Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Undated (World War I), Austria. ARCHDUKE EUGEN. By Schwerdtner. Zinc 55mm. OBV: Uniformed bust of Archduke Eugen facing left. REV: A double-headed eagle. Nearly extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S14-11751

 

1921, France. PATRIA. By Hoppolyte Lefebvre. Plaquette Bronze 68mm x 60mm. Obv: A female, her arm resting on a shield. Rev: An inscribed tablet, a flag and the sun rising in the distance. Some insignificant, light stains, extremely fine. $80. Sorry, SOLD
Hippolyte Lef?bvre, sculptor and medallist was born in Lille in 1863. He studied at the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. At the 1900 Universal Exposition, he won gold medals for medals that he exhibited. Lef?bvre died in 1935.

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SKU: 10399024

 

1913, France. 100TH BIRTHDAY OF JEAN F?LIX BAPTEROSSES, FOUNDER OF AN EARTHENWARE AND PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY. By Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu (Posthmous striking). Bronze 59mm. OBV: Almost facing bust. REV: Inscription. BHM vol. 1 p.408. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2019)

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SKU: S14-10259

 

Undated (circa 1830), Great Britain. WILLIAM III. By Jean Dassier, from Thomason?s re-issue of Dassier?s series of medals of the Kings and Queens of England. WM 41mm. Obv: Laureate bust of William III facing right. Rev: Inscription. BHM 1437. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S20-E4230

 

1797, France. LUIS-LAZARRE HOCHE, General. By Raymond Gayrard. AE 41mm. Obv: Head of Hoche facing left. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. D?Essling 2789. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-7816

 

Undated (1940), France. LE LI?VRE ET LA TORTUE (The Tortoise and the Hare). By Jean Vernon. Uniface bronze 59mm. OBV: A tortoise and a hare. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 392/C. Nearly extremely fine. $85. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2020). ——— Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais 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: Q-7478-8R

 

Circa 1930, U.S.A. THE BULL DOG CLUB OF NEW JERSEY. White metal 54mm. OBV: The head of a bull dog. REV: A cartouche (uninscribed) within a wreath. Slight bumps and nicks, good very fine. $25. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2020).

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SKU: Q9762-5S

 

1961, France. ARLES. By Marcel Courbier. Bronze 74mm. OBV: Head of Caesar facing right. REV: Symbols representative of Arles. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S14-11635

 

1953, U.S.A. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. Published by the Medallic Art Company. Uniface AE 63mm. Obv: Head of George Washington facing left. Unrecorded by Rulau and Fuld. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-0027

 

1942, U.S.A. FLIGHT. By Brenda Putnam. AE 73mm. Obv: A nude youth holding a model airplane. Rev: A bird in flight. Twenty-sixth issue of the Society of Medalists. Reported production of 759 in bronze. Olive-tan patina. Alexander 26.1. No box or descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: SM26

 

1742, Great Britain. MARTIN FOLKES, Antiquary. Unsigned. AE 37mm. Obv: Bare head of Martin Folkes facing right. Rev: A sphinx and pyramidal tomb of Caius Sestius. MI II 571/206, plate CLXI/5, Eimer 572, Fearon 193.4. Struck from a damaged reverse die. Extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: N-1144

 

1694, France. THE DEFEAT OF THE ENGLISH AND DUTCH OFF BREST. By Jean Mauger. Copper 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Minerva standing beside a naval trophy with ships in the background. Divo 257, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 257, MI II 95/318, plate XCV/6. Rounded edge. Some contact marks and a little cabinet friction, otherwise extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399304

 

1937, Great Britain. CORONATION OF GEORGE VI. Unsigned (by J. Lanford Jones), published by Spink & Son Ltd. Silver 57mm. OBV: Conjoined “approved” busts of George VI and Queen Elizabeth. REV: Royal Arms. BHM 4348. Cased. A couple of small spots, extremely fine. $325. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S20-11809

 

France. LE CHAT, LA BELETTE ET LE PETIT LAPIN (Cat with a Weasel and Rabbit). >By Charles-Louis Virion. Uniface bronze 59mm. Obv: A cat with a weasel and rabbit. Cat. Gen. 3 401/D. $90 ———-
Louis Virion, French sculptor, medallist and ceramist, was born at Ajaccio (Corsica) in 1865. He studied under Aub? and Charles Gautier. He exhibited at the Salon and won a third class medal in 1895. He won a bronze medal at the Universal Exposition in 1900. Virion died in 1946.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 7679-19057-8B

 

1971, France. PHARMACY. By R. Joly. AE 50mm. Obv: A pharmacist with a mortar and pestle. Rev: A snake curled around a bowl. Extremely fine. $35. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-1050