Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1930, Hungary. BUDAPEST. By Beck ? F?l?p. AE plaquette 68mm x 65mm. OBV: Two seated women. REV: Two females flying above a river with a bridge in the background. Uneven patina on the reverse. $75. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2019)

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SKU: Q1364-1S

 

(1995), France. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOGE F?MININE DE FRANCE. AE 65mm. Obv: A serpent ouroboros encircling masonic symbols. Rev: Inscription. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S7-E4977

 

2003, U.S.A. BROOKGREEN GARDENS. By Offrier. AE 76mm. OBVERSE: An alligator. REVERSE: A fish. In its original box with a wooden stand. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E8808

 

France. COMBAT D’ANTILOPES. By Maurice Thenot. Uniface bronze plaquette 76mm x 52mm. Stamped METAL F. on its edge (i.e. struck during World War II). Obv: Two antelopes fighting. Catalogue Général Illustré Vol 3 373/D. $175. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2023)

From Thénot’s series of plaquettes of African animals: Antilopes Impala, Antelopes Koudou, Buffle de Cafrerie, Combat d’Antilopes, Éléphant Solitaire, Girafes, Léopard, Lion et Lionne, Python, Rhinocéros.

François Maurice Thénot was born in 1893. He studied under Patey. He exhibited in the Salon des Artistes and won a bronze medal in 1927 and a silver medal in 1936. His medallic works include a fine series of plaquettes and medals depicting African animals. Thénot died in 1963.

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SKU: 19084-6B

 

1882, France. THE RE BUILDING OF THE HOTEL-DE-VILLE, PARIS. By Jules Clement Chaplain. Bronze 76mm. Obv: A seated female with the Hotel-de-Ville in the background. Rev: Shield, inscription and branch. Nearly extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD. ———– Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain was born at Mortagne in 1839. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to? 1868. He was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888. He died in 1909

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SKU: 10400871

 

1882, France. FIRST PRIZE OF THE CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DE MUSIQUE ET DE D?CLAMATION. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. Silver 69mm. Obv?: The muses of Music and Drama. Rev: Inscription to recipient. Original, circular case.Attractive, light toning. Extremely fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD
Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain was born at Mortagne in 1839. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to? 1868. He was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888. He died in 1909

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SKU: 10398603

 

France, windmill. GEORGES CLEMENCEAU AND JEAN DE LATTRE – MOULLERON-EN-PAREDS. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968. Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Later striking with 1977 stamped on its edge. Bronze 68mm. OBVERSE: Conjoined busts facing left. REVERSE: An armorial shield with a windmill and keys. $35.

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 Supérieure 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 second deuxiéme 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.

Price: $40.00

SKU: 64603-JF

 

1.??? 1953, France. HILAIRE DE CHARDONNET. 1839-24, Engineer and Industrialist. Creator of artificial silk. PRESENTATION MEDAL. By Louis Muller. Bronze 63mm.? Obv: Head of Hilaire de Chardonnet facing left. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2023)

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SKU: E-2358

 

1944, France. THE LIBERATION OF PARIS. By Lucien Bazor (1889-1974, Grand Prix de Rome, 1923). Bronze 67mm. OBVERSE: A civilian holding a gun. REVERSE: A double cross between two branches. $120. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023).———- Lucien Bazor was born in 1889. He studied under Auguste Patey at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1923. Bazor succeeded Patey in the post of Engraver General at the Paris Mint, a post he held until 1958. He died in 1974.

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SKU: 3523-17342-5A

 

1944, Iceland. ICELAND ESTABLISHED AS A REPUBLIC. AE 69mm. Obv: A seated female holding aloft a lighted torch. Rev: An armorial shield. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-7248

 

1948, Belgium. FERNAND COURTOY, CIVIL ENGINEER IN MINING AND ELECTRICITY. By Bonnetain. Plaquette AE 60mm x 73mm. Obv: Bust of Fernand Courtoy facing left. Rev: Inscription. Nearly extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S7-E3590

 

1807, France/Germany/Russia. MEETING AT TILSIT. By Bertrand Andrieu and Jean-Pierre Droz. Silver 41mm. Obv: Conjoined, laureate busts of Napoleon, Alexander and Friedrich Wilhelm III facing right. Rev: A reclining river god. Bramsen 640, D?Essling 1173, Julius 1756, Schwering 1083, Todd p.136, Zeitz 88. Lightly cleaned in the past with some retoning, A slight cut on Napoleon’s cheek and some insignificant contact marks, extremely fine. $1,250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399369

 

1.??? Undated (circa 1930), France. WOMAN WITH A LYRE. By Georges Contaux. Bronze 50mm. Obv: Half figure of a woman with a lyre. Rev: ‘SABAM’ on a circular compartment within a wreath. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-7080

 

1962, Curacao. 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF S.E.L. MADURO & SONS INC. By O. Ruotolo. Bronze 76mm. Obv: Facing bust of S.E.L. Maduro. Rev: Mercury seated with produce and cargo a building, airplane and ship in the background. Nearly extremely fine. $65. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022)

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SKU: Q4793-5S

 

Undated (1937), France. ARTEMIS. By Eug?ne-Baptist Doumenc. Uniface bronze 60mm. Obv: A nude figure of Artemis playing with a young goat. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 148/B. Nearly extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2019)

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SKU: 18-12213