Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

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

Price: $0.00

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

Price: $0.00

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

Price: $0.00

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

Price: $0.00

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

Price: $0.00

SKU: E-1050

 

1933, Belgium. BILLIARDS PRIZE. Bronze-gilt 50mm. Obv: Players around a billiard table. Rev: Inscription above a crowned shield and branches. Mount removed. Nearly extremely fine. $25. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: E-5492

 

1725, Great Britain. ARCHBISHOP WAKE. By Jean Dassier. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Bust of Wake, in Episcopal robes, facing right. Rev: Inscription. MI II 462/73, plate CXLVI/4, Eimer 500, Fearon 176.2, Eisler 190/1. Some contact marks in the obverse field, otherwise extremely fine. $125. Sorry SOLD (July 2018)

Price: $0.00

SKU: N746

 

1922, France. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BANQUE DE PARIS ET DES PAYS BAS. By Henry Nocq. Silver 72mm. Obv: A seated female with a cornucopia and two shields; a bridge and view of Paris in the background. Rev: A ship, caduceus, cartouche and produce. Cased. Extremely fine. $400. Sorry, SOLD

? Henri-Eug?ne Nocq, sculptor and medallist was born in Paris in 1868. He studied under the sculptor, Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu. Starting in 1887 he exhibited at the Salon and won a silver medal in 1900. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Nocq died in 1944

Price: $0.00

SKU: S15-12474

 

1941, U.S.A. ARCTIC – ANTARCTIC. By Erwin F. Springweiler. Bronze 73mm. Obv: A polar bear with geese flying in the background. Rev: Four penguins. Twentieth-fourth issue of the Society of Medalists. Golden bronze with olive-brown patina. Alexander 24.1. Reported production of 999 in bronze. A couple of small edge nicks. $70. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2018)

Price: $0.00

SKU: SM-024

 

1865, U.S.A. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MEMORIAL. By Franky Magniadas. AE 83mm. OBV: Head of Abraham Lincoln facing left. REV: Fame placing a wreath on a monument and two freed slaves standing to the right, one placing a palm frond on the monument. Some light handling marks in the fields, otherwise extremely fine. $1,175. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: E-8049

 

Undated (1900). LE NID. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. AE plaquette 37mm x 66mm. Obv: A nude female looking at two fledglings in a nest. Rev: A putto, seated on a branch, feeding a small bird. Cat. Gen. vol # 175/D. Maier 121.
A streak on the reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine. Sorry, SOLD
Jean-Baptiste Daniel Dupuis, French painter, sculptor and medallist, was born in 1849. At the age of seventeen he entered l??cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts. In 1868 he won second Prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. He was made an officer of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1898. Dupuis died tragically in 1899. He was shot in his sleep by his wife, who had a history of mental illness. His wife then turned the gun on herself and committed suicide.? Daniel-Dupuis created an extensive body of medallic works.

Price: $0.00

SKU: S17-12201

 

1975, France. CERCLE DE LA LIBRAIRIE ET DES INDUSTRIES DU LIVRE. By Jabe. Silvered-bronze 50mm. Obv: A book and book-binding tools. REV: A book. Nearly extremely fine. $25. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: S14-11691

 

1747, Great Britain/Netherlands. WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE. Unsigned (Made in England, probably by Pinchbeck). Pinchbeck 37mm. Obv: Cuirassed bust facing left. Rev: A lion. The specimen in the BM was acquired after the publication of MI, but it was included in the plates: CLXX/16. Nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q6606

 

1897, Great Britain. QUEEN VICTORIA?S DIAMOND JUBILEE. Unsigned. AE 44mm. Obv: Crowned, veiled bust of Queen Victoria facing left. Rev: ?Inscription. W&E 3922 R. Loop and suspender. With original (faded and tattered) ribbon. A couple of darker spots, extremely fine. $40. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: E-3463