Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1690, England. AMNESTY IN IRELAND. By Georg Hautsch. Silver 41mm. OBV: Laureate bust of William III facing right. REV: William III presenting an olive branch to Hibernia. EDGE: Raised inscription. MI I 721/146. Richly toned, nearly extremely fine. $1,450. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S24-05861

 

1882, Great Britain. Art Union of London. EDWARD HODGES BAILY (1788-1867), sculptor. By Alfred Benjamin Wyon. Bronze 55mm. Obv: Head of Baily facing left. Rev: Baily’s “Eve at the Fountain.” Plain edge. Beaulah 28, BHM-3115, Eimer 1691. Edge nick on the obverse. $225. Sorry, SOLD (October 2021)

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SKU: 17769-9A

 

1802, France. PIEDMONT REUNITED WITH FRANCE. By Lavy. AE 50mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon Bonaparte facing left. Rev: A wreath. Bramsen 224, D?Essling 988, apparently not in the Schwering Collection. Stamped ?COPIE? on its edge (i.e. struck by Brasseaux for his series of Napoleonic medals). Nearly extremely fine. $200. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E3710

 

1887, Great Britain. OFFICIAL MEDAL FOR VICTORIA’S GOLDEN JUBILEE. By Leonard Charles Wyon after Sir J. Boehm and Sir Frederick Leighton. Bronze 77mm. Obv: Crowned, veiled bust of Victoria facing left. Rev: Allegorical figures before the enthroned queen. BHM 3219, Eimer 1733, Wollaston 39. $375

Price: $375.00

SKU: 48035-2D

 

1813, France,Germany. BATTLE OF WURTCHEN. Silver 41mm. Obv: Uniformed bust, right. Rev: A trophy of rifles and other arms. D?Essling 1400, Bramsen 1232. Restrike with a cornucopia edge mark. Nearly extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E7308

 

(1702), Great Britain, Denmark. QUEEN ANNE AND PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK, LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. By John Croker. Silver 42mm. OBV: Bust of Queen Anne facing left. REV: Bust of Prince George facing left. MI II 233/14, MH 118, VL IV 346, Eimer 392. Attractive, light toning, very little handling. $825. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2020)

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SKU: S24-05868

 

1919, France. JULES COURMONT, 1865-1917, Physician and Bacteriologist. By Paul Richter. AE plaquette 53mm x 71mm. Obv: Bust of Dr. Courmont facing three-quarters left. Rev: Dr. Courmont in front of a laboratory bench and three students.? Freeman 117. Good very fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S7-E-2188

 

France. COURSE ? PIED (Running Race). By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 50mm. OBVERSE: A running hare. REVERSE: A continuous wreath of roses. $175. Sorry, SOLD. ———— 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.

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SKU: 14526-LP

 

France. SATYR. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968. Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Octagonal bronze 50mm x 50mm. $325. Sorry, SOLD. ——— 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 ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a duexi?me 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 L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died in 1968.

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SKU: 14238-P7

 

1801, Great Britain/Egypt. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT. By Thomas Webb. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Uniformed, facing bust of Sir Ralph Abercromby. Rev: A horse. Pyramids in the background. Mudie 8, BHM 504, Bramsen 141, Eimer 929, Fearon 252.2. Slightly uneven patina fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2020).

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SKU: J6889-S05969

 

1988, Great Britain. MAYA MEDALLION: THE DARK ONE. By Dhruva Mistry. Published by the British Art Medal Society. Cast bronze 127mm. $350. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2020) —————- Dhruva Mistry was born at Kanjari in India in 1957. He studied at the University of Baroda and later at the Royal College of Art in London. He held his first solo exhibition in Mumbai in 1982. He worked for several years in England and was elected Royal Academician in 1991. Mistry was awarded an Honorary CBE in 2001.

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SKU: Q6042-14260-KS

 

1978, Great Britain. 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAVY MINER?S LAMP. By Susan Watson. Cast bronze 120mm. Only 20 issued for sale (Ref: Seaby Coin & Medal Bulleting, June, 1978). $375. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14287-P9

 

1925, France. CENTENARY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT MULHOUSE. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1908-1939). AE 50mm. OBV: A fireman’s helmet. REV: A standing female holding two branches of a tree. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry SOLD

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SKU: S18-12279

 

1930, Germany 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THOROUGHBRED BREEDING. By Fritsch. AE-gilt 55mm. OBV: A nude male on horseback. REV: Inscription within a continuous wreath. Nearly extremely fine. $125, Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S15-10005

 

(Circa 1960), France, unicorn, bridges. LA VILLE DE PARIS. By Bizette-Lindet. Bronze 53mm. Cased. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13634-P7