Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1.??? Undated (1908), France. BRETON ET BRETONNE. By Pierre Lenoir. Issued by la Soci?t? des Amis de la M?daille Fran?aise. Plaquette AE 46mm x 60mm. Obv: A man seated at a table. Rev:? A woman standing by a cow.? Maier 49. Only 98 struck in bronze. Nearly extremely fine. $350. Sorry, SOLD
Pierre-Charles Lenoir was born in 1879. He studied under his father, Charles Lenoir, a sculptor, and under Peter, Roty and Mercier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1903. He created numerous monuments and an extensive body of medals. He died in 1953.>

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SKU: 10400949

 

Undated (World War I), France. TRIBUTE TO THE FACTORY WORKERS OF WORLD WAR I. By Louis Desvignes. Silver 50mm. Obv: Workers making arms. Rev: A factory. Nearly extremely fine. $195. Sorry, SOLD
Louis Desvignes, sculptor and medallist was a student of H. Verlet and Henri Dubois. He was a soci?taire du Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and won a gold medal in 1932. ? /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”,”serif”;}

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SKU: S-711054-E3790

 

1953, France and Colonies. ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION FRAN?AIS. By Albert David. AE 50mm. OBV: Marianne with natives from the French colonies. REV: A rectangular compartment with a building in the background. A spot on the obverse, nearly extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S13-11074

 

1915, Germany/Austria/ Hungary. THE ALLIANCE OF GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Cast iron 58mm. Obv: The heads of three eagles. Rev: Two nude figures wielding swords; quote from Goethe. Extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400415

 

1893, U.S.A. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, CHICAGO, FRENCH SECTION. By Oscar Roty. Plaquette silvered-bronze 54mm x 50mm. Obv: Marianne greeting a winged genius. Rev: Inscription above branches and symbols of the Arts, industry and commerce. $150. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2020). ——— Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

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SKU: E6457-9R

 

1905, Belgian Congo. THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BELGIAN CONGO. By Charles Samuel. Published by the Soci?t? Hollandaise Belge des Amis de la M?daille d?Art. Plaquette 57mm x 55mm. OBV: A female personification of Belgium raising a naked African woman. REV: A tusk under a palm tree. Buchet & Toussaint 7, Vancraenbroeck 73. Reported production of 200. Nearly extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-11890

 

1934, U.S.A. AMERICA – ABUNDANCE. By Albert Laessle. Silver 73mm. Obv: A turkey. Rev: An ear of corn. Tenth issue of the Society of Medalists. Golden bronze with tan patina. Alexander 10. Reported production of 125 in silver. In a cardboard box with its descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $425. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S16-010s

 

Undated (circa 1930), Latin America. INSTITUTO DE LAS ESPA?AS. By Ismael Smith. AE 51mm. OBV: A bust of a native South American in an elaborate headdress. REV: A conquistador holding a ship; a globe showing the Americas in the background. Extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S14-10698

 

1930, France. SWIMMING AWARD. By ?douard Fraisse. Plaquette 60mm x 53mm. Obv: A circular department showing a figure diving; a nude male on wither side. Rev: An inscribed circular compartment set against a background of leaves.? Nearly extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD
?douard Fraissewas born at Beaune in 1880. He studied under Barrias, Coutan, Chaplain and Vernon. He collaborated with Henry Demey on numerous medals and plaquettes that typically depicted figures in action. He was made a chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur. He died in 1945.

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SKU: E-0531

 

1952, U.S.A. THE PONY EXPRESS – NEW FRONTIERS. By James Earle Fraser. Silver 73mm. Obv: A man, riding a horse at full gallop, and firing his gun at a pursuer. Rev: A covered wagon being pulled by oxen. Forty-fifth issue of the Society of Medalists. Alexander 45.2 Reported production of 300 in silver. No box or leaflet. Extremely fine. $500. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S16b-045

 

Undated (early 20th century), France. AGRICULTURE. By Hippolyte Lef?bvre (1863-1935). AE 46mm. OBV: Ceres with a harvest scene in the background. REV: Farm workers and a mother and child in the shade of a tree. Nearly extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S19-12157

 

1909, Egypt, France. G. P?LISS? DU RAYSAS, Director of the ?cole Fran?aise de Droit du Caire. By Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. Plaquette 42mm x 70mm. Obv: Bust of Du Raysas facing left. Rev: A book, scales and other objects with the head of a sphinx in the background. Extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400934

 

Undated (late 19th century), France. UNION DES SOCI?T?S DE GYMNASTIQUE DE FRANCE. By Alph?e Dubois after Henri Chapu. AE 59mm. OBV: A female stretching to place a branch on a monument. REV: A wreath. Lightly cleaned, edge nick, nearly extremely fine. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S14-11686

 

1936, Hungary. HORTICULTURAL AWARD. AE 51mm. OBV: A man and woman planting a sapling. REV: An armorial shield on a plinth and within a wreath, vines on either side. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S19-12170

 

1930, Belgium. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, ANTWERP. By Alfred Mauquoy. AE 70mm. Obv: The prow of a boat festooned with flowers; an airplane and buildings in the background. Rev: An African female, river god and another allegorical female with an exposition building in the background. Vancraenbroeck 189. Nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S11-1727