Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Undated (circa 1920), France. LES GRANDS MAGASINS DE LA SAMARATAINE, PARIS. By C. Bonnefond. Silvered-AE 46mm. Obv: Bust of Marianne in a helmet. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398908

 

GEORGE II, 1727-1760. DEDICATION MEDAL, 1731. By Jean Dassier. AE 42mm. Obv: Bust of George II , facing left, laureate with long heair and wearing armor and a mantle. Legend: GEORGIUS . II . D . G. MAG . BR . FR . ET . HIB . REX. (George II, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland). Rev: Inscription: NUMISMATA REGUM ANGLIAE A GUIELMO PRIMO AD HAEC USQUE TEMPORA GEORGIO II . MAGNAE BRITANNIAE FRANCIAE ET HIBERNIAE REGI SERENISSIMO ETC . DICATA A JOANNE DASSIER GENEVENSIS REIPUB . CAELATORE MONETALI ANNO M.DCC.XXXI. (MEdals of the Kings of England from William I to these very times, dedicated to George II, the most seene king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, etc., by Jean Dassier, engraver of coins to the Republic of Geneva, 1731). Below: crossed branches of palm and laurel. From Dassier’s series of the medals of the Kings and Queens of England, originally published in 1731 and reissued by Sir Edward Thomason circa 1820.? MI II 498/43., Eimer 525, Eisler 252/1.? Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399802

 

1962, Belgium. L?EFFORT ? TWIN DISC CLUTCH BELGIUM S.A. By Josu? Dupon. AE 75mm. Obv: A nude youth pulling on a large lever. Rev: Inscription.Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400357

 

1799, India/Great Britain. THE CAPTURE OF SERINGAPATAM. By Nicholas Guy Antoine Brenet. AE 41mm. Obv: The head of the Marquis of Wellesley facing left. Rev: A British soldier attacking a fallen native soldier, while a second British soldier holds a standard. Puddester 799.1, BHM 478, Eimer 904, Fearon 250.7. This medal was possibly intended for inclusion in Mudie?s series of ?National Medals.? Extremely fine. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398630

 

1837, Great Britain. HARRIET, DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND. By William Bain. AE 49mm. Obv: Head of Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, facing right. Rev: Inscription. BHM 1748. Some contact marks in the fields, extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399955

 

1809, France/Italy. ROME AND PARIS. By Bertram Andrieu and Alexis Joseph Depaulis. AE 41mm. Obv: Laureate head of Napoleon facing right. Rev: The heads of two females in elaborate headdresses. Bramsen 849, D?Essling 1237, Julius 2092, Schwering 1166, Todd p.145, Zeitz 104. Extremely fine. $175. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399395

 

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