, with leaves, ears of corn and flowers in her head, facing left. Rev: View of the Palais du Trocadero. Nearly extremely fine. $95. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-10758