Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1756, France. THE CAPTURE OF PORT MAHON. By Fran?ois Marteau and Norbert Roettiers. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate bust of Louis XV facing right. Rev: Victory standing on a globe and holding up two crowns.Rounded edge. Nearly extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399151

 

JULIAN, R.W. and KEUSCH, E. Medals of the United States Assay Commission, 1960-1977. TAMS Journal 29:5(2) Lake Mary , Florida, 1989. 91 pages, illustrated in the text.8.5″ x 11″. Card covers.? $20. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398276

 

Undated, Papal States. PAUL II (1534-49). A later striking. Unsigned. AE 32mm. Obv: Bust of Paul III, in robes, facing right. Rev: Christ driving the merchants from the temple. Spink 478, Habich 1177, Mz 6209. Extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398048

 

1620, France. LOUIS XIII AND ANNE OF AUSTRIA. By Guillaume Dupr?. Cast AE 60.8mm. Obv?: Bust of Louis XIV facing right. Rev: Bust of Anne facing right. Jones 52 (59mm), Nat Gallery 648 (obverse dated 1623, 66mm). A very pleasing, finely-detailed, possibly early cast. Nearly extremely fine. $600. Sorry, SOLD Guillaume Dupr?, sculptor, medallist and coin engraver, is recognized as one of the foremost medallists of his age. He was born at Sissonne in 1574. In 1597 Henri IV was so pleased with a medal presented to him by Dupr? that he gave him the title of Sculptor in Ordinary to His Majesty. In 1603 he was granted the extraordinary privilege of being able to cast medals himself in the Gallery of the Louvre. Forrer notes that Dupr? is distinguished among French medallists for being the first to apply the art of sculpture to medal-making. He died in 1647. ?

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SKU: 10399765

 

BROWN, Laurence: British Historical Medals. Volume 2. The Reign of Queen Victoria. 2007 reprint of the 1987 edition 516 pages. Lists almost 2,000 medals with many illustrated in black and white in the text. Large quarto, 8.5″ x 12″. $175

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SKU: 10400554

 

1937, Great Britain. ABANDONED CORONATION OF EDWARD VIII. By W.H. Hasler. Uniface silver 32mm. Obv: Crowned bust, right. (Rev: Hallmark). Not recorded in BHM or W & E, Giordano CM220b. Rare. Cased. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400504

 

1800, France. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLACE BELLE COEUR IN LYON. By Jean Marie Chavanne Merci?. Silvered-AE 44mm. Obv: Head of Napoleon facing left. Rev: Inscription within an oak wreath. Bramsen 59, d?Essling 845, Schwering -. Rare. Nearly extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398909

 

1854, Great Britain. CRYSTAL PALACE OPENED IN SYDENHAM. By Pinches & Co. and Leonard Charles Wyon. AE 42mm. Obv: Head of Sir Joseph Paxton facing left. Rev: A view of Crystal Palace. BHM 2553 R, Eidlitz 769, Taylor 171c, Allen SY-1854/125. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398812

 

1902, Germany. DOG SHOW, FRANKFURT AM MAIN. AE ?diamond? shape 43mm x 43 (from angle to angle). Obv: The head of a collie. Rev: Inscription within a circular compartment. Original loop for suspension. Extremely fine. $30.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398071

 

Undated (1933), France. LE CHAPELET. By Georges-Henri Prud?homme. Uniface AE plaquette 67mm x 97mm. Obv: A woman kneeling with a rosary. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 331/F. Extremely fine. $175.? Sorry, SOLD (May, 2021).——- Georges-Henri Prud?homme (1873-1947),sculptor and medallist a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alph?e Dubois and sculpture under Falgui?re. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 he became a Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

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SKU: 10400797

 

1853, Belgium. MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BRABANT. By Leopold Wiener. AE 75mm. Obv: Conjoined heads of the Duke and Duchess of Brabant facing left. Rev: Belgium represented as a standing female holding a lighted torch; behind her the Belgic lion and a flaming altar. BDM 6/493. Extremely fine. A very pleasing medal. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398249

 

1747, France. MARSHAL MAURICE DE SAXE. By Jean and JacquesAntoine Dassier. AE 55mm. Obv: Bust in a cuirass, left. Rev: Victory seated amid trophies and engraving a tablet. Nearly extremely fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399792

 

1674, France. THE FUTILE EFFORTS OF THE DUTCH FLEET. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: A seated female with two putti; ships in the background. Divo 142, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 142. “Sharp,” flat edge. Extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398952

 

1917, Germany. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POSTING LUTHER?S THESES. Iron 70mm. Obv: A high-relief, almost-facing bust of Martin Luther. Rev: Compartments with various symbols around a view of a church. Whiting 845, Schnell 364. Extremely fine. $160. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400078

 

Undated (circa 1990s), Russia. IGOR STRAVINSKY, 1882-1971, Composer. By Humberto J. Mendes. Struck in Portugal. Bronze 80mm.Obv: Almost facing bust of Igor Stravinsky. Rev: An inscribed scroll. Extremely fine. $20. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400915