Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

France. LOUIS PASTEUR. By Oscar Roty. Silvered-bronze 48mm x 67mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD ————– 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: 17195-5A

 

1835, Greece. ADMIRAL ANDREAS MIAOULIS – Hero of the Greek War of Independence. By Konrad Lange. Bronze 43mm. Edge bump on the reverse. $225. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2023)

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SKU: 1463-30265-5C

 

1739, Great Britain. ADMIRAL VERNON – PORTOBELLO TAKEN. Pinchbeck 38mm. Admas & Chao PBvb 9-Q. $650. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2019)

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SKU: Q6277-1S

 

(1797-8) France. TRIBUTE TO BONAPARTE. Silver 31mm. d?Essling 734, Hennin 834. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 16473-12T

 

1830, DEATH OF WILLIAM HUSKISSON. By S. Clint. Bronze 63mm. BHM 1447. $150. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021) ——— (Huskisson has the dubious distinction of being the first railway fatality. He was MP for Liverpool and was killed by a train at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The engineer George Stephenson personally drove the train that rushed him to get help. He covered 15 miles in 25 minutes, at a record-breaking 35 miles per hour). $150

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SKU: 17158-4A

 

Finland. APOTHECARY BICENTENARY. Published by Sporrung. Bronze 80mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2023)

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SKU: 6946-16453-9b

 

1850, COMPLETION OF THE BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE. By Allen and Moore. White metal 64mm. BHM. 2403,Taylor 164 b, Moyaux 55. Some minor discoloration in the field on the obverse. $150. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021)

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SKU: 17164-4A

 

France. PRINTEMPS. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Uniface struck bronze 68mm x 68mm. Maier 321. $500. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2023)

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

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SKU: 0116-19111-6B

 

1935, Great Britain. OFFICIAL JUBILEE MEDAL OF GEORGE V. By Percy Metcalfe. Silver 32mm. Obv: Conjoined, crowned busts, left. Rev: Windsor Castle. BHM 4249, Eimer 2029, Wollaston 41. In its original cardboard case. $30. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021)

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SKU: 15865-4A

 

1831, STOCKTON ON TEES, OPENING OF THE NEW CHANNEL TO NEWPORT. By J. Ottley. Bronze 51mm. BHM 1549 RR $450. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2021)

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SKU: 17160-4A

 

France. RACE PORCINE. By Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953). Bronze plaquette 50mm x 38mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 244/B. $50.Sorry, SOLD ———– Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953) studied under his father, Charles Lenoir, a sculptor, and under Peter, Roty and Mercier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1903. Lenoir created numerous monuments and an extensive body of medals.

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SKU: 5679-16685-4A

 

1895, Germany. THE OPENING OF THE NORD-OSTSEE-CANAL. By O. Schultz after E. Heter. Bronze 60mm. $225. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023).

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SKU: 30279-5C

 

France. Bee-keeping. L?ABEILLE SYNDICAT DES APICULTEURS DE L?AUBE. Silver 50mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: A1931-15607-LS

 

1802, France. COLUMN TO NAPOLEON IN MARSEILLE. By Poize. Copper 43mm. Bramsen 235, Julius 1116, Schwering 926. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 16645-12T

 

France. CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE PERPIGNAN ET DES PYR?N?ES ? ORIENTALES.
By Raoul B?nard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Bronze 85mm. Maier 288. $400. Sorry, SOLD (AUgust, 2024) —————– Raoul B?nard was born on 30 September 1881. He studied under the sculptor Coutan and the medallists Chaplain and Vernon. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome for medal engraving and, in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. B?nard died in 1961.

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SKU: 0847-17335-5A