Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1759, Great Britain. GEORGE II AND FREDERICK THE GREAT ? BRITISH COMMANDERS. Unsigned. Brass 46mm. Betts 425, MI II 704/438, Eimer 672. $800. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: Q4938-7S

 

1881, Great Britain. LONDON, PRINTING EXHIBITION AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL. WM 45mm. Obv: Figures around a printing press. Rev: Inscription. Blades 128 (This is the variety with stationery misspelled as stationary). Surfaces oxidized, very fine. $70. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399481

 

1790, Great Britain. GEORGE III ? CHURCH AND KING CLUB. By Lewis Pingo. Silver 45mm. BHM 344 $275. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2022)

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SKU: 4006-7S

 

1.??? Undated (circa 1920), France. MOTHER AND INFANT. By Raoul Lamourdedieu. AE 50mm. Obv: A mother seated by an infant in a cradle. Rev: Two putti tolling a bell. Nearly Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

Raoul Lamourdedieu was born in 1877. He was a professor at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, a member of La Soci?t? Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d?Automne. Lamourdedieu died in 1953

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SKU: 10400959

 

1806, France/Dalmatia. THE CONQUEST OF DALMATIA. By Jean-Pierre Droz and Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: The Temple of Jupiter at Split. Bramsen 513 (variety), D?Essling 1128, Julius 1552 (variety), Schwering 1022 (variety), Todd p.122, Zeitz 67 (variety). Some insignificant marks, extremely fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398278

 

1939, U.S.A. PEACE NEW WORLD / WAR OLDWORLD. By Edward McCartan. Silver 73mm. Obv: A mother andher child with the sun shining in the background. Rev: Amother shielding her naked child. Warriors gallop in the background.943 issued. 19th issue of the Society of Medalists. Extremelyfine. In a cardboard box with its original leaflet. $360. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398604

 

1914, Germany/Russia/ Serbia. THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RECEIVES THE SERBIAN ASSASSINS. By Karl Goetz. Cast iron 58mm. Obv: The Russian ambassador receiving the Serbian assassins. Rev: A figure walking with a bomb held behind his back. Kienast 132. Extremely fine. $325. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398456

 

1836, France. THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE DE L?ETOILE COMPLETED. By Jean Pierre Montagny. AE 52mm. Obv: Laureate heads, vis ? vis of Napoleon and Louis Philippe. Rev: The Arc de Triomphe. Bramsen 1955. A spot on the reverse, slight trace of a collector’s number in the field of the obverse, otherwise a sharp extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398371

 

Undated (circa 1940s), France. L?HIVER (Winter). By Henry Dropsy. Uniface plaquette AE 50mm x 50mm. Obv: A nude woman with her hair and cloak blowing in the wind. Nearly extremely fine. $160. Sorry, SOLD.

Henry Dropsy (1885-1969) was born into a family of sculptors. He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste ?mile Dropsy. He later studied at l??cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. He became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire.

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SKU: 01-Jan

 

1966, France. “BEST WISHES MEDAL.” AE-gilt 100mm. Obv: Compartments showing ships. Rev: A seated female pointing towards a dirigible; compartments depicting trains and carriages. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400476

 

1714, Great Britain. GEORGE I PROCLAIMED KING. By Martin Brunner. Whitemetal with a copper plug (as issued), 36mm. Obv: Laureate bust of George I facing right. Rev: Apollo seated on a rock and playing a harp. MI II 419/1, plate CXXXVIII/2.Extremely rare. Some light contact marks, otherwise bright, extremely fine. $350. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399293

 

1955, Angola. NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONGRESS. AE 90mm. Obv: Symbols of commerce and a seated female holding scales. Rev: A crowned shield above an antelope.? Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400459

 

Undated (circa 1930), France. CAT CLUB OF FRANCE. By Samuel Gr?n and Adolphe Rivet. AE 51mm. Obv: Three cats. Rev: A winged female and a branch with a circular compartment in the center. Nearly extremely fine. $125.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398391

 

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SKU: S2-10581

 

1934, France. 50^TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASSOCIATION OF MAYORS OF FRANCE. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. AE 45mm. Obv: Bust of Marianne, with an oak wreath in her hair, facing right. Rev: Inscription. Extremely fine. $35

Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1848-1899), French painter, sculptor and medallist entered l??cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts at the age of seventeen. In 1868 he won second Prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. He was made an officer of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1898. Dupuis died tragically in 1899. He was shot in his sleep by his wife, who had a history of mental illness. His wife then turned the gun on herself and committed suicide. Dupuis created an extensive oeuvre of medallic works.

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SKU: S7-10867