Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Undated (circa 1990), Spain/Greece. EL GRECO , 1541-1614, Painter. By Armindo Viseu, published in Portugal. AE 70mm. Obv: Facing bust of El Greco. Rev: A female bust. Extremely fine. $30. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400588

 

1969, U.S.A. THOMAS PAINE, 1737-1809, Political Philosopher. By Michael Lantz. AE 44mm. Obv: Bust of Thomas Paine facing left. Rev: Thomas Paine standing a making a speech. From the series of medals for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on University Heights Campus of New York University. In a box with a descriptive leaflet. Some spots, otherwise extremely fine. $15.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400906

 

1822, Great Britain. GEORGE III -ROYAL ACADEMY AWARD. By Thomas Pingo. Silver 55mm.BHM 133. Edge inscribed: TO MR JOHN ARTHER (sic) CAHUSAC, FOR THE BEST DRAWING FROM THE ANTIQUE, DECR. 10 1822. $600. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022)

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SKU: Q5398-7S

 

1831, Great Britain. CORONATION OF WILLIAM IV. By Joseph Barber. Bronze 59mm. BHM 1477. $175. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2020)

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SKU: 5418-7S

 

1966, Great Britain. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DUNKIRK EVACUATION. By Edward R. Grove, Published by Presidential Art Medals, Inc., Ohio. AE 45mm. Obv: Facing bust of Sir Winston Churchill. Rev: a scene of the Dunkirk Evacuation. Engstrom 70B. Extremely fine. $30. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398321

 

1815, France. EXHUMATION OF THE REMAINS OF LOUIS XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE. By Bertrand Andrieu. AE 41mm. Obv: Head of Louis XVIII facing right. Rev: Inscription. BDM I (revised)/54, Collignon 44. Extremely fine, a choice example. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400651

 

1983, France. PARACHUTING. By J. Bomr. AE 62mm x 110mm. Obv: A parachutist landing with others in the background. Rev: Two sky divers with an airplane above. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400872

 

1937, Great Britain. CORONATION OF GEORGE VI. Obverse by J. Langford Jones, published by Turner & Simpson. Silver 51mm. Obv: Conjoined, crowned busts facing left. Rev: Britannia with Westminster Abbey in the background. BHM 4350. Cased. Matt finish. Extremely fine. Case a little scuffed and rubbed. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400437

 

MONNAIE DE PARIS. La M?daille au Temps de Louis XIV. (Exhibition, 1970). [The medal in the age of Louis XIV]. XLIII, 453 pages. Profusely illustrated. (In French). 7? x 9.5?. Card covers. $45. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400339

 

1956, Great Britain. 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESETTLEMENT OF JEWS IN GREAT BRITAIN. By Paul Vincze. AE 38mm. Obv: A menorah between portraits of Oliver Cromwell and Menasseh Ben Israel in oval compartments. Rev: a seated female holding a scroll and supporting a tablet. Eimer 2097 (Lists only 56mm). Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD Paul Vincze, the son of a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother was born in Hungary in 1907. 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 in 1994. He is noted for an extensive body of medals.

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SKU: 10400663

 

1897, Great Britain. QUEEN VICTORIA?S JUBILEE. Unsigned (probably German in origin). Silver 60mm. Obv: Crowned, veiled bust of Queen Victoria facing left. Rev: A female standing on a terrace with Windsor Castle in the distance. BHM 3587. Cased. Cleaned, nearly extremely fine. $200. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399442

 

1822, France/Italy. JOSEPH LOUIS LAGRANGE, Mathematician. By Donadio. AE 41mm. Obv: Head facing left. Rev: Inscription. From the ?Series Numismata Universalis Virorum Illustrium.? Collignon 715. Extremely fine. $60 ? Sorry, SOLD ?

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SKU: 10400181

 

1893, France. MINISTERE DE COMMERCE ET DE L?INDUSTRIE. By Alfred Borrel. Silver 51mm, 66.3 grams. Obv: Female bust wearing her hair bound up and an oak wreath. Rev: Inscription. Extremely fine. $95.? Sorry, SOLD Alfred Borrel was born in Paris in 1836. He studied under his father Valentin- Maurice Borrel and under Jouffroy and Merley. As a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the seconf grand prix de Rome for medal engraving. We was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a second class medal at the salon in 1880, a second class medal in 1890, and a first class medal in 1893. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1906. Borrel died in 1927.

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SKU: 10400832

 

DIAKOV, Mikhail E. Medals of theRussian Empire. Part 5: 1855-1881. Russia, 2006. 270 pages,illustrated throughout. 9? x12.5?. Laminated boards. $135. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398451

 

1888, Great Britain. NATIONAL EXHIBITION & MARKET, BREWING AND ALLIED TRADES. By J.A. Restall. AE 45mm. Obv: A female pouring a drink from a bottle into a glass. Hopes to the left and wheat to the right. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Cased. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398861