Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1965, Israel. IN BONDAGE JUDAEA ? IN FREEDOM ISRAEL. By Paul Vincze. Silver-colored base metal 57mm. OBV: An arch above a rectangular compartment. REV: Four figures. Extremely fine. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S18-12350

 

1950, Great Britain.400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ST. SALVATOR’S COLLEGE, BY THE BISHOP OF ST. ANDREWS.’By Paul Vincze. AE 57mm. Unrecorded in BHM or by Eimer. Extremely fine. $80. Sorry, SOLD
Paul Vincze (1907-1994)the son of a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother was born in Hungary. He studied at the High School of Arts and Crafts in Budapest and later in the studio of E. Telcs. In 1935 he won a scholarship to study in Rome. In 1937 he moved to England and eventually became a British citizen. He worked out of a studio in Chelsea, but later moved to the south of France, where he died. He is noted for an extensive body of medals.

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SKU: 10400955

 

1911, France. ALBERT DACRAIGNE, Lawyer in the Court of Appeal. By Heinrich Kautsch (1859-1943). Silvered-bronze plaquette 72mm x 100mm. BDM VII 497. $325. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2020) —————- Heinrich Kautsch was born in Prague in 1859. He studied at the Schools for Decorative Art in Prague and Vienna. He was active in France from 1889 to 1914. Kautsch created objects of art for the Pope and several royal families. He won many awards including several foreign orders. He died in Vienna in 1914.

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SKU: J1603-12730-12R

 

1968, U.S.A. JANE ADDAMS, 1860-1935, Pioneer settlement worker. By G.W. Carter. AE 73mm. Obv: Facing head of Jane Addams. Rev: A group of figures with joined hands.From the series of medals of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400913

 

1984, U.S.A. THE WORLD OF NATURE. By Margaret C. Ellison. AE 73mm. OBV: Interlaced bands bearing various animals. REV: The signs of the zodiac. One hundred-tenth issue of the Society of Medalists. Alexander 110.1. Reported production of 750. In a cardboard box with a descriptive leaflet. Some hints of slight mottling, extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 12637475

 

1968, U.S.A. CHILDREN, HOPE OF THE WORLD. By Nina Winkel. AE 73mm. Obv: Two boys building with blocks. Rev: Three girls holding hands and dancing. Seventy-seventh issue of the Society of Medalists. Reported production of 924. Alexander 77.1. In a cardboard box with descriptive pamphlet. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S20-SM77

 

1970, U.S.A. EDWIN THOMAS BOOTH, 1833-1893, ACTOR (and brother of John Wilkes Booth). By Agop Agopoff. AE 76mm. Obv: Facing bust of Edwin Thomas Booth. Rev: A half figure of Booth as Hamlet. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. In a cardboard box with a descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E3314

 

1968, U.S.A. JANE ADDAMS, 1860-1935, Pioneer settlement worker. By G.W. Carter. AE 44mm. Obv: Facing head of Jane Addams. Rev: A group of figures with joined hands. From the series of medals of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. In its original cardboard box with a descriptive leaflet. Extremely fine. $15. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400982

 

1981, U.S.A. PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE. By Laci De Gerenday. AE 73mm. Obv: A cougar. Rev: Animals near a stream. One hundred and third issue of the Society of Medalists. Reported production of 750 in bronze. In a cardboard Society of Medalists Box with its descriptive. Extremely fine. $100. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: SM-103

 

1967, U.S.A. IN WILDERNESS IS THE PRESERVATION OF THE WORLD. By Donald Richard Miller. AE pentagon 71mm. Obv: A goat, swallow, fish, butterfly and a snake. Rev: Trees with mountains in the background. Seventy-sixth issue of the Society of Medalists. Alexander 76.1. Reported production of 992 in bronze. No box with or descriptive leaflet. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398116

 

Undated (circa 1935), Czechoslovakia.EDVARD BENES, PRESIDENT. Uniface plaquette AE 52mm x61mm. Obv: A high-relief bust, left. Color a little uneven, otherwise extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398608

 

1703, Vatican. CLEMENT XI, Year 3. By Ermengildo Hamerani. AE 36mm. OBV: Bust of Clement XI facing right. REV: A reclining figure of Minerva with a lion. Vatican medals were widely restruck and most examples that come onto the market are restrikes. This is a fairly pleasing restrike with the imprint of a slight die crack on its reverse. Nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S26-S5651

 

Undated (1930), France. ESCRIMEUSE (woman fencer). By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac. Plaquette 74mm x 40mm. Obv: A female fencer. Rev: A branch. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 355/G. $175. Sorry, SOLD. ———– Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

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SKU: s23-11111

 

1858, Great Britain. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. By Thomas Ottley. Frosted silver set under glass lunettes 48mm. OBV: A group of farm animals. REV: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $200. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S26-12726

 

1971, Guinea-Bissau. 2ND TRADE FAIR. AE 80mm. Obv: An arm holding a sword, another holding the handle of a plow. Rev: A monument. ?Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400103