Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1979, Portugal. STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WITH TWO BOILERS. By A. Candido. Bronze 69mm. OBV: A locomotive with two boilers. REV: A worker operating point-switching machinery. $35. Sorry, SOLD (November 2017)

Price: $0.00

SKU: S21-11684

 

1948, Spain. CENTENARY OF THE FIRST RAIL LINE IN SPAIN. Bronze-gilt 48mm. OBV: Conjoined busts facing left. REV: A semi-nude female with a model of a steam locomotive. $150. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2021).

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q1833-11197

 

1969, France. THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE PARIS-C?TE D?AZUR LINE. AE 68mm. OBVERSE: Outlines of faces receding into the distance. REV: A stylized design of railroad lines overhead cables. In its original cardboard box. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S21-12476

 

1843, Belgium THE OPENING OF THE VERVIERS TO AIX-LA-CHAPELLE RAILWAY. By Laurent Joseph Hart. Bronze-gilt 72mm. Obv: Uniformed bust of Leopold I facing three-quarters right. Rev: Three allegorical females above two reclining river gods; a train on a viaduct in the background. Slight edge bump. $240. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q7711-12114-8S

 

Late 20th century, Portugal. CHRISTMAS – THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST. By Manuel Conceicao. Bronze 81mm. OBV: Nativity scene. REV: Putti and a rising sun. Extremely fine. $30. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: S23-1

 

France. JEUNE FILLE AUX COLOMBES. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Bronze plaquette 53mm x 53mm. OBV: A seated, nude female with doves. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 341/F. Nearly extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: S18-12199

 

France. ARTEMIS. By Claude Mascaux. Bronze 50mm. OBV: Artemis with a hunting dog. REV: A floral wreath. A slight spot near the sleeve on the obverse. $150. ———- L?on-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 46085-5D

 

France. APHRODITE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Uniface bronze 68mm. OBVERSE: A nude figure of Aphrodite attended by two putti. $150. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2018)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 14476-LP

 

1979, Israel. ISRAEL?S FOOD INDUSTRY. AE 60mm. Obv: A bottle and glass, various food products. Rev: A series of cogs. Extremely fine. $20. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: E-0815

 

Morocco, France. HENRI DE BOURNAZEL (1898-1933), Soldier in World War I and officer in the pacification of Morocco. By Henri-Louis Bouchard (1875-1960, Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1901). Bronze 59mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2022) ———- Henri-Louis Bouchard (1875-1960), French sculptor studied under Louis-Ernest Barrias. He won the first Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1901 and a medal of honor for sculpture at the Exposition des Art D?coratifs in 1925.

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q4513-14045-11R

 

1980, France, Canada. SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON. Bronze 68mm. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13905-KP

 

1838, Great Britain. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF VICTORIA. By Benedetto Pistrucci. Bronze 35mm. OBVERSE: Bust of Victoria facing left. LEGEND: VICTORIA BRITANNIA REGINA F.D. (Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of the British. REVERSE: Queen Victoria enthroned being offered the crown by Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia. LEGEND: ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGNUM (We will be to thee a noble kingdom. exergue: INAUGURATA / DIE JUNILL XXVIII / MDCCCXXXVIII (Crowned June 28 1838). BHM 1801, Wollaston xvii, Eimer 1315. $150. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2020).

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15833-JG

 

1989, Portugal. CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF KING LUIS. By Jos? Aur?lio. AE 79mm with an extension to form a corner base, so the medal can stand on its edge. Obv: The king, seen from behind, looking at a ship in a bay; a ball extends beyond the edge to form the sun. Rev: A palette and brushes, cello and other symbolic objects; a ball extends beyond the edge to form the sun. Edge: 1774/2000 Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399693

 

1927, U.S.A. FIRST SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY CHARLES LINDBERGH. By Kileyni. AE 81mm. OBV: A female holding up a fleur-de-lis and American shield. An airplane, Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower in the background. REV: An airplane flying above a globe emerging from clouds. Nearly extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S23-11130

 

1916, Austria. ARCHDUCHESS MARIA ANNUNCIATA, Abbess Of the Convent of Noble Ladies of Prague. By Arnold Hartig. AE 66mm. Obv: Bust of Archduchess Maria Annunciata facing left. Rev: A city view of Prague with a bridge in the foreground. Extremely fine. $95. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-6731